Editorial

Welcome to our third annual special Oncology edition of Specialty Pharmacy Times! While new targeted oral medications are convenient and effective, they are also expensive and toxic, so the need for creating the greatest effectiveness from therapy is warranted. That's where specialty pharmacy comes in.

Is it time to take sides or stay on the sidelines? With major happenings in specialty pharmacy, specialty pharmacists will want to take note as the profession moves on.

Collaborations between manufacturers, specialty pharmacies, and patients must be based on integrity and trust to be successful.

Specialty pharmacy has come a long way, starting with deep community roots. Those deep roots are part of the new trends in expanding specialty to the retail setting, which beings high-tech service and total commitment to patient well-being back to the community.

As industry invests billions into self-administered oncolytics, specialty pharmacy steps in. This special issue focuses on the cutting-edge, real-world practices and successes of specialty pharmacy in oncology.

As the population ages, the care of seniors is expanding and specialty pharmacists will play a more active role in patient management and collaboration with other health care providers.