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Hair Loss Therapy Shows Potential for Regeneration in Phase 2 Trial

Drug Topics

After the randomized portion of the study, patients were eligible to enroll in an open-label extension study for 3 months to assess the long term safety of PP405. Patients applied the therapy or placebo once per day for 4 weeks and were followed for up to 12 weeks.

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Healthy Diet Provides Health Benefits, Even Without Weight Loss

Drug Topics

Image Credit: sonyakamoz - stock.adobe.com "We have been conditioned to equate weight loss with health, and weight loss-resistant individuals are often labeled as failures,” Anat Yaskolka Meir, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the department of epidemiology at Harvard Chan School, said in a news release.

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Obesity Medication Use Remains Low Among Children | ADA 2025

Drug Topics

of YA with obesity were prescribed OMs—predominantly GLP-1s approved for adults but used off label for younger people. Despite the high prevalence of obesity among children and YA, OM utilization remains low,” wrote authors of the abstract. 1 In the final year of the analysis (2024), just 1.5% of adolescents and 5.7%

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FDA approves omaveloxolone for treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

In an open label extension trial, after 72 weeks, the response to omaveloxolone compared to placebo was maintained.

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Does Blue Cross Blue Shield cover Mounjaro?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Blue Cross Blue Shield doesn’t typically cover Mounjaro for weight loss because it’s considered an off-label use of the drug. Some specialty pharmacies will create their own version of Mounjaro, known as compounded tirzepatide. “If you do not fit BMI criteria or do not have Type 2 diabetes, your insurance might not cover them.”

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PQA Welcomes Four New Members

PQA

Our members include community and specialty pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and other healthcare providers, pharmacies, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, life sciences, technology vendors, government agencies, health information technology partners, researchers, accrediting organizations and academia.

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Mail order pharmacy: What you should know about getting Rx by mail

SingleCare

Mail order pharmacies can mail controlled substances as long as they’re labeled per federal and state regulations. Additionally, specialty medications can also be mailed,” he explains. “All of the largest specialty pharmacies in the U.S. today mail scripts to their patients.