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Representatives from employers, pharmacy benefit managers, and others discussed methods of improving pharmacy access and affordability in health plans.

Sharon Phares, PhD, MPH, discussed her new appointment as the chief scientific officer of the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and her main priorities in honor of Women's Health Month.

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in clinical remission, patient-physician discordance when assessing disease activity may be associated with the inability to achieve remission.

The intent of metastatic disease treatment is palliative, not curative, so we try to prolong life and provide quality of life as much as we can, said Hatem Soliman, MD, medical director of the Clinical Trials Office, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Scott Gottlieb, MD, and Adam Fein, PhD, discussed potential fallout of the FDA Aduhelm approval and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) who initiated treatment with dupilumab as an add-on asthma or chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps therapy reported rapid clinical improvement that was sustained after 3 months.

Of the 5800 patients included in study, 20% were Black, which the researchers say adequately represents disease incidence among the population.

Patients with type 2 diabetes who used the Omnipod 5 had lower A1C after 8 weeks. Those who had been using multiple daily injections achieved the greatest benefits in reduced hypoglycemia and reduced insulin use.

These investigators wanted to better understand the reasons for the increased risk for acute myocardial infarctions among young women, who have the largest increase in hospitalization for heart attacks.

The Supreme Court may vote to overturn abortion rights; Washington state reaches a $518 million settlement with 3 opioid distributors; a new study finds 7 hours of sleep is the optimal total for people of middle and old ages.

A recent study found that inflammatory parameters were reduced in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome after using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment.

A new meta-analysis found that more severe emphysema is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.

Nicoleta Dascalu, founding member and advocacy manager of Asociaţia Română Anti-SIDA (ARAS; Romanian Association Against AIDS), discusses the status of care for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) in Romania, including health care coverage and lack of adequate medication access.

In his talk, "340B at 30 and the Impending Cliff on the Road to 40," Tim Paine outlines how the program came to be and what needs to happen to improve future implementation.

Although classic methods of risk stratification still hold value, the authors said genetic analysis holds significant promise.

The project seeks to develop materials explaining chemotherapy regimens for patients with biliary tract cancers and then translate these materials into “standardized, high-quality, free, and easily accessible resources."

Although researchers found no substantial changes in body mass index (BMI) among postmenopausal women, the metric was a risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A significantly greater risk of cardiovascular events was observed among a multiethnic Brazilian population of patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis vs controls, in which those in the sixth decade of life had the highest risk.

A recent study found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to have coronary heart disease (CHD) compared with those without COPD.

The study showed that introducing the TLR7 variant in an animal model led to the development of autoimmune symptoms and potential development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Steven Yeh, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses the length of Xipere's treatment benefits and potential learning curves regarding its suprachoroidal delivery mechanism.

Application of quality improvement methodology by a multidisciplinary team could improve the efficiency of outpatient ophthalmology appointment scheduling.

Gary Owens, MD, president of Gary Owens Associates, discusses current treatments available for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and where future directions in research may lead.

The FDA sets a tentative date for a decision on authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine in children under 5 years of age; the American Academy of Pediatrics will review all of its guidance for unproven race-based recommendations contributing to health disparities; the FDA rejects 2 China-tested cancer treatments.

Peer support can be a helpful facet of chronic kidney disease (CKD) self-management, but inconsistent provider awareness and referral practices are barriers to uptake at Canadian clinics.

After a median follow-up of 535 days, analysis showed that recurrent acute graft-versus-host disease (RaGVHD) carried several implications for survival, leading the researchers to call for further risk stratification of aGVHD.

Fidaxomicin, now commonly used to treat Clostridioides difficile infection, selectively targets the bacterium while sparing crucial gut commensals that protect against colonization. However, knowledge gaps in the molecular basis of its narrow-spectrum activity remain.

A new review article summarizes current approaches to precision medicine in lung cancer.

A study of the Austrian general population found that most chronic cough cases could be assigned a phenotype through a simple survey-based assessment that could help target treatment to individual cases.

While risk factors for pterygia are well-known, the underlying disease mechanisms have not been fully clarified in past studies. A new analysis using RNA sequencing pinpointed ptergyia-specific biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets.