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Camille Hertzka, vice president, head of oncology, US Medical, AstraZeneca, discusses why so much excitement has been generated for the use of olaparib (Lynparza) in the first line for patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Melissa Johnson, MD, program director of lung cancer research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute, outlines the importance of diverse patient populations in cancer trials.

A recent review highlighted the benefits of conducting further research on surgical disease modification to slow the progression of Parkinson disease.

According to a recent study, patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have greater risks of both subsequent exacerbations and mortality.

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy manager at the University of Kansas Health System, gives her take on what payers should keep in mind when dealing with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies.

Research shows that disease activity level did not correlate with fat mass percentage among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Value-based contracts are growing as drugs get more expensive and effective, but it’s still an emerging area with a lot of unknown and uncertainty.

NCCN guidelines are no longer “a group of monotherapy choices,” but selections that feature partners for endocrine therapy, highlighted William J. Gradishar, MD, of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Pipeline forecasting can provide payers better insight into which expensive specialty drugs coming down the pipeline they should be keeping their eyes on, according to Katie Lockhart, MA, manager at Magellan Health.

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Democrats and Republicans are near agreement on a $10 billion COVID-19 funding package; scientists perform the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome; more than a third of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the pandemic.

Soumya Vishwanath, PharmD, senior manager of formulary strategy at Magellan Rx Management, highlighted the therapeutic gaps that need to be addressed to ensure that patients with behavioral health disorders are well cared for.

New research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session & Expo highlights the high costs of heart failure in the United States and the benefits of healthy eating and exercise as preventive measures.

From taking part in clinical research at a local location to foregoing aggressive therapy in favor of quality of life, patients with cancer are seeking new options, said panelists at the 2022 Annual Conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).

In 2022 and 2023, there are a number of big therapies losing patent exclusivity, which opens the door to generics that could save as much as $30 billion.

Conversations are ongoing between CMS and patient advocates on how accountable care organizations (ACOs) and similar programs can better interface with beneficiaries.

Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS, core investigator, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, and associate professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, discusses key barriers to access of novel therapies and what sessions she’s looking forward to during the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 71st Annual Scientific Session.

While the pandemic will have lasting impacts on the US health care market, much of it has bounced back and returned to normal, said Doug Long, MBA, of IQVIA, during the Thursday keynote at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy annual meeting.

This subanalysis of participant data from the OPEN project investigated relationships between glycemic levels and insulin requirements among women with type 1 diabetes and phases of their menstrual cycle.

Jill Hutt, vice president of member services at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, explains how public and private employers can take advantage of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).

Younger and older patients with noneosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps showed significant differences in preoperative blood eosinophil levels and postoperative modified Lund-Kennedy scores.

Although the medication therapy management program in Tennessee's Medicaid population did not reduce costs, some adherence to medication improved and emergency department visits improved.

Jeffrey Casberg, vice president of pharmacy at IPD Analytics, discussed some of the regulatory and legal hurdles that generic and biosimilar companies have to face on the road to market launch.

Findings of 2 abstracts presented at the 2022 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting showed that ruxolitinib cream (​​Opzelura) demonstrated significant improvement vs vehicle in patients with atopic dermatitis of Black race and across anatomic regions.

CMS-1773-P will establish a budget-neutral payment policy to smooth year-to-year changes in the hospice wage index; President Joe Biden pushes for $22 billion in COVID-19 funding from Congress; an FDA advisory panel said there is not enough evidence supporting the efficacy of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment AMX0035.

Levosimendan appeared to increase in-hospital survival rates, although no long-term survival benefit was reported, among patients with comorbid heart failure and connective tissue disease–associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (CTD-PAH).

Patients with severe asthma continue to have residual disease despite initiating treatment with biologics, and severe uncontrolled asthma is associated with higher economic burden compared with controlled asthma, according to 2 posters.

Investigators say it may soon be possible to design therapies better at staving off resistance among patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM), which is an incurable disease.