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How the Pharmacist Views Expansion of Clinical Role

Drug Topics

As these roles continue to expand, and as more evidence of improved patient outcomes is released, other entities within health care are recognizing the immense patient benefits pharmacists provide. Stay ahead of the curve with the Drug Topics newsletter and get the latest drug information, industry trends, and patient care tips.

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Pharmacy Schools Should Prepare Students for Workforce Challenges

Drug Topics

2 “The number of working pharmacists peaked in 2019, and the profession’s unemployment rate reached around 5% that same year. Most of the students observed burnout among community chain pharmacists (90%), then community independent (69%), and hospital and health system (65%). But in 2024, that number fell to just 2.8%.” References 1.

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Extremely Severe Pediatric Obesity Prevalence Increased Over Last 15 Years

Drug Topics

Patients included in the review also had higher total cholesterol levels, lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, high systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and high glycated hemoglobin levels. The GLP-1 prescriptions among this patient population increased from 12.3% in 2019 to 60.9%

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Nitrosamine contamination in medicines: risk, regulation and reality

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

6 By early 2019, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) set interim limits for nitrosamines in APIs, allowing a two-year transition before stricter thresholds took effect. Conclusion As healthcare professionals, our foremost obligation is to ensure that our patients continue receiving effective, essential therapies. 5 EMEA/H/A-31/1471.

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A decade of driving medicines optimisation innovation in clinical pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Running from 1 November 2019 to 31 December 2023, the project tested the abilities of digital tools, including robotics and smart devices, to support older citizens living in their own homes to maintain a high-quality standard of living. Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review.

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Unicorns Don’t Exist: Rethinking the Generalist Model in Oncology Pharmacy

Pharmacy Times

Kalis, PharmD, BCOP Key Takeaways Oncology pharmacy's complexity outpaces the generalist model, necessitating specialization for effective patient care and operational efficiency. These are all important and necessary topics that help cancer centers run effectively and deliver exceptional patient care.

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Caveat Emptor in the Gray Market

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Sean O’Hearen Key Takeaways High-profile counterfeit medicine cases —from the 2019 Kentucky SURGICEL incident to counterfeit HIV drugs and Ozempic—expose vulnerabilities in the US healthcare supply chain, especially via unauthorized “gray market” channels. April 14, 2025.