Pharmacy Times

JULY 3, 2025

So we are licensed by the medical board and also by the board of pharmacy. So we'll send the prescriptions that they need to our specialty pharmacy and then get those meds and bring them to the patient prior to them ever coming to transplant and go, “Okay, these are the meds you're going to take.

Inpatient

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 9, 2025

I’m coming at it from the perspective of understanding the science behind it… When you talk about manipulating genes, that definitely tends to put some people off,” she said. “I Trinkman noted the hesitancy some patients have shown toward gene therapies, emphasizing the need for greater education about how these therapies work.

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

JULY 17, 2025

8 By these definitions, more patients experiencing homelessness were sheltered than unsheltered ( Table 3 ). 8 A patient with unsheltered homelessness is defined as an individual residing in a place not meant for human habitation (eg, public space, building not intended for residential use, car, cardboard box).

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents

Pharmacy Times

JULY 18, 2025

The definition of "essentially a copy" is pivotal, influencing compounding practices and legal interpretations. Rumore, PharmD, Esq, MS, LLM, FAPhA Key Takeaways The removal of tirzepatide and semaglutide from the FDA's shortage list impacts 503A compounders, requiring adherence to complex legal and regulatory frameworks.

Compounding

Pharmacy Times

JULY 31, 2025

Difficile COPD COVID-19 Cardiovascular Health Cervical Cancer Cholangiocarcinoma Cholesterol Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Classical Hematology Colorectal Cancer Continuous Glucose Monitoring Cough and Cold Depression Dermatology Diabetes Digestive Health Dry Eye Disease Epilepsy Eye Care Flu Future of Pharmacy Gastrointestinal (..)

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

JULY 9, 2025

As evidence evolves, pharmacists can lead in translating research into practice—implementing screening, personalized dosing, and interprofessional coordination while awaiting definitive trial results. 1-4 REFERENCES 1. Jiang Y, Dang W, Sui L, et al. Associations Between Vitamin D and Core Symptoms in ASD: An umbrella review. 2024;16:59–91.

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 12, 2025

1,2 The primary end point was event-free survival (EFS), which was defined as the time from randomization to the first occurrence of disease progression precluding definitive surgery, local or distant disease progression or recurrence, or death due to any cause. The key secondary end point was overall survival (OS). months (95% CI: 37.9,

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 6, 2025

Klein, MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC, director at Pericardial Disease Center and professor of medicine, and Sean Krohn, PharmD, CSP, MSCS, lead clinical pharmacist, specialty pharmacy, focused on rilonacept's mechanism of action in treating recurrent pericarditis.

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2025

Definition of major bleeding in clinical investigations of antihemostatic medicinal products in non-surgical patients. 2022;140(12):1345-1377. doi:10.1182/ blood.2022016867 J Thromb Haemost. 2005;3(4):692-694. doi:10.1111/j.1538- 1538- 7836.2005.01204.

Chemotherapy

Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is a definitive, nonpartisan resource that includes the most current information about pharmacy dispensing channels, third-party payers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), patients’ financial contributions, government regulations, and much more.

Specialty Pharmacies

Proxsys Rx

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Most, if not all, of a typical 340B-eligible health system’s retail contract pharmacies — from chains to local independents — will get 340B pricing. The problem with the 40-mile radius, and Novartis knows this, has to do with covered entities’ specialty pharmacy networks. Yeah, that specialty pharmacy won’t get 340B pricing.

Specialty Pharmacies

Proxsys Rx

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We now have 40 340B contract pharmacies, having recently added 15. We have 17 contract pharmacies, plus 14 CVS specialty pharmacies. PBM (payor) mandates forced us to add CVS to our contract pharmacy network. I was brand new to 340B when I started, and it’s a beast. TIFFANY SMRMC is a 160 bed DSH.

Hospitals

HealthPartners

JULY 21, 2021

We negotiate the lowest pricing in our network of retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacy and specialty pharmacy partnerships. Excellent member experience It’s hard to lower your pharmacy costs if your members aren’t getting adequate support to follow their therapies correctly and start feeling better.

Biosimilars

The Nontraditional Pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

And so I did internships during school in managed care pharmacy, I did coming out of pharmacy school a residency a managed care pharmacy where you’re really rotating through learning about all sorts of different areas within the health plan. During the residency I got a lot of good experience there.

Specialty Pharmacies

Ramblings of a pharmacist

APRIL 19, 2022

It may be true that there are more independent pharmacy entities today than there were 10 years ago, but those entities are cutting up a progressively smaller piece of the pie as the specialty pharmacies and mail orders progressively carve all of the highest dollar transactions to be exclusively available through them.

Independent Pharmacies

Putting Patients First Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

To strengthen the proposal, the NHC recommends that CMS avoid implementing rigid definitions of overweight and obese. Instead, CMS should review Part D plan prior authorization criteria to ensure that plan definitions align with treatment guidelines and ICD-10 diagnosis codes, promoting consistency and alignment among providers and payers.

Insurance Coverage and Processing

Putting Patients First Blog

JULY 2, 2024

Without appropriate guardrails, CMS’ broad definition of drugs eligible for negotiation may discourage these types of improvements. Pharmacy benefit managers: transparency, accountability, and impact on patient care. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 27(7), 903-907. Casalino, L., and Richman, B.

Drug Pricing

Ramblings of a pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

.” The opportunities to take advantage of your competitors, evade reasonable regulation, and exploit anyone not inside your system are far too numerous and pervasive to continue to allow United Healthcare and OptumRx to own Optum Specialty Pharmacy and Optum Physicians Group, or to allow CVS/Caremark and Aetna to own CVS/Pharmacy.

Health and Personal Care Stores

Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is a definitive, nonpartisan resource that includes the most current information about pharmacy dispensing channels, third-party payers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), patients’ financial contributions, government regulations, and much more.

Specialty Pharmacies

Pharma Marketing Network

JUNE 10, 2020

So, the market is definitely picking up we in terms of the number of people getting into it, the size of the deals that are being done. Most recently, telemedicine and specialty pharmacy connected together to create a product that a consumer can get directly. So, this boxification of things.

Hospitals

Pharma Marketing Network

JUNE 10, 2020

So, the market is definitely picking up we in terms of the number of people getting into it, the size of the deals that are being done. Most recently, telemedicine and specialty pharmacy connected together to create a product that a consumer can get directly. So, this boxification of things.

Hospitals

Putting Patients First Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

16 We urge the Department to ensure that it is considering a patient-defined definition of value, and believe that with careful consideration and stakeholder input, a balanced approach can be achieved that both promotes rigorous research and ensures the equitable treatment of individuals with disabilities.

Communication

Pharma Marketing Network

JUNE 8, 2020

Don (PMN): The specialty pharmacy. Dave (HR): Oh, no, I think the Specialty Pharmacy. Dave (HR): Yeah, definitely. Even there, that’s impacted by some distortions around pbms and how hospitals radically markup those drugs, but that’s probably the one exception. Dave (HR): Which part?

Health and Personal Care Stores

Proxsys Rx

JUNE 4, 2025

The evolving legal and legislative landscape surrounding the 340B Drug Pricing Program has significant implications for hospitals’ specialty pharmacies. Here’s a breakdown of the new developments and their likely impacts: Recent 340B changes and their impact on specialty pharmacies 1.

Specialty Pharmacies