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Eli Lilly Adds Highest Doses of Zepbound to Online Pharmacy Platform

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2 Following Eli Lilly, in March 2025, Novo Nordisk launched NovoCare pharmacy as a direct-to-patient delivery option that allows patients to pay cash for semaglutide (Wegovy) in all available and approved dosages at $499 per month. mg and 15 mg vials of tirzepatide starting July 7, with shipments beginning in early August.

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TikTok Videos on IBD Provide Low Quality Information

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link] Recent Videos Related Content FDA Grants Expanded Interchangeability Designation to Yuflyma Ashley Gallagher May 23rd 2025 Article Adalimumab-aaty (Yuflyma) prefilled syringes and autoinjectors are now fully interchangeable with the reference product adalimumab (Humira) across marketed dosage forms and strengths.

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Does Blue Cross Blue Shield cover Zepbound?

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Because there’s no generic version of Zepbound, the only other way tirzepatide can be purchased is if it’s compounded by a specialty pharmacy. Health insurance companies don’t usually cover compounded drugs because they’re not FDA approved. You may need more or less than that based on your prescribed dosage.

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Prevalence of Dosage Modifications and Impact on Response Milestone Among Patients With CML Treated With Imatinib Using RWD

Pharmacy Times

A group of experts will present an encore abstract titled " Prevalence of Dosage Modifications and Impact on Response Milestone Among Patients With CML Treated With Imatinib Using Real-World Data " at the 2025 Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting in Austin, Texas, from June 19 to 20.

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

Pharmacy Times

They have a team of highly skilled distribution professionals who can juggle efficacy and safety checks along with compounding as if they were conductors of a world-class symphony. We need people to coordinate and track prior authorizations, write persuasive appeal letters, and keep patients updated.

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Study Shows High-Dose Vitamin D Boosts Treatment Response in Breast Cancer

Pharmacy Times

In addition, the dosage [of 2000 IU per day] used in the research is far below the target dose for correcting vitamin D deficiency, which is usually 50,000 IU per week,” Carvalho-Pessoa said in a news release. 1,2 “Even with a small sample of participants, it was possible to observe a significant difference in the response to chemotherapy.

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Real-World Data Shows Similar Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Biosimilars Following Switch From Reference Product

Pharmacy Times

This single-center, retrospective, observational study included data from electronic health records and specialty pharmacies from January 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024, with specialty pharmacy dispensing data specifically used to identify patients who had received Humira and a biosimilar during the study period.