Features and Publications, Summer 2023

Depression Events Associated with Proton-Pump Inhibitors in Postmarketing Drug Surveillance Data

August 30, 2023 | MDPI
Tigran Makunts, PharmD (Class of 2019, Assistant Project Scientist - Abagyan Lab); Kenneth Ta (SSPPS Student); Ruben Abagyan, PhD (Faculty)


Fall’s Vaccine Routine Didn’t Have to Be This Hard

August 30, 2023 | The Atlantic
Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP (Faculty)


Urine Excretion, Organ Distribution, and Placental Transfer of 6PPD and 6PPD-Quinone in Mice and Potential Developmental Toxicity through Nuclear Receptor Pathways

August 29, 2023 | ACS Publications
Haoqi Zhao (Postdoctoral Scholar - Dorrestein Lab); Sydney Thomas (Postdoctoral Scholar - Dorrestein Lab); Pieter Dorrestein, PhD (Faculty)


International consensus recommendations for the use of prolonged-infusion beta-lactam antibiotics

August 24, 2023 | ACCP Journals
Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP (Faculty)


Identifying the potential impact of a multidisciplinary outpatient antimicrobial therapy program in an area of high social vulnerability

August 24, 2023 | Sage Journal
Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP (Faculty)


Statistical modelling promises better identification of drug-induced AKI

August 24, 2023 | Renal Interventions
Linda Awdishu, PharmD, MAS (Faculty)


Palliation of Intractable Cancer-Related Pain With Low-Dose Epidural Bupivacaine

August 22, 2023 | Liebert Publishers
Rabia Atayee, PharmD, BCPS, APh, FAAHPM (Faculty)


Enzymatic Halogenation of Terminal Alkynes

August 18, 2023 | ACS Publications
William Gerwick, PhD (Faculty); Bradley Moore, PhD (Faculty)


Member Spotlight

August 17, 2023 | CSHP
Brenna Dooley (Class of 2025)


Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Cases

August 14, 2023 | Kidney International Reports
Zaid Yousif, PharmD, MAS (Faculty); Linda Awdishu, PharmD, MAS (Faculty)


Digital health and acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 27th Acute Disease Quality Initiative workgroup

August 14, 2023 | Nature Reviews Nephrology
Linda Awdishu, PharmD, MAS (Faculty)


For Certain Drugs Medicare Selects For Price Negotiation It May Be A Challenge To Get Deeper Discounts Than Current Rebates

August 6, 2023 | Forbes
Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Association Between Redlining and Spatial Access to Pharmacies

August 4, 2023 | JAMA Network
Giovanni Appolon, MPH (GSR - Hernandez Lab); Shangbin Tan, MS (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab); Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab); Jasmine Morales, BS (GSR - Hernandez Lab); Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Medicare Savings Hinge on Drug Prices Below Negotiated Levels

August 1, 2023 | Bloomberg Law
Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Changes In Net Prices And Spending For Pharmaceuticals After The Introduction Of New Therapeutic Competition, 2011–19

August 2023 | Health Affairs
Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab); Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Estimated discounts generated by Medicare drug negotiation in 2026

August 2023 | JMCP
Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty); Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab)


Anticancer-drug dose changes, discontinuations lead to $4,290 in pill wastage per patient

July 21, 2023 | Hematology/Oncology Today
Michael Lam, PharmD (Class of 2019)


Cost of Drug Wastage From Dose Modification and Discontinuation of Oral Anticancer Drugs

July 20, 2023 | JAMA Network
Michael Lam, PharmD (Class of 2019)


Botox to treat depression and anxiety? Experts have found a link.

July 20, 2023 | National Geographic
Ruben Abagyan, PhD (Faculty)


Healthcare costs and use before and after opioid overdose in Veterans Health Administration patients with opioid use disorder

July 19, 2023 | Wiley Online Library
Mark Bounthavong, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Researchers Use Unusual Enzyme as Vaccine Against Deadly Bacterial Infection

July 18, 2023 | UC San Diego Health Sciences Blog
Victor Nizet, MD (Faculty)


Contextualizing the Price of Biosimilar Adalimumab Based on Historical Rebates for the Original Formulation of Branded Adalimumab

July 13, 2023 | JAMA Network
Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab); Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


La Jolla Cove sea lion’s symptoms similar to poisoning from toxic algae turn out to be false alarm

July 13, 2023 | La Jolla Light
Bradley Moore, PhD (Faculty); William Gerwick, PhD (Faculty)


Structure-Activity Relationships, Tolerability and Efficacy of Microtubule-Active 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as Potential Candidates to Treat Human African Trypanosomiasis

July 10, 2023 | Chemistry Europe
Lawrence Liu (GSR - Caffrey Lab); Bobby Lucero (GSR - Ballatore Lab); Thibault Alle (SRA - Ballatore Lab); Michael Gilson, PhD, MD (Faculty); Conor Caffrey, PhD (Faculty); Carlo Ballatore, PhD (Faculty)


Scripps Oceanography scientist studies toxic algae bloom with plans to create prediction model

July 10, 2023 | Del Mar Times
Bradley Moore, PhD (Faculty); William Gerwick, PhD (Faculty)


Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment maintained HIV suppression in children with favorable reservoir characteristics in Botswana

July 5, 2023 | Science Translational Medicine
Edmund Capparelli, PharmD (Faculty)


Role of independent versus chain pharmacies in providing pharmacy access: a nationwide, individual-level geographic information systems analysis

June 20, 2023 | Health Affairs Scholar
Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty); Shangbin Tang, MS (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab); Jasmine Morales (GSR - Hernandez Lab); Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst - Hernandez Lab); Nimish Patel, PharmD, PhD, AAHIVP (Faculty)


A Novel UHPLC-MS/MS Method for the Quantification of Seven Opioids in Different Human Tissues

June 19, 2023 | MDPI
Sharon Oh, PharmD (Class of 2023); Sahar Khalili, PharmD (Class of 2023)


Estimated Changes in Insulin Prices and Discounts After Entry of New Insulin Products, 2012-2019

June 16, 2023 | JAMA Network
Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst, Hernandez Lab); Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Trachymyrmex septentrionalis ants promote fungus garden hygiene using Trichoderma-derived metabolite cues

June 15, 2023 | PNAS
Andrés Mauricio Caraballo-Rodríguez (Project Scientist, Dorrestein Lab); Pieter Dorrestein, PhD (Faculty)


Assessment of Commercial and Mandatory Discounts in the Gross-to-Net Bubble for the Top Insulin Products From 2012 to 2019

June 14, 2023 | JAMA Network
Nico Gabriel, MA (Research Data Analyst, Hernandez Lab); Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


Evaluation of Out-of-Pocket Costs and Treatment Intensification With an SGLT2 Inhibitor or GLP-1 RA in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

June 12, 2023 | JAMA Network
Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD (Faculty)


‘Oceans and Human Health’: La Jolla professor co-authors book on how people and the sea are ‘intertwined’

June 12, 2023 | La Jolla Light
William Gerwick, PhD (Faculty)


FDA committee recommends AstraZeneca and Sanofi’s RSV prophylactic nirsevimab

June 9, 2023 | Pharmaceutical Technology
Nimish Patel, PharmD, PhD, AAHIVP (Faculty)


Advisers Endorse RSV Antibody for Infants

June 9, 2023 | Politico
Nimish Patel, PharmD, PhD, AAHIVP (Faculty)


FDA advisors recommend AstraZeneca, Sanofi antibody to protect babies from RSV

June 8, 2023 | CNBC
Nimish Patel, PharmD, PhD, AAHIVP (Faculty)


Structure-property relationships of fluorinated carboxylic acid bioisosteres

June 8, 2023 | ScienceDirect
Thibault Alle (Staff Research Associate - Ballatore Lab); Karol Francisco (Postdoctoral Scholar - Caffrey Lab); Carlo Ballatore, PhD (Faculty)