HEALTHCARE TEAMS

Pharmacists can help lead the way to personalized healthcare

Pharmacists are in the perfect position to tailor drug therapies to individual patients and subpopulations using pharmacogenomic data, reported a white paper published online October 14 in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. » More

COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES

New IACP tool helps evaluate pharmacies for compounded medication services

The IACP has developed an assessment questionnaire to help hospitals, practitioners, and non-compounding pharmacies identify and evaluate compounding pharmacies. » More

Resource Center: Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation afflicts more than 2.3 million persons in the United States and is expected to increase 2.5-fold by 2050. To find risk stratifying tools and articles on emerging oral anticoagulant therapies, click here.

MEDICATION ADHERENCE

Orlando Health offers discharged patients their “Scripts to Go”

Orlando Health, a system comprising several medical facilities in Orlando, Fla., recently launched their Scripts to Go program. » More

FDA ACTIONS

FDA approves Ferriprox to treat excess iron

FDA has approved deferiprone (Ferriprox, ApoPharma) to treat patients with iron overload resulting from blood transfusions in patients with thalassemia. » More

Vivus resubmits NDA for Qnexa

Vivus has resubmitted its NDA for Qnexa (phentermine/topiramate) to FDA. » More

CLINICAL NEWS

Antipsychotics get mixed review for unapproved use

Atypical antipsychotic medications are often prescribed for conditions they aren’t approved to treat—with questionable benefit, new research finds. » More

Overweight children have increased blood pressure risk, study finds

Children who are overweight or obese have 3 times the risk of high blood pressure compared with children of normal weight, reported a study published recently in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. » More

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