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Theresa McArdle, MBA, senior brand marketing manager at Pharmavite, to discuss new survey data that showed a decline in self-care among pharmacists coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The combination of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy marks the first immunotherapy regimen approved for patients with high-risk early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, and Andrew Lin, PharmD, BCOP, to discuss the updates in the prevention and treatment of cytokine release syndrome and neurologic toxicities for patients with multiple myeloma.

According to the investigators, treatment with ruxolitinib resulted in a significant improvement in ORR after 24 weeks, with an ORR of 49.7% in the ruxolitinib arm compared to 25.6% in the best available therapy arm.

Two of the studies also found that patients with COVID-19 who received remdesivir had a significantly increased chance of discharge from the hospital by day 28.

The drug also resulted in zero cases of virologic failure and no development of resistance in virologically suppressed adults with HIV-1 who have not previously experienced virologic failure.

One dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine (Vaxzevria) was 82% effective against hospitalization or death caused by either the Beta or Gamma variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to data from the Canadian Immunization Research Network, currently published as a pre-print.

The research team noted that although HCL has a good prognosis for the majority of patients, a small population will develop variants of the disease do not respond well to existing FDA-approved therapies or cannot tolerate the adverse effects of established therapies.

Joint statement released supporting belief that COVID-19 vaccines are the logical fulfillment of the ethical obligation of all health care workers to put their patients first.

According to a press release from Saniona, Tesomet is the first and only investigational treatment for HO to receive orphan drug designation.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) received accelerated FDA approval on March 5, 2021, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory FL after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy.

Consider key elements of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection to help patients manage this broad range of diseases.

The FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to alrizomadlin (APG-115, Ascentage Pharma) for the treatment of stage IIB-IV melanoma.

Investigators have found that a small percentage of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor-resistant cancer cells are present in certain patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), potentially explaining tumor regrowth in these patients.

Because there are no other available treatment options, Pamela Spicer said the approval of aducanumab gives much-needed hope to patients with Alzheimer disease and their families.

The investigators said the ACA helped lower the financial burden for younger cancer survivors to its lowest estimated levels in 20 years.

Understanding the categories is key to evaluating and making decisions about outsourcing products or improving internal production standards.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab in combination with lenvatinib for the treatment of advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient

Although she said it is unlikely that the FDA will retract the approval, prescribers could be reluctant to administer aducanumab to patients.

The results indicated that T cell responses—including CD8+ T cells, which seek out and destroy infected cells—persisted over the 8-month timeframe of the study, according to the authors.

Venetoclax is already approved for the treatment of adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, and in some adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

Patients treated with berubicin in clinical trials appeared to demonstrate positive responses, including 1 durable complete response in a phase 1 human clinical trial.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, and Andrew Lin, PharmD, BCOP, to discuss the emerging data around BCMA-targeted CAR T-cell therapy in multiple myeloma.

In addition to concerns about the data supporting the FDA approval of aducanumab for patients with Alzheimer disease, FDA advisory committee members raised some unique concerns when they rejected the application in November 2020.

Many HTCs use these drug pricing arrangements to reduce reliance on limited federal funding.

The FDA has approved the first and only intravenous immunoglobulin indicated for use in adults with dermatomyositis.

Study findings could offer a new approach to the toxin-based approach of other C. difficile vaccines in development.

Despite their importance, formal performance appraisal systems are often lacking.

The drug is an investigational oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI) for patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Zydelig (idelalisib) is a kinase inhibitor approved in 2014 for 3 oncology indications.