Luke Halpern, Associate Editor

Experts from the NEIAP 2026 Annual Forum share how pharmacists are driving hypertension, lipid, cardiorenal, obesity, and CDTM care as primary clinical decision-makers.

Study investigator David Berg explains why volume overload shouldn't decide which hospitalized patients get an SGLT2 inhibitor.

Most patients screened by a hospital pharmacist-led transitions-of-care service had unmet pneumococcal and other vaccine needs, and most accepted vaccination when offered.

The update shortens required observation to 6 to 8 hours from 22 to 24, easing tarlatamab administration in community settings for ES-SCLC.

Bola Olagunju, PharmD; and Vicki Saengkheune, PharmD, stress that medication is an important tool in the care of patients with obesity, and improving one disease state can help others improve as well.

Katelyn O'Brien, PharmD, emphasizes sick-day management and preprocedure holds to lower euglycemic DKA risk with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.

With a dual glucose-ketone monitor now available, pharmacists must interpret the data and give patients a clear DKA action plan, Goldman says.

Kelsey Norman, PharmD, says addressing provider inertia and asking about adherence at every visit are central to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor success.

New European Respiratory Society (ERS) update makes sotatercept a strong add-on recommendation, opening a fourth pathway for pharmacists to manage.

Updated guidelines call for earlier primary aldosteronism screening in stage 2 hypertension, opening a clear role for pharmacists, says Anthony Ishak.

At the 2026 New England Institute of Ambulatory Care Pharmacists (NEIAP) Annual Forum, Jennifer Goldman detailed how monitoring data drive engagement—and how a new dual sensor readies pharmacists for ketone alerts.

Vicki Saengkheune, PharmD; and Bola Olagunju, PharmD, describe a collaborative clinic where pharmacists titrate therapy, provide counseling, and remove access barriers.

Apitegromab-mstn is cleared as an add-on to SMN2-targeted treatment for patients aged 2 and older, directly addressing muscle loss.

Jackie Burke, PharmD, has advice for strengthening collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) in a year: ask leaders what they need, then pilot one focused, trackable, reportable workflow.

Jackie Burke, PharmD, says the widest collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) gap is operational—implementing workflows and showing outcomes, not proving pharmacists' clinical expertise.

The strongest antiobesity medication candidates are chosen by overall health and comorbidities like heart failure, CKD, and sleep apnea, not weight alone.

Katelyn O'Brien, PharmD, says a shared view of cardio-kidney-metabolic syndrome lets pharmacists unify care across endocrinology, cardiology, and nephrology.

Kelsey Norman, PharmD, says pharmacists' longer visits and collaborative practice agreements make them well positioned to get patients to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) goals.

Anthony Ishak, PharmD, explains how the PREVENT risk estimator helps pharmacists calibrate dose intensity and move stage 2 patients to combination therapy.

The DAPA ACT HF-TIMI 68 analysis shows early, sustained congestion relief and rising diuretic efficiency through 2 months.

Camizestrant is the first cancer therapy guided by a ctDNA resistance mutation detected before imaging shows disease progression.

The Cleveland Clinic team's real-world findings presented at ESC 2026 are hypothesis-generating and need prospective confirmation but point to a low threshold for OSA screening.

Publication, conference dissemination, and guideline inclusion are needed for uptake, which has historically been poor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) outcome sets.

A single-center study found similar 12-month total weight loss whether or not patients used a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist before surgery.

Milind Desai, MD, MBA, explains the domino effect linking obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—and why treating obesity may break the chain.

A prespecified analysis found the PCSK9 inhibitor reduced total events 20% in high-risk patients with no prior heart attack or stroke.

Zilganersen, an antisense oligonucleotide targeting glial fibrillary acidic protein, is cleared for pediatric and adult patients across all ages.

A real-world analysis of matched adults links glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist use to fewer major cardiovascular events, driven by a mortality benefit.

A minimum agreed set of outcomes could let pharmacists compare chronic kidney disease (CKD) interventions head-to-head and cut the heterogeneity that has long muddied trials.

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