Specialty Pharmacy

A novel CTC assay showed up to 88% accuracy detecting precancerous and cancerous colorectal lesions.

Nivolumab (Opdivo) alone and in combination with ipilimumab (Yervoy) induced responses in patients with heavily pretreated gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

The addition of ramucirumab did not improve overall survival in patients with HER2-negative gastric cancer.

Participants in the Transform Rheumatoid Arthritis Care program could save 5% on drug spend.

Greater use of substituting generic drugs could have a major impact on Medicare Part D spending.

Chronochemotherapy plus an p38 MAPK inhibitor may reduce the aggressiveness of glioblastoma cells.

Three genes may increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers in patients with BRCA mutations.

Ron Lanton III, Esq., President, True North Political Solutions, discusses the significant differences between biosimilars and generic drugs.

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Children with rheumatic diseases may experience treatment variability.

A novel Mcl-1 protein inhibitor may encourage cancer cell apoptosis.

Analytical treatment interruption may not cause long-term damage to patients with HIV.

A combination VEGFR-2 inhibitor plus an anti–PD-L1 agent demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with previously treated advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Cabometyx found to improve median overall survival by 2.2 months in patients with previously treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

There may not be a significant survival benefit from a surgical procedure for gastric cancer.

Brandon Newman, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses why clinical outcomes data are important for specialty pharmacies.

Median progression-free survival was 5.8 months among patients with HER2-positive gastric cancer who were treated with DS-8201.

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The unemployment rate for pharmacists is only 2%, according to the US News & World Report.

Clinical trial data that leads to FDA approvals may be difficult for the general public to understand.

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) combination therapy may improve outcomes for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

The presence of certain bacteria may enhance response to PD-1 inhibitors in melanoma.

Once-weekly pill has the potential to prevent 20% of new HIV infections.

Nearly all people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus achieved a sustained virologic response at 12 weeks.

Mitochondrial inhibitors may be a beneficial add-on therapy for glioblastoma containing gene fusion.

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