VIDEO: Jan Berger, MD, MJ, Discusses Ways For Managed Care Organizations to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Use of an antibody drug conjugate and a PD-1 inhibitor brings complementary mechanisms together while eliminating the most toxic agent that has been used in combinations to treat classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).

At this year’s American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention, Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, delivered the Honorary Fellow Award Lecture, “The Imperative to Focus on the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation,” as the recipient of this year’s Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology award.

Minimal residual disease is not accepted by regulators as a surrogate end point, but a commenter at the American Society of Hematology plenary session said one is needed.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association, on the core takeaways of his keynote session at AHIP 2022 on public health policy and other solutions to promote equitable health and well-being.

Preliminary results showed a small group of patients with CLL had 100% progression-free survival at 9.7 months when taking an investigational BCL2 inhibitor, sonrotoclax, with zanubrutinib.

Extended follow-up data presented at the American Society of Hematology show the advantage seen a year ago has held up for the second-generation Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor.