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According to investigators, additional research is necessary to further understand how lutetium impacts overall survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Collaborating with patient advocacy organizations offers pharmacy students a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in health care.

BMS-986278 (Bristol Myers Squibb) is a potential first-in-class treatment for progressive pulmonary fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Patients with HIV who were resistant to treatment with lenacapavir (Sunlenca; Gilead Sciences Inc) were found to have inadequate adherence to optimized background regimen or did not have a fully active antiretroviral.

The trial data showed ongoing clinical benefit in patients with advanced endometrial cancer who completed pembrolizumab and continued on lenvatinib vs chemotherapy alone.

Jack Mozloom, vice president of Public Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), speaks with Matt Seiler, general counsel at NCPA, about the current PBM litigation at the 2023 NCPA Convention.

Compared to chemotherapy alone, amivantamab plus chemotherapy had a better objective response rate and prolonged progression-free survival and overall survival.

Nirsevimab-alip (Beyfortus; Sanofi and AstraZeneca) is a monoclonal antibody approved to prevent against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants under 8 months of age born during or entering their first RSV season.

Taking pharmacists out of the dispensing setting and placing them in communities as educators on drug safety is reaping rewards.

The novel combination met the co-primary endpoints of progression-free survival and overall survival during the CheckMate -901 trial, also demonstrating sizeable improvement in objective response.

Risk of long COVID was 3 times higher in those who had pre-existing conditions and a short sleep duration, compared to those with no pre-existing conditions and adequate sleep.

mRNA-1083 is an investigational combination vaccine designed to prevent influenza and COVID-19.

Not only did taletrectinib shrink tumors in 92% of patients who were tyrosine kinase inhibitor -naïve, but 89.5% of patients continued to respond to treatment at 12 months.

Vanessa Campbell, PharmD, the director of Clinical Pharmacy at UPMC Health Plan, discusses her role and responsibilities, which include managing a team of pharmacists involved in patient outreach and clinical disease state management.

Compared to endocrine therapy alone, the combination of ribociclib and endocrine therapy lowered the risk of cancer recurrence in patients with early breast cancer by 25.2%.

Innovative experiential learning can provide students with skills necessary to launch successful careers, keeping the pharmacy profession trusted by patients.

Infliximab-dyyb (Zymfentra; Celltrion USA) is a subcutaneous treatment for the maintenance treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease.

RSV can create a problematic infection among children 12 months of age or younger, older adults, and in patients with immunocompromised conditions.

This marks the first time that experts have defined cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, including the overlap of cardiovascular disease with kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

Mike Schuh, PharmD, MBA, FAPhA, FFSHP, a medication management pharmacist at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, discusses his journey into the pharmacy profession and the evolution of pharmacists from product-oriented to clinical professionals.

Erica Marchese, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, BCOP, BCSCP, discussed the revision of pharmacy and the contributing roles within the pharmacy team.

Penbraya (Pfizer Inc) is the first and only approved pentavalent vaccine that confers protection against the most common meningococcal serogroups—A, B, C, W-135, and Y, in individuals 10 through 25 years of age.

An overview of updated CDC ACIP recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines available through commercial channels for the 2023-2024 season.

Subcutaneous nivolumab had demonstrated noninferiority of Cavgd28, Cminss, and ORR compared to the intravenous form of treatment.

Women with HIV reported higher rates of physical abuse than men with HIV, but women had more social support from family and friends.

In a recent study, approximately 99% of children who received solid organ transplant and live vaccination against rubella had antibodies 1 to 3 months post-vaccination.

Study authors suggest that saliva samples can be a complementary testing method to provide additional information on pneumococcal carriage and serotypes that may be undetected by nasopharyngeal testing.