Migraine is the second leading cause of disability globally and, worldwide, 50% of the population suffered from headache and 30% have experienced migraine in the past year.

In a recent unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States recognized a subjective standard for interpreting the “usual and customary” requirement in the submission of pharmacy claims to federally funded programs.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Somatropin human growth hormone is available from multiple manufacturers using various brand names (e.g., Genotropin–Pfizer, Humatrope–Eli Lilly, FlexPro–Norditropin, Omnitrope–Novartis, Saizen–EMD Serono, Inc., Zorbtive–EMD Serono, Inc.) and in multiple dosage forms (e.g., pen devices, cartridges to be used with pen devices, vials). The indications for use vary from product to product. This variety of products, indications, and dosage forms can present challenges to specialty pharmacies.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

The Pharmacy Palette: A Colorful Journey Through the World of Pharmacy, is a coloring book that features over 50 pharmacy specialties: a poison control pharmacist, a military pharmacist, a quality assurance pharmacist, and a veterinary pharmacist—just to name a few.

Loren Bonner

Palforzia (peanut allergen powder-dnfp–Aimmune Therapeutics), which was FDA-approved in 2020, has been giving people with peanut allergies protection from severe reactions.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Pharmacists and other clinicians are going to see digital therapeutics (DTx) and prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) affect pharmacotherapy in the coming years, said Timothy Aungst, PharmD, lead author of a recent paper about PDTs published April 2, 2023, in JAPhA.

Loren Bonner

Fueled by celebrity endorsements, the increasing popularity of semaglutide injection (Wegovy—Novo Nordisk and Ozempic—Novo Nordisk) as a highly effective weight loss drug helped land it on FDA’s shortage list last year, where it remains today.

Sonya Collins

According to a new study published June 22, 2023, in the Lancet, the prevalence of diabetes will increase 60% worldwide by 2050. One key to the puzzle is how individuals and the health care community approach diabetes and how that relates to food and nutrition.

Mickie Cathers

Pharmacy Today proudly presents APhA’s Self-Care Product Survey. Conducted by BrandSpark/Newsweek International using a scientifically valid methodology, the survey determines those nonprescription products most often recommended by pharmacists in the United States to consumers.

Many opioid-related legal cases are currently being pursued against pharmacies, alleging that a patient’s brief period of opioid use years ago caused the patient to become addicted to opioids and that the dispensing pharmacy should be held legally liable for causing the patient’s overdose death years later.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD