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On July 24, FDA approved Daklinza (daclatasvir) for use with sofosbuvir to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3 infections.

FDA has approved sonidegib (Odomzo, Novartis) for locally advanced basal cell carcinoma.

Misconceptions about antibiotic use persist and continue to be more prevalent among parents of Medicaid-insured children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

FDA has approved ombitsavir, paritaprevir and ritonavir (Technivie, AbbVie) for the treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infections.

With FDA’s approval of Praluent (alirocumab) injection, the first in a new class of injectable cholesterol-lowering drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors, comes the need for a utilization management approach.

Texas Children's Hospital has worked hard to increase physician engagement, and the payoff has been huge.

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act will expand the availability of Medicare data. Here's how that could impact the industry.

Here are four reasons a clinical pharmacist should be part of care teams for chronically-ill, elderly, and at-risk patient populations.

A recent research paper recommends combining the various parts of Medicare as it now stands into plans that he calls "Unified Medicare" and "Unified Medicare +."

For health plans, the recently announced Anthem-Cigna deal signals that the industry is responding to structural changes in healthcare that have been building over the past few years.

Anthem’s acquisition of Cigna is being called the first “merger of titans” by industry watchers. Here's what to know.

Building on decades of effort to advance diabetes care, HealthPartners of Minnesota, continues to refine its management strategies to meet the individual patient's needs.

FDA has granted CLIA waiver for the Alere i Strep A test. The test, which was cleared for marketing by FDA in April 2015, is the first molecular platform that detects Group A Streptococcus (GAS) bacteria in 8 minutes or less.

The current global Parkinson’s disease market is characterized by a number of unmet needs, which include addressing the motor complications of dyskinesia and off-episodes. The recent approval of novel therapies and reformulations of existing drugs has the potential to fulfill some of these unmet needs, particularly in patients with advanced disease.

FDA has granted CLIA waiver to Theranos for herpes simplex virus test and test system.

Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD)-or eczema-may be successfully treated using a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug recently shown to reverse 2 other skin conditions, vitiligo and alopecia areata, according to findings published early online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Phoenix Children's Hospital's leadership team looked at how the foundational practices of accountable care could be implemented at the pediatric level. Here's what they found.

In this blog response to the July 13 article "5 reasons to keep biosimilar names the same," Louis Tharp, executive director or Global Healthy Living Foundation, lists 5 reasons biosimilars must have distinguishable names.

Recent reports suggest that many urgent care and primary care visits could be conducted as a virtual consult.

"The Express Scripts Exchange Pulse" report compares prescription medication use among exchange plan enrollees to those who are enrolled in a traditional health plan benefit.

On July 7, the FDA updated its list of drugs that are in short supply. Some of the drugs – such as Sodium Chloride 0.9 percent Injection Bags – have been in short supply for months, while others have become more problematic recently.

The FDA last week approved Rexulti (brexpiprazole) for schizophrenia and as an add-on treatment to an antidepressant medication to treat adults with major depressive disorder (MDD).

In this blog post, Robert Kyle of AdverseEvents compares the results of a postmarket survey of 3 obesity drugs.

Pregnant women who use antidepressants to manage depression should talk with their doctors for a personalized recommendation on how the antidepressants may affect the pregnancy.

Major safety concerns exist for many top-selling prescription drugs including benzodiazepines/prescription sleep aids, anticoagulants, cholesterol-lowering statins, oxycodone and hydrocodone, and stimulants. The following provides an overview of these classes and issues.

FDA is warning that diazoxide (Proglycem) for low blood sugar has caused pulmonary hypertension (high pressure in the blood vessels leading to the lungs) in infants and newborns.

FDA’s approval last week of AstraZeneca's Iressa (gefitinib) for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an important tool in fighting the disease.