Top 5 ways hospital pharmacies can fulfill their missions
September 8th 2014Offering 24/7 pharmacy coverage and expanding outpatient services are two ways hospitals can better fulfill their quality care mission, according to Mary Baxter, RPh, vice president, national practice leader with Cardinal Health’s Performance and Outcomes Innovative Delivery Solutions.
FDA approves another treatment for advanced melanoma
September 5th 2014FDA has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) for treatment of patients with advanced or unresectable melanoma who are no longer responding to other drugs. Pembrolizumab, which received breakthrough therapy designation for advanced melanoma, is the sixth new melanoma treatment approved since 2011.
Pharmacist connected to 2012 meningitis deaths arrested
September 5th 2014Federal agents Thursday arrested the former supervising pharmacist of New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, which in 2012 provided tainted drugs that led to a fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened more than 700.
Bill permitting pharmacists to dispense naloxone without prescription passes in California
August 20th 2014California lawmakers passed a bill that would allow pharmacists to furnish naloxone without a prescription according to guidelines yet to be established by the state’s pharmacy and medical boards.
Pharmacy professor develops naloxone nasal spray
August 20th 2014A University of Kentucky pharmacy professor has developed a quicker, easier way to deliver naloxone via a nasal spray, and his invention is being fast-tracked by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a report in the Lexington Herald-Leader.
CDC committee endorses Pfizer pneumonia vaccine
August 15th 2014A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee has recommended Prevnar 13 [Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine] for routine use to help protect adults aged 65 years and older against pneumococcal disease, Pfizer announced.