An experimental oral cancer drug has shown signs of effectiveness across six types of solid tumors in patients whose cancers had stopped responding to immunotherapy. The therapy, GRWD5769, was evaluated in combination with cemiplimab in patients with secondary anti-PD-1 resistance…

The FDA has approved Xocova (ensitrelvir) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents age 12 and older following contact with an individual who has COVID-19. The approval makes Xocova the first and only oral option to help prevent…

Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines has opened the Methodist Atrium Pharmacy,, according to a May 29 report from CBS affiliate KCCI. The pharmacy is located at the hospital and is open to the public. Patients do not need…

The FDA has approved Afrezza (insulin human) inhalation powder for use in children and adolescents aged 6 and older living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Afrezza, created by MannKind Corp, is an ultra-rapid-acting inhaled insulin administered at mealtime…

Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology and the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have formed an academic pathway that will allow qualified RIT students to pursue a PharmD degree or a master’s in pharmaceutical sciences. Under…

Health systems across the U.S. have experienced an uptake in patient demand for the pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib in the weeks since the FDA granted expanded access to the drug through a May 1 “safe to proceed” letter. Demand heightened…

The role of health system pharmacy executives has changed, as has the communication style required to sustain it.  Pharmacy leaders at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, UChicago Medicine and Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine told Becker’s how they translate pharmacy…

A Florida judge has ruled in favor of CVS, Walgreens and Walmart in a lawsuit brought by 16 hospitals seeking $2 billion in damages related to the opioid epidemic. Broward County Chief Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips entered judgment for the defendants…

Georgia pharmacists will be allowed to prescribe HIV prevention medications beginning July 1 under a new law, according to a May 27 report from Atlanta News First. Georgia joins more than 20 states that already allow pharmacists to prescribe the…

An experimental hepatitis B treatment developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline has achieved a functional cure in about 20% of patients with chronic hepatitis B infections, according to research published May 28 in The New England Journal of Medicine. The…