
This roundup highlights 5 key solid tumor updates from July 2026, including new FDA approvals across bladder, breast, and lung cancers, a tissue-agnostic targeted therapy, and a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test.

This roundup highlights 5 key solid tumor updates from July 2026, including new FDA approvals across bladder, breast, and lung cancers, a tissue-agnostic targeted therapy, and a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test.

The phase 2 AZTEC trial found that single- and multifraction SABR, followed by atezolizumab, had similar safety profiles and limited efficacy in advanced TNBC.

As options expand, pharmacists play an increasingly important role in working collaboratively with prescribers and patients to deliver individualized, evidence-based care.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Ming-Hei Tai, PharmD, BCOP, discusses emerging bladder-preserving therapies for NMIBC, the limitations of single-arm trial data, the continued role of BCG, and the clinical and operational factors that should guide treatment selection.

Morning appointments don't appear to offer any immunologic edge over afternoon ones, new data from more than 15 million patients suggest.

A 19-protein plasma panel predicted whether and when presymptomatic carriers of ALS-associated pathogenic variants would develop clinically manifest disease more accurately than neurofilament light chain alone.

Advance verification, multidisciplinary coordination, and AI-enabled forecasting can help infusion centers adjust schedules and treatment plans during chemotherapy shortages.

Angie Maynard, PharmD, MS, BCOP, discusses RCC immunotherapy guidelines, treatment selection, toxicity management, and pharmacists’ clinical role.

Modern pharmacists increasingly serve as translators, helping patients navigate health care complexity, reduce confusion, and improve understanding through meaningful conversations.

An FDA advisory vote boosts access hopes for peptide supporters, but compounding remains illegal pending rulemaking.

Preclinical data show a GLP-1 receptor agonist reprogrammed lung macrophages and prevented post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis in diabetic mice.

FDA clears ensitrelvir oral postexposure pill to prevent symptomatic COVID-19 after close contact, cutting infections in household trial with comparable safety.

Although the FDA committee's vote does not change what is currently legally available, it signals where the regulatory landscape is heading in the future.

The FDA approved SimpleScreen CRC, a blood-based screening test for average-risk adults aged 45 and older, potentially expanding screening access.

Agitation associated with Alzheimer disease carries clinical challenges, and Auvelity's approval can reshape treatment selection, safety monitoring, and the pharmacist's role.

Erica Marini, PharmD, MS, BCPS; and Millad Sobhanian, PharmD, BCPS, unpack Auvelity's approval, efficacy data, and safety profile for treating agitation in Alzheimer disease.

Tim Pflederer, MD, of Evergreen Nephrology, explains why proteinuria, diabetes, and heart failure all point toward the same 2 drug classes.

Food as Medicine programs that do not include pharmacist-led food-drug interaction screening are clinically incomplete.

Hackensack Meridian Health uses a multifaceted approach to diversion auditing and DEA/state reporting requirements, and is beginning to integrate artificial Intelligence (AI) to shift surveillance from a reactive to a proactive process.

Subcutaneous isatuximab could compete with daratumumab in multiple myeloma by combining a hands-free, on-body delivery system with potential advantages in workflow, patient experience, and mechanisms of action.

Taking a new medication is a step toward healing, but danger may lie in how different drugs, supplements, and even foods and drinks react behind the scenes.

Updated phase 1/2 findings showed that emavusertib-based therapy produced responses in both BTK inhibitor–naive and –treated patients with relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.

Seth Martin, MD, MHS, discusses a simplified machine-learning equation that helps labs deliver more accurate LDL-C results at no cost.

Most websites selling GLP-1 receptor agonists prescribed medication with minimal clinical vetting, raising safety concerns pharmacists should be aware of.

Deepika Nayyar outlines how HMH built a multidisciplinary drug diversion prevention program and shares the core elements any institution needs to detect and respond to diversion effectively.

Pharmacists can use motivational interviewing as a technique to encourage influenza vaccination.

Ravulizumab-cwvz did not significantly improve 26-week event-free survival in adults and adolescents with HSCT-associated thrombotic microangiopathy.

Pharmacists can provide updated vaccine recommendations and offer immunizations during MTM consults.

The review combines mechanistic and real-world evidence to guide health care professionals through different scenarios in the MS treatment space.

Brendon Neuen, PhD, MBBS, discusses findings from the FIND-CKD study showing that finerenone benefits patients with nondiabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD) and glomerular disease, as well as those receiving combination SGLT2i therapy.