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New Frontline BTK Inhibitor Strategy Gains FDA Approval in Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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Acalabrutinib had previously received approval in 2017 as a single agent for this same indication. The recent application was granted both priority review and orphan drug designation.

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Pharmacists Push Forward: Innovative Clinical Solutions Highlighted at McKesson ideaShare 2025

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Within the pharmacy, the average appointment time for contraception prescribing is just 20 minutes, and Meredith highlighted the importance of involving pharmacy technicians to streamline the workflow. 1 Meredith also cited promising outcomes from states like Oregon.

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Hypertension: A Silent Killer Requiring Novel Therapies

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Am J Prev Med 2017; 53:S172-S181. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants Lancet 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1. Epub 2021 Aug 24. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2017.07.014

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Invest a Few Minutes in Inhaler Counseling

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J Clin Pharm Ther. 2021;46(5):1254-1262. doi:10.1111/jcpt.13419 13419 Gardenhire DS, Burnett D, Strickland S, Myers TR. A guide to aerosol delivery devices for respiratory therapists. American Association for Respiratory Care. Accessed June 6, 2025. link] Bosnic-Anticevich S, Bakerly ND, Chrystyn H, Hew M, van der Palen J.

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Lipid-Lowering Effects Discovered in FDA-Approved Drugs Using Machine Learning

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prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and about a quarter of US adults harbored elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels from 2017 to 2022. The American Heart Association’s 2023 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update found a 34.7%

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Investigating the Pharmacist’s Role in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Patients With Cancer

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In the 2017 book The Big Picture , author Sean Carroll seamlessly blends the scientific with the philosophical and comments that “life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore.

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Efepoetin Alfa Noninferior to Mircera When Correcting Anemia, Maintaining Hemoglobin in CKD

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million global deaths recorded in 2017. The data, which were published in Nephrology , also highlighted comparable safety among the 2 treatments. The global prevalence is estimated to be about 11% to 13%, with 697.5 million cases of all-stage disease CKD and 1.2