Pharmacy Times

JULY 4, 2025

SHOW MORE Real-world data shows patients switching from Humira to biosimilars Hadlima and Hyrimoz achieve similar outcomes without hospitalization. The research also demonstrated that no patients were hospitalized to treat their inflammatory condition during the study period.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 10, 2025

Relapse risk factors include prior hospitalizations, long illness duration, and antipsychotic polypharmacy, emphasizing the need for effective maintenance treatments. Maintaining stability in schizophrenia is a major clinical challenge—each relapse can disrupt functioning, burden caregivers, and elevate hospitalization risk.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 27, 2025

Generics are exact chemical copies of small-molecule drugs, with identical active ingredients, strengths, dosage forms, and routes of administration. Although generics and biosimilars offer lower-cost alternatives to brand-name drugs, they are not the same.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 9, 2025

HME in drug manufacturing typically employs corotated twin extruders and uses heat and pressure to create solid dosage forms, dispersing the active pharmaceutical ingredient within a molten polymer matrix, and forming a solid solution or amorphous solid dispersion. trillion economic impact in 2020.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2025

Side effects can interfere with daily life, reduce quality of life, and even cause patients to reduce the dosage or discontinue the drug completely.¹ Impact of oral naloxegol vs subcutaneous methylnaltrexone in treatment of opioid-induced constipation in the hospital setting. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2021;903:174132.

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents

Pharmacy Times

JULY 22, 2025

By incorporating a patient's genetic profile into therapeutic decision-making, pharmacists can identify optimal drug choices and dosages while minimizing the risk of adverse events (AEs). This is particularly vital in polypharmacy scenarios, where the risk of drug-drug interactions and cumulative toxicity is high.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 17, 2025

A group of experts will present an encore abstract titled " Prevalence of Dosage Modifications and Impact on Response Milestone Among Patients With CML Treated With Imatinib Using Real-World Data " at the 2025 Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting in Austin, Texas, from June 19 to 20.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 20, 2025

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 17, 2025

Despite observational evidence, causation is not established, necessitating further research on dosage effects and neurocognitive outcomes. The inconsistency underscores the need for further research, particularly prospective studies that control for dosage and assess neurocognitive outcomes over time.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 10, 2025

The convenience of once-daily dosing and a rapid IV bolus administration may offer workflow efficiencies in hospital or surgical settings, where minimizing polypharmacy and streamlining medication administration are important goals.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 19, 2025

Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2024;45(5):406-418. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2024.03.004

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 27, 2025

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 7, 2025

Limitations included open-label design and dosage constraints, but the multicountry approach enhanced generalizability and external validity. All patients underwent a 20-week correction period for dosage titration and Hb correction, which was followed by an 8-week evaluation for efficacy assessments. 1 REFERENCES 1.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 13, 2025

1 A total of 80 women aged 45 and older who were starting treatment at the oncology outpatient clinic of the hospital at FMB-UNESP were included in the randomized clinical trial. 1,2 “Even with a small sample of participants, it was possible to observe a significant difference in the response to chemotherapy. P = 0.04).

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 20, 2025

Selection of an appropriate OTC analgesic should take into consideration various patient factors, including the patient’s overall health status, current medical conditions, and medication profile, as well as patient preferences, which are often influenced by dosage form, required dosing intervals, and cost of OTC medication.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 29, 2025

Pharmacists can play a pivotal role in guiding safe, evidence-based supplementation by recommending appropriate dosages, monitoring for interactions, and reinforcing adherence. 1 Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D are promising adjuncts for managing inflammation and improving outcomes in patients with RA.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 16, 2025

Steqeyma provides a new dosage form and strength, enhancing treatment flexibility for young patients with chronic inflammatory conditions. The biosimilar demonstrated comparable efficacy and safety to Stelara in a phase 3 clinical trial, supporting its FDA approval.

Biosimilars

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 30, 2025

2,3 LIMBER is a phase 1, open-label, dose escalation study evaluating INCB057643 as a monotherapy at a dose escalation of 4 to 12 mg daily (part 1) or in combination with ruxolitinib at a dosage of 4 mg once daily and escalating to the maximum tolerated dose in part 1 (part 2).

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 16, 2025

The investigators assessed a total of 90 patients who received talquetamab at a dosage of 0.8 mg/kg once every 2 weeks plus teclistamab at a dosage of 3.0 2 As a combination therapy, talquetamab and teclistamab show significant promise in the phase 1b/2 dose escalation and expansion in the RedirecTT-1 trial (NCT04586426).

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 18, 2025

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 18, 2025

As depicted in Table 2 , if all of the following are true, then it is essentially a copy : same active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), same or easily substitutable dosage strength (this is set at greater than ±10%), and can be used by the same route of administration as prescribed for the compounded drug.

Compounding

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JUNE 18, 2025

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 30, 2025

The primary end point is PFS, with secondary outcomes including overall survival, overall response rate, and duration of response.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 18, 2025

1 About the Author Monica Holmberg, PharmD, BCPS, is a pharmacist in Phoenix, Arizona, and a Pharmacy Times contributor. DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION The recommended dose of gepotidacin is 1500 mg orally twice daily for 5 days. The medication should be taken after a meal to reduce gastrointestinal intolerance.

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APRIL 26, 2023

I was a staff pharmacist working in my first hospital. This was even before I became a pharmacy manager. I liked working as a staff pharmacist in a hospital. It was just me and the pharmacy tech working that evening. Most of them were written by residents in the hospital. A 5ml dosage contains 1.8g

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