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David DeRemer, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA, a past-president on the board of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), discusses key takeaways from the HOPA 2022 annual conference.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses how experience as a caregiver can help inform the work of an oncology pharmacist on the clinical care team.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses how oncology pharmacists with experience as a caregiver can utilize those skills while still honoring the boundaries of both themselves and their patients.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses some of the unique struggles that come from being an oncology pharmacist and a caregiver.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses how oncology pharmacists can help their patients overcome some of the barriers patients with cancer may encounter during treatment.

Benyam Muluneh, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, discusses his presentation at the HOPA 2022 annual conference on the Oral Chemotherapy Collaborative (OCC) and how it works to optimize care for patients taking oral anti-cancer agents.

The investigational selective, covalent, and orally bioavailable KRASG12C¬ inhibitor shows a 57% confirmed overall response rate at the recommended dose of 200 mg twice daily.

Results are from an exploratory analysis of 34 patients who received at least 1 dose after disease progression or suboptimal response with ruxolitinib monotherapy

Results show that 64% of individuals treated with lorlatinib were without disease progression after 3 years compared with about 19% of those treated with crizotinib (Xalkori).

Britny Brown, PharmD, BCOP, vice chair of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) DEI Task Force and clinical assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, discusses the role of the task force within HOPA and its impact on the field more broadly.

Peptide-targeted radionuclide therapy FAP-2286 (Clovis Oncology) showed potent affinity for human fibroblast activation protein by biochemical and cell-based assays.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA director of pharmacy at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute, discusses the pharmacists role in care teams for targeted therapies at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting.

Poster at AACR highlights in vitro and in vivosynthetic lethality activity of rucaparib in multiple cancer cell types and PDX tumors that harbor genetic or epigenetic alterations in non-BRCA HRR genes.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Chelsee Jensen, PharmD, pharmaceutical formulary manager at Mayo Clinic, discusses biosimilar usage in health systems and challenges that come with it.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses some of the barriers patients with cancer may experience that oncology pharmacists can help them navigate through.

Melissa Johnson, MD, program director of Lung Cancer Research at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses her presentation at the Community Oncology Alliance 2022 conference on new drugs in the non-small cell lung cancer space.

Jim Schwartz, RPh, executive director of pharmacy operations for Oncology Pharmacy Services, discusses his presentation at the Community Oncology Alliance 2022 conference on the new world of oral cancer drug dispensing.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Eric Tichy, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FAST, FCCP, Vice Chair of Pharmacy/Formulary at Mayo Clinic, discusses some formulary trends in biosimilars at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting.

With therapeutics developing quickly in the cardiovascular space, pharmacists are more important than ever.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Dave Dixon, PharmD, to learn more about his presentation titled “New Pharmacologic Therapies for Heart Failure.

Mavacamten is a first-in-class, oral, allosteric modulator of cardiac myosin being evaluated for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Session at American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2022 highlight treatments for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Mark Svet, MD, is the lead study author on a sub-analysis of the VOYAGER PAD study evaluating data on the use of rivaroxaban in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Multiple approaches can be taken to optimize medical therapy in patients with PAD.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, the 70th president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Despite the approval of exciting new therapies for heart failure, there are still some challenges that need to be addressed to improve patient outcomes.

Common issues that affect patient outcomes include economic stability, education access, health care access, social and community context, and neighborhood environment.

Results of the phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial show rivaroxaban (Xarelto; Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies) plus aspirin lowers severe vascular events in patients with peripheral arterial disease after lower-extremity revascularization.