Prescription

The Allergen Disclosure in Non-Food Articles Act would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labels on drugs intended for human use to indicate if they include ingredients derived from the top nine food allergens or glutens.

In this edition, prior authorization linked delay in prescription fills; disparities in access to specialized cancer centers; ‘new potential treatment option’ for advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia and more.

HHS has released a list of 43 prescription drugs for which Part B beneficiary coinsurances may be lower starting July 1.

New prior authorization policies appeared associated with about a 2-week delay in oral oncology drug prescription fills, according to study results presented during ASCO Annual Meeting.

A proposed bill to make ordering contact lenses online safer by banning sellers from verifying prescriptions through robocalls has earned the praise of the Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety.

The percentage of people receiving prescription stimulants rose from 2016 to 2021, including large increases during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among adolescent girls and adult men and women, data show.

Primary care physicians typically use subjective factors when making surgical recommendations, contrasting the evidence-based practice for prescription recommendations, according to the results of a qualitative study in JAMA Network Open.

Among primary care physicians, quarterly personalized antibiotic prescribing audits and feedback with peer benchmarking did not reduce antibiotic prescriptions, according to results of a randomized clinical trial in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Fewer people with diabetes filled glucagon prescriptions in 2021 compared with 2011, though increases were seen among those with type 1 diabetes and adults with a history of severe hypoglycemia, according to study data.

A digital therapeutic software company has expanded its collaboration with an outpatient addiction treatment provider to provide adults with substance use disorder and opioid use disorder access to prescription digital therapeutics.