
Experts from AMCP emphasize the importance of drug-adjacent early detection tests and screening ability to improve patient outcomes.

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Experts from AMCP emphasize the importance of drug-adjacent early detection tests and screening ability to improve patient outcomes.

Experts from AMCP discuss the real-world evidence on GLP-1 usage and health care spending.

Daryl Pritchard, PhD, discusses the challenges to implementing biomarker testing that would advance precision medicine and improve patient outcomes in oncology.

At AMCP 2026, Kelsea Aragon, PharmD, discussed PrEP coverage, long-acting injectables, and payer strategies to improve HIV treatment access and adherence.

Patty Taddei-Allen, PharmD, MBA, examines how co-pay accumulators, maximizers, and AFPs shift costs, impact rebates, and create access challenges for patients.

At AMCP 2026, Adam Colborn, JD, warns the Alternatives to PAIN Act may expand access but risk destabilizing Medicare Part D and limiting plan participation.

Abby Kim, PharmD, delves into oncology trends, biomarker testing gaps, and evolving clinical pathways shaping precision care and treatment decisions.

Ben Urick, PharmD, PhD, examines GLP-1 coverage gaps and real-world evidence challenges shaping payer decisions and obesity treatment access.

At AMCP 2026, Daryl Pritchard, PhD, highlighted fragmentation, evidence gaps, and decision support needs limiting precision medicine adoption and outcomes.

Kelsea Aragon, PharmD, highlights the role of long-acting HIV therapies like lenacapavir and cabotegravir in improving adherence, flexibility, and prevention access.

Patty Taddei-Allen, PharmD, MBA, warns that co-pay accumulators and maximizers may lower plan costs but increase patient burden and disrupt medication adherence.

Adam Colburn, JD, highlights 3 federal bills to expand value-based care, digital therapeutics, and pharmacist reimbursement across Medicare and Medicaid.

Phase 3 CANOPY data show pemivibart safely prevented COVID-19 in patients with CLL, supporting EUA use for immunocompromised populations.

Manufacturer-sponsored biologic coupons have decreased since 2018, with rising per-claim values, impacting patient costs and formulary incentives.

Social determinants of health can delay access to NGS, limiting targeted therapy use and survival outcomes in advanced cancers.

JoAnn Manson, MD, shares findings from the VIVID trial on vitamin D, the timing of use, and its potential to reduce long COVID risk and symptom severity.

A study suggests vitamin D may reduce long COVID symptoms at 8 weeks, although larger trials are needed to confirm benefits and optimal timing, explains JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH.

Learn how CRS and ICANS present in patients undergoing immunotherapy and what clinicians should know about recognizing and managing these toxicities.

A decade after the CDC opioid guidelines, Michael Lynch, MD, examines misapplication, fentanyl’s role, and evolving pain management strategies.

Experts discuss how CDC opioid guidelines reduced prescribing but led to misapplication, affecting patient care and access to pain treatment.

LLMs may improve pediatric clinical decision-making, but gaps in safety, accuracy, and pediatric-specific data remain.

Medicare Advantage enrollees with advanced cancer had higher hospice use than those with traditional Medicare, highlighting disparities in end-of-life care.

March marks the 10th anniversary of the CDC's opioid prescribing guidelines for patients with chronic pain, which were later updated to expand their scope.

Panelists at a Boston Regional Institute for Value-Based Medicine event examined trial diversity, integrated dispensing, and evolving oncology pathways.

Explore frequently asked questions on IPF therapies, including approved drugs, emerging treatments, and approaches to slow fibrosis.

Explore FAQs on AI in radiology, including malpractice risk, liability, and how juror perceptions shape legal outcomes when AI is involved.

Pulmonary expert Noah Greenspan, DPT, discusses long COVID, early pandemic uncertainty, and how vaccination may help reduce infection risk and severity.

A study explores how AI-assisted double-reading in radiology may influence malpractice risk and jury decisions in clinical care scenarios.

Noah Greenspan, DPT, discusses how oxygen therapy, detailed evaluation, and trial-and-error approaches may help manage long COVID symptoms.

Deupirfenidone received orphan drug designation from the FDA and European Commission for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment.