For millennia, when people lost their hearing, it was gone. The sound of rain, of their grandchildren’s voices, all of the day-to-day noises that make up humankind’s auditory life—they were either gone or radically altered, leaving communication challenging at best.

Elizabeth Briand

In November 2024, Azurity announced the approval of Danziten (nilotinib), indicated for adults with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in the chronic phase (CP) and adults with CP and accelerated phase (AP) Ph+ CML resistant to or intolerant to prior therapy that included imatinib.

Institute for Safe Medication Practice, Plymouth Meeting, PA

Pharmacists are the best experts on medication safety in an institutional setting. When a nursing error is alleged to have occurred, a medication safety pharmacist will likely be asked to provide testimony in legal proceedings that may arise.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Food insecurity—defined as inadequate food or food that lacks nutrition—has quickly become another social determinant of health (SDOH) that could be addressed in a range of environments, including health care settings.

Loren Bonner

An AARP Public Policy Institute Spotlight report from early 2025 found that prices for the top 25 Medicare Part D drugs not yet scheduled for Medicare price negotiation have nearly doubled since entering the market, increasing by an average of 98%.

Kevin Willmann

Pharmacists play an indispensable role in protecting public health through immunization, working alongside physicians, public health officials, and other health care professionals to increase access to vaccines.

APhA Staff

A study published February 25, 2025, in JAPhA sheds light on the frequency and nature of medication errors in veterinary hospitals, where pharmacists are often absent from routine care.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Updates from FDA

APhA Staff

While human infections of the highly pathogenic H5N1 “bird flu” virus remain low, patients may still have questions.

Loren Bonner

Federal agencies have been working toward potentially changing the drug schedule of cannabis for several years. However, a recent decision by a DEA judge has caused a delay in moving this process forward.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

In January 2025, FDA approved Journavx (suzetrigine), a first-in-class non-opioid analgesic, for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

Mary Warner

Over half of all Americans take a daily multi-vitamin or dietary supplement with recent polls showing that number may be rising. Meanwhile, the incidence of documented cases of supplement-induced liver damage has also been rising.

Mickie Cathers

Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections remain a major cause of mortality in ICUs, posing many treatment uncertainties. Although several antibiotics have been used to treat these infections, comparative effectiveness is unclear.

APhA Staff

The field of cardiology is evolving rapidly, which means guidelines must keep up. In early 2025, the American Heart Association, along with the American College of Cardiology, released an updated clinical practice guideline to improve care for patients experiencing acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Loren Bonner

A team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched a quality improvement project to increase the number of discharge prescriptions sent to their on-site outpatient pharmacy (OOP).

Corey Diamond, PharmD

Each year, adults aged 65 and older undergo more than 30% of all inpatient and outpatient surgeries in the United States, despite accounting for only 15% of the country’s population.

Elizabeth Briand

A joint panel, including representatives from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, the European Respiratory Society, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, released updated clinical practice guidelines for treatment-susceptible and -resistant TB in children and adults.

Sonya Collins

Acne vulgaris is a prevalent dermatological condition that significantly affects individuals’ quality of life and poses substantial challenges in clinical management.

Jamie L. McConaha, PharmD, NCTTP, BCACP, CDCES; Lucia Massaro, PharmD Candidate 2025; Morgan Newton, PharmD Candidate 2025

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