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The FDA approves clesrovimab-cfor, a new RSV vaccine, offering infants effective protection against severe respiratory illness during their first RSV season.

Nivolumab plus relatlimab does not significantly improve recurrence-free survival in patients with stage 3, 4 melanoma.

As policy developments unfold rapidly at both the state and federal levels, Tom Kraus highlights the expanding scope of pharmacist practice through a wave of state-level legislation as a key opportunity.

Nivolumab (Opdivo) and chemotherapy demonstrated an overall survival benefit at 5 years, affirming its role as a standard of care option.

A new study reveals the combination therapy enhances safety and efficacy for high-risk BRAF-mutated stage II melanoma.

Cilta-cel shows promise as a CAR T-cell therapy, offering long-term remission for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma without maintenance treatment.

A multidisciplinary team enhances psychiatric care by empowering community pharmacists to administer long-acting injectable antipsychotics, improving patient adherence and outcomes.

The findings highlight the need for improved prescribing practices and patient outcomes.

Standardized online modules ensure consistent, high-quality care in collaborative practice agreements.

The FDA has approved a groundbreaking single-pill combination therapy for hypertension, enhancing cardiovascular health with triple-agent efficacy.

A novel solution can strategically control the release of the drug in vivo.

Pharmacists lead the charge in implementing advanced therapeutics, navigating complex challenges and shaping the future of health care innovation.

About 64.1% of patients receiving taxane, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab (THP) without carboplatin had pathological complete response rates (pCRs).

Vepdegestrant was the first PROTAC to be evaluated in a phase 3 clinical trial.

Ambulatory pharmacists innovate care delivery, enhancing patient access and outcomes through home visits and harm reduction clinics for complex health needs.

Integrating specialty pharmacists into neurology teams enhances patient care, medication management, and clinical outcomes for chronic conditions.

Innovative pain management strategies emerge as experts advocate for personalized, multifaceted approaches to chronic pain, likening treatment to a tailored cupcake.

Rilonacept offers a targeted approach to treating recurrent pericarditis by blocking IL-1 inflammatory pathways.

New research analyzes human challenge infection studies to reveal insights on respiratory syncytial virus viral load and symptom dynamics, aiding treatment development.

Patients with diabetes using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs face double the risk of developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration, highlighting crucial ocular health concerns.

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin was found to elicit fewer viral infections compared with other routes of immunoglobulin replacement therapy, including intravenous immunoglobulin.

The investigators suggested that blocking VPS72’s interactions can be a foundation for future therapeutic interventions.

Granted accelerated approval by the FDA in 2024, tarlatamab continues to demonstrate efficacy and safety in patients with small cell lung cancer, with results showing improved overall survival and progression-free survival in patients who had progressed or previously received chemotherapy.

Never taking a break does more harm than good.

Juan Ovalles, MD, PhD, discusses how high placebo response rates driven by background therapy complicate lupus drug trials, and outlines evolving strategies in trial design, clinical practice, and pharmacist-led care to ensure investigational biologics are fairly evaluated and appropriately used in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Pharmacists navigate reimbursement challenges while advocating for legislative support and innovative models to enhance patient care and financial sustainability.

Compared with standard of care, camizestrant in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor shows promise in enhancing progression-free survival (PFS) for patients with advanced breast cancer.