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Pegcetacoplan was approved by the FDA to treat geographic atrophy (GA), providing a treatment option for patients who previously had none, explained Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology, Duke University.

The researchers used Paraphase on more than 400 samples of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) comprising 5 ethnicities.

The risk of death among people with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) dropped by 53% after ruxolitinib’s introduction, the study found, although the data also suggested only 8.5% of patients were prescribed the drug.

Results from the CLEAR Outcomes trial were presented today at the 72nd American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. Plans for a broader label are in the works.

Dr Haumschild leads a discussion highlighting goals of therapy and social determinants of health affecting MDR HIV diagnosis and treatment.

Veeral Sheth, MD, MBA, FACS discusses re-treatment in patients with wet AMD who have previously failed an anti-VEGF therapy.

A panel of experts explore burdens impacting patients diagnosed with MDR HIV.

Dr Coney expands on the role and impact of approved label dosing of faricimab.

Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, MBA, Miami Cancer Institute, discussed efforts being taken by his organization’s Center for Equity in Cancer Care & Research to address disparities in clinical trial enrollment of minority patients in the United States.

The 72nd American College of Cardiology Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.23/WCC), runs from Saturday to Monday in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Starting immunotherapy prior to surgical resection led to better outcomes vs standard, adjuvant-only immunotherapy in a phase 2 trial of patients with advanced melanoma.

Idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 51% in patients with triple-class–exposed relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM).

The panel of experts provide their closing thoughts on the burden of disease in leukemia and lymphoma and the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor landscape.

Callie Coombs, MD, and Roy Beveridge, MD, discuss the education needed for payers and physicians surrounding the use of the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Just 26 cases have been reported in which myasthenia gravis (MG) symptoms appeared following vaccination.

A panel of experts provide their final thoughts on treating psoriasis across all skin phototypes.

A panel of experts provide their final thoughts on treating psoriasis across all skin phototypes.

Maria Lopes, MD, MS, and Amy McMichael, MD, discuss how payers can incentivize patients’ use of digital health tools to monitor the success or failure of treatment.

Drs Baum and Michos share insights on current barriers to access of care.

Evinacumab is highlighted as a new therapy for treating patients with homozygous FH.

Features of polycythemia vera (PV) can easily be misattributed to other causes, such as iron depletion or arterial hypertension.

The approach for cardiovascular disease (CVD) was based on expert opinion, personal experience, and adaptation of evidence from people who did not have hemophilia.

Study findings offer insight into how exercise intolerance varies among subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD), as previous data have characterized impaired exercise tolerance among PAH-CHD as a whole.

The article suggests the inflammatory components of myasthenia gravis have been underexplored in the effort to develop new therapies.

Efanesoctocog alfa is the first factor VIII therapy to overcome the interaction with endogenous von Willebrand factor, which creates a ceiling of 8 to 19 hours on the half-life of current factor VIII replacement products, which in turn creates the need for more frequent dosing.

Individuals with multiple myeloma were 51% more likely to have a stroke and 36% more likely to have a heart attack compared with the general patient population in a large real-world assessment of arterial thrombotic events among patients with multiple myeloma in the United States.

Key opinion leaders discuss faricimab, its impact on the treatment landscape for wet AMD/DME, and what payers should look for when considering formulary positioning or utilization-management strategies.

A trial enrolling 97 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes did not meet the primary endpoint of preservation of insulin production by beta cells, but it did show a significant decrease in fasting and clinically relevant reduced serum glucagon.

Positive expression levels of the biomarker were more common in adenocarcinoma than in squamous cell carcinoma, among patients who had non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The study also found, however, that transplant outcomes appear to be worse for Black African American patients who have primary myelofibrosis (PMF), although the study utilized a small sample size.