Marie Rosenthal
Killing the Kidneys to Save the Patient
Orlando, Fla.—Many interventions damage the kidneys, but drugs, especially antimicrobial agents, are ...
JULY 18, 2018
A ‘Paradigm Shift’ for Migraine Prevention
Las Vegas—The FDA approval of erenumab-aooe (Aimovig, Amgen/Novartis) presents a “paradigm shift” ...
JUNE 12, 2018
The NINJA in the Pharmacy
Orlando, Fla.—Medications are among the many factors that cause acute kidney injury (AKI) in the hospital, ...
MAY 30, 2018
FDA Eyes Limits on 503B Bulk Substances List
An FDA draft guidance limiting the bulk drug substances that 503B facilities can use in compounding may trigger ...
MAY 22, 2018
Pharmacists Flexing Their Med Management Muscles
The number of hospitals where pharmacists have the authority to order laboratory tests and adjust or initiate ...
MAY 15, 2018
Early Action Plan Fights ‘Wildfire’ Of ABx Resistance
The CDC is employing a new aggressive testing and infection control strategy to slow the spread of highly resistant ...
MAY 3, 2018
New Guidelines Change CDI Treatment Protocols
San Antonio—Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to be a major problem in all areas of the ...
APRIL 4, 2018
The Turf War Over Compounding Safety Gets a Hearing on the Hill
All drugs should be compounded under suitable quality standards, but who should be ensuring those standards among ...
APRIL 4, 2018
FDA Drafts Guidance Limiting 503B Bulks List
The FDA issued a critical policy document that addresses how the 503B bulk list will be formulated, and what bulk ...
MARCH 29, 2018
340B Program: Important, but Weaknesses Cited
Recent governmental actions endanger the controversial 340B drug pricing program, even though a powerful ...
JANUARY 31, 2018
FDA Approves New Indication for Gilotrif
Boehringer Ingelheim's Gilotrif gets a new indication for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic ...
JANUARY 18, 2018
New Drug Approvals for 2018: Strong Specialty Pipeline
By 2020, about half of the money spent on the pharmacy benefit will be on specialty drugs, and these medications ...
JANUARY 11, 2018
