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Efficiency, Education, and Evolution: What’s Next for Pharmacy Practice?

Pharmacy Times

In an interview with Pharmacy Times at the 2025 Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting, Scott Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, director of pharmacy at Mayo Clinic, focused on the evolving role of pharmacists in healthcare, highlighting their increasing presence in outpatient settings to enhance efficiency and patient care.

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Pharmacist-Led Interventions Show Promise in Improving COPD Outcomes

Drug Topics

Mayo Clinic Staff. Mayo Clinic. FDA Approves Mepolizumab for Treatment of COPD Exacerbations Brian Nowosielski May 22nd 2025 Article Approval comes from positive results in the MATINEE and METREX phase III trials, with data showing a significant reduction in annual rates of COPD exacerbations among patients.

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Nemolizumab Shows Rapid, Sustained Efficacy in Atopic Dermatitis

Pharmacy Times

Nemolizumab targets IL-31 receptor alpha, inhibiting itch and inflammation, and is FDA-approved for use with topical therapies in patients 12 and older. Nemolizumab also received FDA approval in August 2024 as a pre-filled pen for subcutaneous injection for the treatment of adults with prurigo nodularis.

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Avatrombopag Receives FDA Approval for Treamtent of Pediatric Patients With Chronic Immune Thrompcytopenia

Pharmacy Times

SHOW MORE Avatrombopag gains FDA approval for pediatric ITP treatment, offering a new oral option for managing chronic thrombocytopenia in children. Common adverse reactions in pediatric patients included viral infections, nasopharyngitis, and cough, but the drug was generally well-tolerated.

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

This act…allowed a pathway for manufacturers to create a ‘copy’ of a licensed patent product to make it cheaper and more discounted,” Soefje, director of pharmacy cancer care services and associate professor of pharmacy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said at the HOPA conference.

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Immunotherapy Takes the Lead in Advanced Cutaneous Malignancies

Pharmacy Times

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FDA Approves Y-90 Resin Microspheres for Unrespectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Pharmacy Times

SHOW MORE The FDA has approved Y-90 resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres; Sirtex Medical), a radioembolization therapy for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is marked as the most common form of liver cancer in adults residing in the US. The DOORwaY90 study showed a 98.5%

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