In this episode, 'From Treatment to Prevention: How Pharmacists Are Refining CRS Management for Bispecific Antibody Therapy,' the oncology pharmacists explore the following questions:
Jerry P. Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ, discusses why COVID-19 prevention strategies, including ensitrelvir for postexposure prophylaxis, remain essential for protecting vulnerable patients amid persistent summer transmission.
Jerry P. Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ, discusses how ensitrelvir's new post-exposure prophylaxis indication gives pharmacists a critical 72-hour window to help prevent COVID-19 in high-risk patients.
Learn how AIMS scoring, video tracking, and team-based follow-up boost tardive dyskinesia detection and VMAT2 treatment persistence.
Boost tardive dyskinesia care with VMAT2 inhibitor education, social media stories, and pharmacist–prescriber teamwork for monitoring and access.
A nephrologist makes the case that value-based care is team-based care—with pharmacists, care managers, and dietitians in the loop.
AI-enabled scheduling, multidisciplinary coordination, and workflow redesign can help cancer centers manage growing patient volumes without compromising safety or workforce well-being.
Predictive scheduling can improve staffing, pharmacy preparation, infusion capacity, and the overall patient experience.
CVS pharmacists expand into frontline care, guiding immunizations, birth control prescribing, and at-home tests like UTIs and fertility to steer patients toward timely, cost-effective treatment.
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.
Advance verification, multidisciplinary coordination, and AI-enabled forecasting can help infusion centers adjust schedules and treatment plans during chemotherapy shortages.
Zepcan walks through what a complete pharmacist-to-pharmacist handoff should include when a patient with AML on a menin inhibitor moves from an academic center to community care, covering dosing history, QTc and laboratory test baselines, and documented counseling.
Zahra Mahmoudjafari noted that while patients with high disease burden, a history of severe cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or neurotoxicity, poor performance status, or limited caregiver support were historically considered less suitable for community-based administration, significant progress has been made as community centers develop strong patient selection criteria, outpatient roadmaps, and escalation strategies, often in partnership with academic centers for initial step-up dosing.
Zahra Mahmoudjafari emphasized that treatment sequencing in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) must be highly individualized, taking into account prior BCMA exposure, disease burden, caregiver support, logistical factors, comorbidities, and institutional access to specific therapies such as CAR T-cell therapy, noting that while a standardized algorithm would be ideal, the complexity of the disease and evolving evidence base make a one-size-fits-all approach impractical.
In this episode, Ali tackles the operational barriers that prevent patients from starting menin inhibitors despite being approved.
Angie Maynard, PharmD, MS, BCOP, discusses RCC immunotherapy guidelines, treatment selection, toxicity management, and pharmacists’ clinical role.
In 'Getting CRS Right: Clinical Presentation, Appropriate Response, and Building a Well-Educated Care Team,' our panel of experts delve into the following critical questions:
In this episode, 'Reducing Hospitalization Without Compromising Safety: Step-Up Dosing Criteria and Best Practices in Myeloma,' the oncology pharmacists explore the following questions:
Tim Pflederer, MD, of Evergreen Nephrology, explains why proteinuria, diabetes, and heart failure all point toward the same 2 drug classes.
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.
Discover how specialty pharmacists boost TD screening, speed treatment starts, and sustain adherence through proactive check-ins, texts, and empathy.
Boost VMAT2 adherence by counseling side effects, streamlining refills with auto or mail-order options, using medication packs, and embedding AIMS screening into team workflows.
Seth Martin, MD, MHS, discusses a simplified machine-learning equation that helps labs deliver more accurate LDL-C results at no cost.
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.
Craig Beavers shares takeaways on congestion-monitoring tools, self-education, and pharmacist advocacy in preventing heart failure readmissions.
This week's episode covers a new AHA scientific statement on caffeine safety and cardiovascular benefit; pharmacist guidance for protecting patients with asthma, COPD, and allergies during wildfire smoke events; and regulatory updates in obstructive sleep apnea and ROS1-positive lung cancer.
In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Erin J. Walsh, PharmD, MS, RPh, MCST, discusses where VER-01 could fit in chronic pain management and why advances in standardized cannabinoid therapies may represent a pivotal moment for the future of evidence-based cannabis-derived medicines.
Jordan Hill, PharmD, BCOP, discusses the expanded first-line role of sacituzumab govitecan in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and how PD-L1 status informs its use alone or with pembrolizumab.
In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Erin J. Walsh, PharmD, MS, RPh, discusses what the phase 3 data reveal about VER-01's potential and explains how pharmacists could help integrate standardized cannabinoid therapies into evidence-based chronic pain management.
Craig Beavers previews the ReadyFlow autoinjector, a seconds-long subcutaneous furosemide dose that could reshape at-home heart failure care.
