Pharmacy Times

JULY 22, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). The importance of innovative solutions to provide pharmaceutical care to these communities cannot be overstated. REFERENCES Berenbrok LA, Tang S, Gabriel N, et al. Access to community pharmacies: a nationwide geographic information systems cross-sectional analysis. 2022;62(6):1816-1822. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.07.003

Mail-Order Pharmacies

Pharma Marketing Network

JUNE 15, 2025

Why the Network Matters in Today’s Pharma Landscape Conclusion and FAQs The Mission and History of Pharma Marketing Network Founded in 2003, the Pharma Marketing Network (PMN) was established to meet a growing need for collaboration and knowledge sharing in the evolving world of pharmaceutical communications.

Communication

Drug Topics

JUNE 17, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). References 1. Fick G, Osei J, Kim S, et al. A narrative literature review: Community pharmacy technician well-being and its implications. 2025 May 9:102419. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2025.102419. 2025.102419. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40349976.

Community Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JUNE 8, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). BMC Health Serv Res. 2005;5(1):3. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-5-3 6. Manzur V, Mirzaian E, Huynh T, et al. Implementation and assessment of a pilot, community pharmacy-based, opioid pain medication management program. 2020;60(3):497-502. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2019.11.029 2019.11.029 7.

Independent Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 18, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76(4):251-253. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxy040 13. Foster AA, Daly CJ, Logan T, et al. Implementation and evaluation of social determinants of health practice models within community pharmacy. 2022;62(4):1407-1416.doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.005 doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.005

Immunization

Pharmacy Times

JULY 24, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). [link] SPOT Skin Cancer seeks a world without skin cancer. American Academy of Dermatology. Accessed June 5, 2025. link] Kelly KM, Dhumal T, Scott VG, et al. a pharmacy-based, sun safety feasibility study. 2021;61(1):e69-e79. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2020.10.004 2020.10.004 Sunscreen FAQs. American Academy of Dermatology.

Compounding Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2025

From 2003 to 2023, 943 drugs were approved through the 505(b)(2) pathway. As of January 1, 2023, CMS has begun issuing unique J-codes to 505(b)(2) drugs dating back to 2003. “In However, 505(b)(2) drugs have been available since the 1980s. “CMS

FDA

Pharmacy Times

JULY 28, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Acad Pediatr. 2021;21(4S):S24-S29. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2021.01.018 2021.01.018 Shen AK, Tan ASL. Trust, influence, and community: why pharmacists and pharmacies are central for addressing vaccine hesitancy. 2022;62(1):305-308. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2021.10.001 Pediatr Infect Dis J.

Vaccines

PharmD Live

JUNE 16, 2025

[link] National Community Pharmacists Association. Medication adherence in America: A national report card. Retrieved June 11, 2025, from [link] World Health Organization. Adherence to long-term therapies: Evidence for action. link] Budnitz, D. Lovegrove, M. Shehab, N., & Richards, C.

Hospitals

PharmExec

JULY 29, 2025

He joined Novartis as a postdoc in 2003, following a postdoc at Harvard Medical School and a PhD in Molecular Genetics from The Ohio State University.

Communication

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 12, 2025

Bush’s Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and with it drug coverage for tens of millions of Medicare enrollees for the first time in program history. From a coverage perspective, Part D has been a success, with older Americans paying far less for drugs than they otherwise would have prior to MMA 2003. Add President Joseph R.

Community Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JULY 10, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Perepelkin J, Antunes K, Boechler L, et al. Providing mindfulness meditation for patients with depression and anxiety in a community pharmacy: A pilot study. 2019 Mar-Apr;59(2):258-264. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2018.10.017. 2018.10.017. Epub 2018 Dec 11. PMID: 30552050. Newsletter Pharmacy practice is always changing.

Community Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JUNE 16, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). [link] August 21, 2024 Accessed June 11, 2025. Meyerson BE, Richter S, Gordon R, et al. Pharmacy harm reduction practices to help reduce opioid overdoses, Arizona 2023. 2025;65(3):102348. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2025.102348

Specialty Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Accessed July 14, 2025. Axon DR, Eckert B, Leon T, et al. Medication therapy management lifestyle and wellness program for patients in rural Arizona. 2025;65(2):102324. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2025.102324 2025.102324 3. Measles cases and outbreaks. Updated July 16, 2025. Accessed July 16, 2025. Global measles.

Immunization

The Thyroid Pharmacist

AUGUST 1, 2025

2003 Dec;112(6 Pt 1):1419-20. 2003 Jul-Aug;9(4):58-61. Impact of Zinc Deficiency During Prenatal and/or Postnatal Life on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases: Experimental and Clinical Evidence. 2022;13(3):833-845. doi:10.1093/advances/nmac012 [125] Hambidge KM, Krebs NF. Zinc, low birth weight, and breastfeeding. Pediatrics.

Health and Personal Care Stores

Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 16, 2025

PEPFAR was launched under President George Bush in 2003, and by August 2024, it had provided $120bn of funding for HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and research.

Packaging

PharmaVoice

AUGUST 7, 2025

In 2003, the pharma giant began a complicated journey that was almost doomed from the outset. Published Aug. 7, 2025 Michael Gibney Senior Editor & Writer post share post print email license Permission granted by AstraZeneca Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.

Chemotherapy

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 11, 2025

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2022;28(11):2238-2240. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3. Fera T, Bluml BM, Ellis WM. Diabetes Ten City Challenge: final economic and clinical results. 2009;49(3):383-391. doi:10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09015 2009.09015 Blalock SJ, Roberts AW, Lauffenburger JC, Thompson T, O'Connor SK.

Compounding Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This marks omalizumab’s fourth FDA-approved indication for allergic and inflammatory conditions, such as severe persistent allergic asthma, with its initial approval being in 2003.

FDA

STAT

MAY 3, 2024

Nearly 900 people in 23 countries have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus since it started spreading from Southeast Asia in late 2003. But previous human cases were all linked to transmission from infected birds, typically domestic poultry. Read the rest…

STAT

JANUARY 3, 2024

The nonprofit research institute, based in Seattle, was founded in 2003 by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen to go after big and basic scientific questions. Mapping the billions of cells that make up the brain is a task mammoth enough to keep hundreds of researchers across continents busy for years.

STAT

JANUARY 19, 2024

Holmes was sentenced in November 2022 to 11 years in prison following a trial that determined she knew her blood-testing startup, which was founded in 2003 and which claimed to be able to test for a range of diseases and risks with one finger prick, produced inaccurate and faulty results. military to use its tests on the battlefield.

STAT

JUNE 26, 2024

The nation’s longstanding racial and ethnic health inequities will not improve unless Congress steps in to provide affordable health insurance for all and federal agencies start enforcing existing laws against discrimination and improve collection of racial and ethnic data, said the authors of a new report released Wednesday.

Insurance

STAT

APRIL 4, 2024

  The price of Humira rose 470% in the 20 years following its launch in 2003 to reach upward of $84,000 annually. Cyltezo is one of the only biosimilars that can be substituted for Humira at the pharmacy counter without a doctor’s permission, so it is in a better competitive position than most others. 

STAT

JANUARY 10, 2023

Five studies co-authored by Tessier-Lavigne are now under the microscope for containing alleged altered images: a 1999 Cell study , a 2008 paper in the EMBO Journal, a 2003 Nature study, and two studies published in 2001 in Science.

STAT

APRIL 5, 2024

When Francis Collins, then-director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, testified before Congress in 2003 about the significance of sequencing the human genome that year, he introduced personalized medicine as a new concept.

Outsourcing Pharma

JUNE 7, 2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biogenâs Aduhelm (aducanumab) for the treatment of Alzheimerâs: making it the first new treatment approved for the disease since 2003.

FDA

Pharma Mirror

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 2003 the Human Genome Project provided the first atlas. Despite untold investment by numerous pharmaceutical companies, FDA-approved drugs that target critical brain functions and conditions like anxiety, depression, and sedation continue to present severe and unpredictable side effects, including suicidal ideation.

Pharmaceutical Companies

STAT

MAY 13, 2024

” The answer invariably comes back to a popular 2003 journal article from a quartet of health economists titled, “ It’s The Prices, Stupid.” ” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

Hospitals

STAT

JANUARY 30, 2023

The human genome was sequenced in 2003. The act also created an industry that didn’t exist in the United States before its enactment, enabling the formation of companies to develop and commercialize therapies for rare diseases. That said, a lot has changed in science and drug development since 1983.

FDA

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Now many believe the money might have been better spent on public health interventions After spending 13 years and $2.7bn, the Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped our DNA, paving the way for a new era of medicine that would deliver “the right treatment, for the right patient, at the right time”.

STAT

JUNE 1, 2023

billion in 2003 to $42.9 But that could end up hammering the NIH budget, which has steadily climbed over the years as Congress channeled billions of dollars to research on cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and rare diseases. The NIH’s overall budget nearly doubled from $25.8 billion in 2022.

STAT

JANUARY 27, 2023

biomedical research powerhouse, a role he held from 2003 to 2021, when he was appointed to serve as the White House’s first Cabinet-level science adviser to the president. But the founding director will not be back at the helm of the Cambridge, Mass.,

STAT

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The precedent established in 2003, when the court ruled that race, along with other factors, could be given limited consideration in higher education admissions when necessary to achieve student body diversity, is now in jeopardy.

Medical Schools

STAT

MARCH 6, 2023

That was the message Chinese scientists delivered Monday on the opening day of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London.

STAT

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2003, Pancho’s life changed forever. That’s when a car crash sent the 20-year-old farm worker into emergency surgery to repair damage to his stomach. The operation went well, but the next day, a blood clot caused by the procedure cut off oxygen to his brain stem, leaving him paralyzed and unable to speak.

STAT

APRIL 15, 2024

Advisors, a hedge-fund firm run by brothers Felix and Julian Baker, had in 2003 invested in Seagen, a developer of next-generation cancer treatments. Pfizer bought Baker Bros.  Pfizer bought the company for $43 billion last year.