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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.

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.

Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black... Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black...

Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black...

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Non-Hispanic Black individuals in 4 US states experienced a 38% increase in the rate of opioid overdose deaths from 2018 to 2019, while the rates for other race and ethnicity groups held steady or decreased, according to a new NIH study.
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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Pharmacists as providers: The last frontier in Alaska Pharmacists as providers: The last frontier in Alaska

Pharmacists as providers: The last frontier in Alaska

In a recent conversation with a patient’s wife, Justin Ruffridge, PharmD, learned a lot more about the patient’s condition than he...
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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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