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OTC options for pets, monkeypox updates, historically low uninsured rates, and more!


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This week on Pharm5:

  • Pfizer’s Phase 2 trials for revamped COVID vaccine
  • Monkeypox updates: vaccines and treatment options
  • Treating animal infections with OTC topical medications
  • Uninsured rates hit historic US low
  • ASHP’s guidance to prevent controlled substance diversion

  • References:

    1. Pfizer and BioNTech advance COVID-19 vaccine strategy with study start of next-generation vaccine candidate based on enhanced spike protein design. Pfizer. https://bit.ly/3OVxagF.  Published July 27, 2022. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    2. FDA Briefing Document Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting. https://bit.ly/3I1wZhY. Published June 28, 2022. Accessed June 30, 2022.
    3. JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine distribution by jurisdiction. https://bit.ly/3vBs0zt. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    4. FDA provides update on agency response to Monkeypox Outbreak. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://bit.ly/3bw93rj. Published July 29, 2022. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    5. Lundberg A, Koch SN, Bierbrier L, Slater M. Treating common skin conditions of cats and dogs in a community setting. Today's Veterinary Practice. 2022:100-106. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    6. Spitnagel MB, Hillier A, Gober M, Carlson MD. Treatment complexity and caregiver burden are linked in owners of dogs with allergic/atopic dermatitis. Vet Dematol. 2021;32(2):192-e50. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    7. Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA). New HHS report shows national uninsured rate reached all-time low in 2022. HHS.gov. https://bit.ly/3zwU48y Published August 2, 2022. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    8. Number of retail prescription drugs filled at pharmacies by payer. KFF. https://bit.ly/3QmntJ8 Published March 5, 2020. Accessed August 4, 2022.
    9. ASHP releases revised guidelines on preventing diversion of controlled substances. ASHP. https://bit.ly/3d5XZ4F. Published August 2, 2022. Accessed August 4, 2022.
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      Pharm5By Elizabeth B. Hearn, PharmD, BCACP

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