Exclusive Coverage of the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

A US modeling study found tirzepatide and semaglutide cost-effective for MASH, while resmetirom exceeded the $100,000/QALY threshold.

Panelists say drug price negotiation, Medicaid changes, prior authorization, and 340B reform strain community oncology.

Symptom-tracking tools may improve awareness and patient-clinician communication but can also add stress.

Payers cover novel cancer drugs but not the staffing, training, and monitoring to deliver them, leaving practices to absorb costs.

The 2026 COA Payer Exchange and Innovation Summit began with a panel on AI and the ever-changing digital infrastructure in community oncology.

Expert panel discussions covered AI and community access, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myeloma, and breast and lung cancers.

Longer undetectable hepatitis D RNA on bulevirtide predicts durable suppression off therapy, but rebound and ALT flares rise, especially in cirrhosis.

Experts tackled CAR T access, trial equity, and overtreatment in breast cancer at an AJMC Institute for Value-Based Medicine event in San Francisco.