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Pharmacy Leaders Enhance Culture with Continuous Learning | McKesson ideaShare

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Regular performance reviews, goal-setting, and clear documentation aren't just administrative tasks—they're critical shields against potential workplace conflicts and legal challenges. Equally important is her emphasis on structured human resources practices.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA guidance on AI, meds releasing ‘forever chemicals,’ and more

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The brief, 20-page document, instead, focuses on AI models used to produce data that supports regulatory decision-making about the safety, effectiveness, or quality of drugs.   Most of the compounds came from commonly prescribed medications including antidepressants and statins. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Deucravacitinib Shows Joint, Skin Symptom Improvements in Psoriatic Arthritis

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The study cohort included 670 patients who were diagnosed with PsA of at least a 3 month duration and have active plaque psoriatic skin lesions or a documented medical history of plaque psoriasis. READ MORE: Significant Knowledge Gap Exists in Patient Awareness of Psoriatic Disease The study found that 54.2% of patients who received placebo.

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Q&A: Pharmacies Grapple With Patient Influx Amid Rite Aid Closures

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Pharmacists can get trained credentials, get up to speed and enrolled to generate $20, $30, $50 a month per patient in managing their medications a little better and documenting it.

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Does Aetna cover Mounjaro?

The Checkup by Singlecare

There are a few key factors that influence whether a person’s Mounjaro prescription will be covered by insurance: Condition being treated: “Insurance companies typically ask for FDA-approved indications to cover [drugs], which means Mounjaro—tirzepatide—will be typically covered for Type 2 diabetes ,” says Inna Melamed, Pharm.D. ,

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Does Blue Cross Blue Shield cover Zepbound?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Zepbound (tirzepatide) is a once-weekly injectable GIP/glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist that’s been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to promote weight loss in adults with obesity or who are overweight with a weight-related health condition. It was later approved to treat sleep apnea in adults with obesity.

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Pharmaceutical Compounding Calculations, Part Two–Bulk Drugs

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Pharmacist weighing chemical | Image Credit: © Kzenon - stock.adobe.com Performing calculations for the formulation of pharmaceutical dosage forms and related preparations is a key activity in compounding. It builds on drug calculations topics previously described (1), including guidance documents (2–5). Pluta Nishant B. Active moiety.