By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] and Jenny Prakash, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Starting your rotations in 5th year…
By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - On November 22, 2013, simeprevir (Olysio®), a new agent to treat chronic hepatitis C,…
Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS) is an international professional pharmacy fraternity that provides opportunities to women in pharmacy…
The mission of the Drug Information Association (DIA) Student chapter is to cultivate an awareness of opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief - Marijuana, also known as “grass,” “pot,” “joint,” “weed,” “reefer,” “hashish,” and “Mary Jane,” is a…
The mission of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) is to be the collective voice of student…
By: Elizabeth Kopec, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, South University School of Pharmacy at Columbia, SC - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…
The Student Society of Health-system Pharmacy (SSHP) seeks to educate pharmacy students on the future of clinical…
By: Rebecca Gilene, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, St. Louis College of Pharmacy - The FDA approved macitentan (Opsumit®) on October…
By: Taryn Mondiello, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Halloween came early this year to St. John’s University and to the…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - Near the end of December, the pharmaceutical company, MannKind Corp, will submit their…
By: Sherine Jaison, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - The leukemia chemotherapy drug ponatinib (Iclusig) has just been taken off the…
By: Hamid Razaki, PharmD - Drug shortages seen across pharmacies in the United States continue to be an issue in…
By: Ramya Mathew, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - Pharmacy, like much of medicine, is constantly changing, and the new changes in…
By: Jenny Park, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Lung cancer takes away the lives of about 160,000 individuals annually, which…
By: Samantha Schmidt, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, Palm Beach Atlantic University - The role of pharmacists in healthcare has grown…
By: Beatrice Popovitz, Staff Editor and Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - In August 2013, St. John’s University welcomed…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - A new experimental vaccine, PfsPZ, offers great promise as a cure for malaria.…
By: Uzma Toppa, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS, is a viral respiratory…
By: Arya Mathew, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - About twelve percent of the U.S. population suffers from migraines, affecting adult…
By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor and Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - In Volume 1 Issue1 of the Rho Chi…
By: Joshua Bliss, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - Doctor - a word often utilized by both professionals and the general…
By: Ansel Oommen, BS Toxicology Candidate c/o 2014 - DNA damage is the driving force behind aging, and, on a…
By: Samad Tirmizi, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Hemolytic anemia (HA) is a type of anemia that occurs due to…
By: Davidta Brown - Every year in late October, the third year pharmacy students at the College of Pharmacy and…
By: Nathan Trustman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, AMSCOP at LIU - The antibiotic class known as the fluoroquinolones is widely…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - Pathogenic bacteria have been enemies to human health for centuries. As recently as last…
By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 26th that oral dosage…
By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief and Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - Just last month, St. John’s University…
By Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - If you were in charge of government spending, how would you allocate our…
By: Andy Zhang, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - On August 1st, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released…
By: David Ong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Manipulating the renin-angiotensin system is one of the many ways drugs are…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On June 27, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS.gov,…
By: Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - When the seasons transition from winter into spring every year, healthcare providers brace for…
By Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - For post-operative pain treatment, few drugs are as trustworthy, as tried-and-true, as codeine. Prescriptive…
By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - This year, on July 23rd, FDA advisers voted 7 to 6, with one…
By: Praneeta Nagraj, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Summer is a great time to recover from the school year through…
By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurological behavior characterized by persistent patterns…
By Omar Khalid Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2014 - The outpour of a multitude of new oral anticoagulants in recent years…
By: Efime Popovitz, BS/MD Candidate, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education - When Sarah Murnaghan received the long awaited adult…
By: Kristin M. Cheng, PharmD candidate c/o 2014 - The Drug Information Association (DIA) 2013 Annual Meeting took place…
By: Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor - For the past decade, antibiotic resistant bacteria have been a growing concern in healthcare.…
By: Aleena Cherian, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Although opioid analgesics are among the most effective drugs to treat pain,…
By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - Approximately 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C infection.1 While acute cases are…
Davidta Brown, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - The debate on the nature of compounding practice and the extent to…
By: Jacqueline Chirico; Pharm D Candidate c/o 2016 - The reasons behind the choice to study pharmacy here at St.…
By: Tina Chang & Helen Dong PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 Ever been to a conference where all you do…
By Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - Angelina Jolie, the actress recognized for her charismatic beauty, revealed to the New…
By: Tasnima Nabi, Content-focused Co-Copy Editor - The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has officially launched a Master of…