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STArT Trial Raises Questions About How Acute Sickle Cell Pain Trials Measure Treatment Success

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Five "essential" outcomes, including medication error and adherence, should anchor every pharmacist intervention study in chronic kidney disease.

Melissa Seifert, PharmD, of UPMC Health Plan, explains how managed care pharmacists guide DMT selection and address adherence barriers in patients with MS.

A subsequent dispute between state and federal officials over the deaths' classification has thrust the state into the center of a national vaccine policy fight.

A multicohort study finds divergent complication patterns and raises the prospect that millions are being treated for the wrong mechanism.

This FAQ describes what oncology pharmacists should know ahead of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month in September.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Claudia R. Morris, MD, lead author of the phase 3 STArT trial and professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, discusses findings from the phase 3 STArT trial of intravenous arginine for acute sickle cell pain, limitations of time to crisis resolution as a clinical trial end point, and opportunities for pharmacists to improve opioid-use data collection.

August 2026 brought major oncology advances, including new FDA approvals and pivotal phase 3 data that expanded targeted, immune-based, and personalized treatment strategies.

August 2026 brought first-in-class approvals in multiple myeloma, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and polycythemia vera alongside important findings involving bispecific antibodies, sickle cell pain, and infection risk.

The approval makes ustekinumab the first non-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody available for both major forms of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

FDA Approves Rusfertide, First Hepcidin Mimetic for Polycythemia Vera
Rusfertide gives adults with polycythemia vera a first-in-class option to cut phlebotomy dependence and control hematocrit.

Suzetrigine postoperative pain data grows, but buprenorphine access gaps persist; naloxone patch and sickle cell pain trial reshape nonopioid care.

From enlicitide to Lp(a)-lowering siRNAs, a look at the add-on therapies helping high-risk patients reach stricter LDL targets below 55 mg/dL.

Tarlatamab targets DLL3 in lung cancer; learn step-up dosing, CRS/ICANS monitoring, and pharmacy tips to keep patients safely on therapy.

IPD survivors face years of sharply elevated recurrence risk, yet vaccination remains low.

Real-world data show sustained tirzepatide use offset its cost by 12 months in adults older than 55 years, with fewer hospital and ED visits.

Bictegravir/lenacapavir (Bixlenvo) offers the first single-tablet option for many patients with HIV currently receiving complex antiretroviral regimens.

FDA Approves Tirzepatide to Cut CV Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
Mounjaro becomes the first GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist cleared to lower MACE risk, based on the SURPASS-CVOT head-to-head trial.

FDA Approves XFG-Adapted COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA for the 2026-2027 Season
The updated formula targets the JN. 1-lineage XFG variant and begins shipping immediately to pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics nationwide.

Brepocitinib (Lisraya), a once-daily TYK2-JAK1 inhibitor, is the first oral therapy approved for adults with the rare autoimmune disease.

Early-phase trial data showed antitumor activity in heavily pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer.

If confirmed, the FDA nominee's views on abortion pills, vaccines, and drug review could reshape pharmacists' daily work.

Ivonescimab plus chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival compared with durvalumab plus chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated advanced biliary tract cancer.

Andrew Bzowyckyj, PharmD, explains how pharmacists can use albuminuria, ejection fraction, and inflammation to drive earlier CKM risk stratification and patient care.
































