Glofitamab targets CD3, a protein found on the surface of immune T cells in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and CD20, a healthy or malignant protein that lines the surfaces of B cells.
Adult and maternal RSV vaccines reveal positive findings.
Patient education and counseling play a critical role in preventing C. difficile recurrence, and pharmacists are uniquely positioned to provide treatment recommendations, educate patients and health care providers, optimize transitions of care, and reduce the risk of recurrent CDI.
A lack of evidence of sex-specific recommendations results from a underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular disease-related trials.
Depression can affect the trajectory of treatment and associated outcomes.
Earlier in June, Govindan led an educational session about genomic testing at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
Negative findings may spur choice of brand-name drugs, despite expense.
The folate alpha receptor (FRα) does have a toxicity profile, but unlike other chemotherapies, it does not severely compromise bone marrow and may improve ability to receive more therapies.
Study results indicate that taking these products together reduces the risk of rebound congestion typically seen with intranasal decongestant therapy.
Pharmacists can address the needs of health care consumers earlier in the care journey by building interpersonal relationships and community trust, as well as by leading institutional and public policy reform.
A broader understanding of vaccine hesitancy and barriers has helped to enhance acceptance of vaccination services through educational outreach.
Pharmacists can empower their community with essential knowledge for summer skin protection to protect against skin cancer.
Despite having a lower cost of development than the innovator, romiplostim biosimilar has comparable efficacy and safety in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia.
Most tweets accurately communicated which groups of people Descovy for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis is indicated for, although failed to mention resources about cost.
Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, MBA, discussed her presentation at the ASHP 2023 Summer Meeting.
In-person visits to receive oral therapy, outpatient infusions, and inpatient infusion for the treatment of hematologic neoplasms declined in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while telemedicine use increased slightly in the same period but remained low overall.
Achieving MRD flow cytometry negativity is crucial in monitoring and predicting survival outcomes.
Pharmacogenomics is gaining support in mental health and polypharmacy, where the data make a strong case for improvements in clinical and economic outcomes.
There are a multitude of benefits to smoking cessation, along with novel resources to make cessation more manageable.
Social norms appear to influence individual behavior more than personal attitudes among people living with HIV.
Brentuximab vedotin with nivolumab and standard chemotherapy agents produced a nearly 100% overall response rate in patents with early-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
In addition to being medication experts, pharmacists' accessibility makes them ideal clinicians to provide person-centered, gender-affirming care.
Study investigators said that understanding how the human immune response relates to respiratory syncytial virus infection has been a major obstacle for vaccine development.
SB15 had a comparable safety, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity treatment profile to AFL for age-related macular degeneration.
Stormi Gale, PharmD, BCCP, a cardiology pharmacy specialist at Novant Health, discussed the important role of SGLT2 inhibitors in glycemic control.
A single infusion of ciltacabtagene autoleucel produced a lower risk of death and disease progression, as well as deep and durable responses, in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
Providing this treatment for patients with cancer may be a smoother transition for oncology professionals than they might expect.
Pharmacists should learn the basics of this leading cause of vision loss among adults worldwide.
The ease of administration with new agents for schizophrenia via an injection is advantageous because this patient population is commonly agitated and difficult to administer oral medications to.
Study evaluates the interaction between excessive salt intake and hypertension, cognitive dysfunction, and dementia.
