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Transitions Magazine

Transitions is published bi-monthly for members of the APhA New Practitioner Network. The online newsletter contains information focused on life inside and outside pharmacy practice, providing guidance on various areas of professional, personal, and practice development. Each issue includes in-depth articles on such topics as personal financial management, innovative practice sites, career profiles, career development tools, residency and postgraduate programs, and more.

ISMP cautions pharmacists about flu and COVID-19 vaccine mix-ups after... ISMP cautions pharmacists about flu and COVID-19 vaccine mix-ups after...

ISMP cautions pharmacists about flu and COVID-19 vaccine mix-ups after...

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ISMP has reported multiple mix-ups between the flu vaccine and COVID-19 vaccines since the former became available in September. All the mishaps happened in community and ambulatory care pharmacies, according to ISMP.

Drug combo has potential to reduce COVID-19 hospitalization and death Drug combo has potential to reduce COVID-19 hospitalization and death

Drug combo has potential to reduce COVID-19 hospitalization and death

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New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a combination of the monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, REGEN-COV, significantly reduced the risk of COVID-19–related hospitalizations and death in patients. The study results were part of the phase 3 portion of an adaptive trial.
FDA takes steps to improve quality, safety of sunscreens FDA takes steps to improve quality, safety of sunscreens

FDA takes steps to improve quality, safety of sunscreens

FDA is working to improve the quality, safety, and efficacy of sunscreens as part of its implementation of new authorities for certain OTC drugs.
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Are we close to a treatment for preterm preeclampsia? Are we close to a treatment for preterm preeclampsia?

Are we close to a treatment for preterm preeclampsia?

Researchers of a new study published in BMJ say that extended-release metformin could prolong gestation in women with preterm preeclampsia.
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North Dakota, which once lost its fight to regulate PBM practices, gets a rematch

At the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) and North Dakota delivered oral arguments in litigation over state laws regulating some PBM practices. The proceedings were the latest step in PCMA v Wehbi’s winding path through the courts. The circuit court once sided with the PBM lobbying group, but the U.S. Supreme Court vacated...
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