End-of-life Care: A Public Health Crisis and an Opportunity for Managed Care

Legal and clinical experts examined the US medical aid in dying framework, its limits, and ethical debates.

Myeloma faculty from UT Southwestern Medical Center and pharmacy leaders from Texas Oncology discussed how teclistamab- and talquetamab-based regimens are reshaping early relapse in multiple myeloma. Observation-stay economics and physician comfort, not clinical data, are slowing delivery closer to home.

Speakers at IDWeek 2026 urged shifting global health partnerships from donor-recipient models to shared, locally led ownership as funding contracts.

Insmed launches once-daily brensocatib in Japan, the country's only approved treatment for noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Off-the-shelf CTX110 allogeneic CD19 CAR T shows responses in relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma, with manageable cytokine release syndrome.

Declining serum GFAP during MS treatment was tied to lower PIRA risk, supporting its use as a biomarker for treatment response.

David G. Mitchell, PharmD, MBA, CSP, FCPhA, of UC Davis Health, explains how AI-assisted prior authorizations have reduced denials and staff time without replacing pharmacist judgment.

Nearly half of working-age adults were inadequately insured in 2026, and half went without needed care due to cost, a Commonwealth Fund survey found.