Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA

Heidi Crayton, MD, discusses the typical coverage criteria requirements she encounters from payers for currently-approved therapies for multiple sclerosis.

Key opinion leaders discuss the challenges associated with step therapy requirements after initially selecting a drug class, the patient factors considered when deciding to switch a patient with non-relapsing secondary progressive multiple sclerosis to a different therapy, and whether payers commonly employ step therapy between different drug classes.

The expert panel discusses ways to increase awareness of the RSV vaccine for patients who would benefit from it.

Focusing on the diagnosis of RSV, Mary Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, provides clinical insights on signs and symptoms and testing practices.

Experts in multiple sclerosis discuss the potential introduction of a subcutaneous form of ocrelizumab to the market in late 2024 and how they plan to incorporate it into their treatment algorithms.

Heidi Crayton, MD, and Maria Lopes, MD, discuss the most recent 2018 guidelines for multiple sclerosis treatment, emphasizing the need for updated guidelines, particularly in the payer space, to ensure coverage criteria for MS medications, and they also consider the factors that influence their decision-making process when selecting therapies for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.

A panel of experts outline who’s at risk for RSV and how it’s spread, highlighting how transmission can be minimized.

Focusing on the economic burden of RSV, the panel discusses financial considerations for multiple patient populations, highlighting hospitalization costs and the main drivers of healthcare resource utilization.

A panel of experts provide an overview of BTK inhibitors for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Experts on the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia discuss recent trends and innovations in the therapeutic landscape.

Marty J. Feltner, PharmD, provides insights on complications associated with RSV infections and how complications vary for different patient populations.

A panel of experts on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) introduce themselves and give an overview of patients who are most affected by RSV.

Experts in multiple sclerosis discuss overall patient satisfaction with current disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis, highlighting the need for more therapies that stave off decline and disease progression.

Key opinion leaders discuss the most significant unmet needs in the current treatment landscape for multiple sclerosis.

Heidi Crayton, MD, and Maria Lopes, MD, discuss the limitations of using relapse rates as a critical endpoint in trials for patients with non-relapsing secondary progressive multiple sclerosis experiencing disease progression without relapse, explore methods to assess therapeutic benefit in this population, examine the relationship between cost of care and disease severity, and highlight the impact of decreased mobility and cognition on MS patients along with strategies for improvement.

Heidi Crayton, MD, and Maria Lopes, MD, discuss the impact of multiple sclerosis on patients, families, and caregivers, differentiate relapsing forms (relapsing-remitting and primary progressive) from non-relapsing forms (non-relapsing secondary progressive) in clinical practice, and highlight the key pathophysiological features of relapsing multiple sclerosis and the impact of progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) after an initial demyelinating event.

A panel of experts share closing thoughts and advice for the management and uptake of HIV PrEP therapy.

Carl Schmid shares insight on the use of advocacy groups to help patients overcome barriers to access for HIV PrEP therapy.

Sean E. Bland, JD; Frank J. Palella, MD; and Carl Schmid explore organizational opportunities to improve access to HIV PrEP therapy and population health management strategies to improve PrEP uptake.

Carl Schmid discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified health care disparities and accessing HIV PrEP, and Frank J. Palella, MD, comments on the role of telehealth in improving access to PrEP.

Ryan Bitton, PharmD, MBA, provides a payer perspective on the importance of creating future health policies for HIV PrEP agents using real-world evidence and considering the total cost of care for patients.

Ryan Bitton, PharmD, MBA; Sean E. Bland, JD; Frank J. Palella, MD; and Carl Schmid comment on challenges in the implementation of USPSTF guidelines for HIV PrEP as well as existing unknowns with the guidance.

Frank J. Palella, MD, shares a provider perspective for steps to take in accordance with USPSTF guidelines for HIV PrEP to get patients appropriate medications, and Ryan Bitton, PharmD, MBA, shares a provider prospective on supporting expedited prior authorizations.

Sean E. Bland, JD, provides insight for when a health plan or issuer may use reasonable medical-management techniques, in accordance with USPSTF guidelines for HIV PrEP, and Ryan Bitton, PharmD, MBA, shares a payer perspective on utilization-management policies regarding PrEP.

Panelists look toward the future management of myelodysplastic syndromes with respect to novel agents and treatment pathways.

Experts reflect on interchangeability between oral and intravenous therapy in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.

Carl Schmid and Frank J. Palella, MD, discuss how coverage differs for medications vs ancillary service costs for HIV PrEP based on USPSTF guidelines.