Who, When, and How: Navigating Combination Therapies in mCRC
August 7th 2025Panelists discuss how managing common toxicities in combination therapies requires specific strategies including dose reductions and growth factor support for neutropenia with trifluridine/tipiracil, antihypertensive management for blood pressure elevations across different agents, and careful patient selection considering contraindications such as previous pelvic radiation (GI perforation risk), cardiac conditions, anticoagulation therapy (hemorrhage risk), hepatic impairment, advanced age, and complex pill burden management, emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary care and selecting conscientious patients capable of adhering to precise dosing requirements.
Beyond Survival: SUNLIGHT’s Influence on QoL in mCRC
August 7th 2025Panelists discuss how the SUNLIGHT trial's demonstration that adding bevacizumab to trifluridine/tipiracil improves overall survival and progression-free survival represents the best available data in refractory colorectal cancer, with quality of life findings showing longer time to definitive deterioration being particularly significant for patient counseling since patients in third-line and beyond settings prioritize both survival benefit and maintaining good quality of life, making this combination compelling as it provides efficacy improvement without dramatically compromising patient well-being.
Overcoming Obstacles in CML Care
August 7th 2025A panelist discusses how financial burdens and insurance limitations impact chronic myeloid leukemia treatment decisions, with newer drugs like asciminib facing approval challenges despite recent FDA approval, while pharmacists can help overcome these obstacles by educating patients about assistance programs, advocating for access, and helping navigate the complex health care system to ensure sustainable long-term therapy options.
Building Bridges: Multidisciplinary Care and Patient Education Excellence for TD
August 4th 2025Panelists discuss how pharmacists play a vital role in ensuring personalized care for tardive dyskinesia patients by fostering continuous, secure communication and collaboration with health care teams across various practice settings.
Pharmacist-Led Adherence Strategies for Patients Living With TD
August 4th 2025Panelists discuss how pharmacists enhance treatment adherence in older adults with tardive dyskinesia by assessing cognitive function, involving caregivers, linking medication to daily routines, providing personalized education, and utilizing tailored technological reminders to support consistent and manageable medication use.
From Clinic to Hospital: Oncology Pharmacists Driving Seamless Site-of-Care Transitions
August 1st 2025Eileen Peng, PharmD, discusses how her team has restructured pharmacy services to support outpatient administration of CAR T-cell and bispecific therapies—emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration, early toxicity management, real-world data integration, and pharmacist-led care transitions to ensure safety and continuity across care settings.
Shaping the Future of Pharmacy Leadership Through Complementary Perspectives at UNC Health
August 1st 2025Two pharmacy leaders at UNC Health share how their distinct yet complementary leadership journeys and skill sets are driving innovation in clinical practice, education, and team development across the health system.
Championing the Role of Oncology Pharmacists in Patient-Centered Cancer Care
August 1st 2025LeAnne Kennedy, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, FHOPA, FASTCT, discusses the collaborative culture, research opportunities, and leadership pathways that define oncology pharmacy practice at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, while emphasizing the importance of advocacy and visibility for the profession.
Barriers to Accessing TKIs in CML
July 31st 2025A panelist discusses how accessing tyrosine kinase inhibitors for chronic myeloid leukemia treatment faces multiple barriers including financial challenges from insurance coverage and rising drug costs, prior authorization requirements, social barriers like transportation and health literacy issues, and practical obstacles such as the need to manually request refills for specialty oncology medications.
Evolving Third-Line mCRC Treatment: Mechanisms, Efficacy, and Insights
July 31st 2025Panelists discuss how third-line metastatic colorectal cancer treatment has evolved from limited options like FOLFOX and FOLFIRI to multiple available agents including regorafenib, trifluridine/tipiracil, trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab, and fruquintinib, emphasizing the importance of comprehensive biomarker testing to identify rare fusions and actionable targets before selecting among these therapies, each with distinct mechanisms of action and tolerability profiles that require careful sequencing and adherence management to optimize clinical outcomes.
Expert: Linvoseltamab’s Simplified Dosing Expands Access, Enhances Tolerability in Multiple Myeloma
July 30th 2025Sundar Jagannath, MD, MBBS, discusses how linvoseltamab’s streamlined step-up dosing and REMS program support broader use in community settings and improved tolerability for older patients.
ENDO 2025: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists as Multisystem Therapies in Type 2 Diabetes Management
July 28th 2025Jennifer Goldman, PharmD, CDCES, BC-ADM, FCCP, discusses the expanding role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in holistic type 2 diabetes care, highlighting their cardio-renal-hepatic benefits, clinical access challenges, emerging investigational therapies, and practical strategies for individualized, guideline-based prescribing.
Early Detection to Expert Dosing: The Pharmacist’s Clinical Role in TD Management
July 28th 2025Panelists discuss how pharmacists, through frequent patient contact and vigilant observation, are uniquely positioned to identify early signs of tardive dyskinesia, conduct AIMS assessments, monitor treatment efficacy, foster patient trust, and provide crucial education to support timely intervention and improve long-term management outcomes.
Pharmacists Practicing at the Top of Their Training in Managing Tardive Dyskinesia
July 28th 2025Panelists discuss how pharmacists play a vital role in managing tardive dyskinesia by conducting regular AIMS assessments, supporting medication adherence and tolerability, collaborating with health care teams, and integrating standardized monitoring into clinical workflows to enable early detection and optimize patient outcomes across care settings.
Expanding Pharmacist Roles in CML Care
July 24th 2025An expert discusses how pharmacists can expand their role in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) care through remote medication therapy management, adherence support, and helping patients navigate insurance barriers and medication access challenges to ensure successful long-term treatment outcomes.
Pharmacists Can Tackle Thimerosal Misinformation Through Education, Empathy, and Transparency
July 23rd 2025Adam James, PharmD, and Chris Altman, PharmD, explain how pharmacists can build trust and reduce vaccine hesitancy by clearly communicating thimerosal’s limited role in today’s immunizations and addressing patient concerns with empathy and education.