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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and oral corticosteroid use dropped in patients treated with monoclonal antibodies targeting interleukin (IL)-5 and its receptor (IL-5R), a study found.

Panelists from Optum Life Sciences, OptumRx, and Takeda discussed the importance of collaboration in creating successful value-based agreements (VBAs) at Asembia 2023.

The American Journal of Managed Care® interviewed 2 presenters at Asembia 2023, gaining insight on how the specialty pharmacy pipeline is growing and how health systems and payers can affect the accessibility and affordability of new specialty therapies.

The FDAs newest blood donation guidance may expand donation eligibility; Pfizer CEO anticipates lawsuits to stop US drug price plan; drug shortages have worsened and may increase even with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The Dario Diabetes Solution app was developed to help better manage type 2 diabetes.

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Jessica Robinson-Papp, MD, MS, professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, talks about the strides made in antiretroviral therapy for HIV and how these improvements lead to better patient outcomes.

Patients who have extrinsic (EAD) or intrinsic atopic dermatitis (IAD) serve to benefit equally from dupilumab, even when considering immunoglobulin E levels, which are elevated in EAD but remain normal in IAD.

Mailing at-home human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection tests and providing booking assistance for in-clinic screening visits nearly doubled the rate of cervical cancer screenings among underscreened women from low-income backgrounds vs offering scheduling assistance alone.

Many adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced heart disease prefer to be involved in decisions that have an impact on their medical care, but new survey results show there is a great need for educational communication efforts that involve their caregivers and clinicians.

The end of the national Public Health Emergency (PHE) also concludes some public support programs; FDA advisers unanimously recommended that the agency should approve OTC birth control pills; insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday over the cost of the drug.

Knowledge is limited on the potential exclusion from pay-for-performance (P4P) programs of patients living with diabetes who have with individual or neighborhood social risks.

“As we look over the next decade, the climb is going to be steep, it's going to be challenging, but success is still possible,” said Luke Greenwalt, vice president of market access at IQVIA, during his session at Asembia 2023.

Just 29% of patients listed a treatment-response goal among their top personal goals.

Speakers at the 2023 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit outlined how artificial intelligence (AI) tools for pharmaceuticals, such as parcel tracking, could reduce operational costs for specialty pharmacies and mitigate drug delivery issues for patients.

Findings show these drugs were linked with a lower risk of progression to inflammatory arthritis compared with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, although more research is needed to confirm the finding.

This form of reinforcement learning was also shown to correct for control scenarios like irregular meal timing and compression errors.

Biotech company EQRx discards low-cost drug plan, cuts its therapy programs to 1, and slashes staff in “reset”; health care systems’ preparation for new Alzheimer disease drug takes location and resources into consideration; the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will extend telemedicine prescribing for certain controlled medications through at least November 11.

Treatment with dupilumab demonstrated improvements in histological markers, symptoms, and endoscopic markers of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) regardless of previous history of esophageal dilation.

No benefit was found in low-risk patients who underwent pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND).

The behavioral economic biases of 43 African American young adults aged 18 to 24 were evaluated on 4 fronts: present bias, information salience, overoptimism, and loss aversion.

The results of a new focus group offer insights on how and when people with rare diseases are willing to share their personal health information.

Just over a year since AstraZeneca announced topline results, the FDA has approved a label expansion to include reducing cardiovascular (CV) death and heart failure–related hospitalizations for dapagliflozin (Farxiga) based on results of the phase 3 DELIVER trial.

The task force was motivated by a gap between in breast cancer deaths between Black and White women.

A panel on women’s health disparities at the 2023 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit addressed the current challenges women face regarding health care as well as how digital tools, collaboration between clinics and governments, and more detailed and inclusive research can help improve health equity for all women.

The findings support policies urging vaccination of individuals who have myasthenia gravis (MG).

The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency spotlights US outbreak tracking weakness; the American Psychological Association released guidelines to guide teen social media use; the first study funded by the US government to measure safe injection site effectiveness was announced Monday.

The relationship between myopia and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) was stronger in Asian, Black, and Hispanic individuals compared with White individuals.