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The FDA has already made more than a dozen cancer drug approval decisions this year and more expected in the next several months and in early 2025, according to Kaelyn Boss, who gave an oncology drug pipeline talk at the 2024 AMCP Nexus meeting this week.

Statins have had an evolving role in the management of cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV, explained Michelle Cespedes, M.D., M.S., professor of medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System.

David Joyner has been appointed president and CEO of CVS Health effective immediately.

Research might produce treatments of involving transplants with a few, selected types of bacteria tailored to an individual's microbiome.

Even people living with HIV who have undetectable viral loads experience elevated inflammation levels, explained Michelle Cespedes, M.D., M.S, of Mount Sinai Health System.

Large PBMs are removing Humira from some of their formularies. AMCP Nexus panelists still see challenges and a need for education and more attention to patient interests.

Crescent Moore, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Director of Part D/Pharmacy at BluePeak Advisors, highlights the expected shift of Medicare beneficiaries towards Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans.

Crescent Moore, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Director of Part D/Pharmacy at BluePeak Advisors, explains the impacts of the upcoming changes to Medicare Part D.

An overview of the preapproval information exchange (PIE) from Charlie Dragovich, Senior Director and Client Strategist at Cencora

A benzodiazepine analog produced positive results in a mouse study.

Several companies are developing new drugs to treat transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a formerly obscure condition that is getting an increasing amount of attention.

An optimistic outlook on the future of the biosimilar market driving down pharmaceutical drug spend.

How health plans are implementing strategies to leverage biosimilars to lower costs for both payers and patients, according to Javier Gonzalez, Pharm.D., chief growth and commercial officer of Abarca

Cynthiya Ruban, Ph.D., M.S., Director of Digital Solutions at Cencora says to keep the following in mind as AI use accelerates.

Ways AI is increasingly used in healthcare and how it can benefit healthcare decision makers, according to Cynthiya Ruban, Ph.D., M.S., Director of Digital Solutions at Cencora.

Only a small group of patients have started the process to receive the new gene therapies for sickle cell disease, says Kevin Niehoff, Pharm.D., of IPD Analytics.

Two years after treatment, both girls show normal motor function and no signs of spinal muscular atrophy symptoms.

A closer look at the available PrEP options available in the United States.

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The regimen has shown promise in preventing graft-versus-host disease in patients who received a haploidentical stem cell transplant.

Hympavzi is the first anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor approved in the United States for hemophilia.

One area of interest is whether ketogenic diets, which are high in fat and low in carbohydrates, might be helpful to people with treatment-resistant depression.

The 2024 increase is the same as last year's increase for family coverage. The foundation’s annual survey of employer health benefits also found that only 18% of large employers (200 employees are more) are covering the GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

If approved, elinzanetant would be another non-hormonal option for menopausal women seeking hot flash relief.

Apitegromab works by targeting a protein called myostatin that limits muscle growth and is designed to be used alongside existing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatments.

The results showed that 26% of patients who received tulisokibart achieved clinical remission at week 12 compared with 1% of those who received placebo.

More research on clinical meaningfulness is on the way, according to Stephanie Graff, M.D., FACP, FASCO.

Early trial data of two virally suppressed, breast-feeding women with HIV shows that there may be less of a risk of HIV transmission during breastfeeding than previously believed.

Jill Zouzoulas, M.D., of Tryon Medical Partners in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Jennifer Seminerio, M.D., of University of Southern Florida Health in Tampa, Florida, discussed the biologics and the pros and cons of the intravenous and subcutaneous delivery methods in Managed Healthcare Executive’s K-Cast video series.

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