Specialty Pharmacy

Prescription medications are vital to optimal patient outcomes, but they are also becoming increasingly expensive.

Ray Tancredi, divisional vice president of Specialty Pharmacy, Development & Brand Rx/Vaccine Purchasing at Walgreens, discusses some of the more significant drugs for specialty pharmacy in the FDA pipeline this year.

Digital medicine is the use of technology to measure or intervene in certain health conditions and is overseen by the FDA, unlike digital health apps or technologies.

A panel of experts at the Asembia 2022 Specialty Pharmacy Summit discussed some of the obstacles in providing medications approved under Emergency Use Authorization.

Discovery has the potential to also benefit treatment choices, investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say.

Vosevi is a fixed-dose combination product containing sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir for the re-treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis C.

Tracy Russell, senior director of State Government Affairs at CoverMyMeds, discusses how the role of the pharmacist in the specialty pharmacy space has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tizlelizumab is a unique anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody that is being analyzed in 14 pivotal clinical trials across an array of solid tumors.

Omidubicel is a first-in-class, advanced nicotinamide-enabled stem cell therapy candidate being evaluated as the first potential allogeneic advanced cell therapy donor source for individuals with blood cancers in need of a transplant.

FDA approves 15 mg upadacitinib (Rinvoq; AbbVie) for the treatment of adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis who previously showed an inadequate response or intolerance to 1 or more tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.

The advanced cell therapy is under development as an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for patients with hematologic malignancies.

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Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is the most frequently encountered, life- threatening complication following an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (aHSCT).

Ravulizumab-cwvz (Ultomiris) is the first and only long-acting C5 complement inhibitor for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis to gain FDA approval.

Scemblix is indicated for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase, previously treated with 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

The data show that the 10-year survival rate of patients with breast cancer who survived Hurricane Katrina was much lower than those who did not face a major weather event.

Two-thirds of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer have localized disease and a 5-year relative survival of 95%.

Up to 50% of all patients with breast cancer have tumors with a HER2 immunohistochemistry level not currently eligible for HER2-targeted therapy.

STRIDE regimen of a single priming dose added to Imfinzi is the first dual immune checkpoint blockage regimen to improve overall survival in a phase 3 trial in this setting.

An expert panel engaged the audience in a live virtual symposium and case discussion on immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the first-line treatment of non−small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.

Because of the likelihood that patients with melanoma will develop adverse effects on therapy, it is crucial for pharmacists to proactively educate patients and provide them with tools to help mitigate and manage these issues.

As pharmacy technicians continue to take on more responsibilities, actions must be taken to alleviate the burnout so many are facing.

Attendees of this live virtual program learned the latest and greatest in a presentation from 2 expert oncology pharmacists.

Psychedelic medicines like psilocybin work to re-wire the brain, potentially addressing the root cause of eating disorders rather than the symptoms.

DuoBody, for treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, demonstrates an overall response rate of 63.1%.

In a live virtual symposium at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, 2 experts teamed up to highlight the place in therapy and management of oral oncolytics in follicular and marginal zone lymphoma.

Elaine Jaffe, MD, National Institutes of Health (NIH) distinguished investigator at the National Cancer Institute at NIH, offers guidance for female medical researchers who are faced with a declining number of female colleagues in the workforce.

Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, discussed potential adverse effects and drug-drug interactions that pharmacists should be aware of with psychedelic medicines.

The updated efficacy analyses showed that tislelizumab in combination with chemotherapy continued to demonstrate a clinically significant progression-free survival benefit for individuals with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer.

The analyses are shared at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.