Biosimilar Prescribing Issues Highlight Week in Specialty Pharmacy

The once-daily tablet is the third approved treatment for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), with CYP3A4 and metformin interaction guidance.

A single infusion reversed new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) in more than half of treated mice by strengthening regulatory T cells and driving autoreactive CD8+ T cells into a less destructive state.

A detailed LINKER-MM1 analysis found that cytokine release syndrome (CRS) with linvoseltamab occurred early, was predominantly low grade, and became less frequent with successive step-up and full doses.

Approval spans early and levodopa-treated disease; a 6-week titration and CYP3A interactions put pharmacists at the center of starting therapy.

In a Pharmacy Times interview, study coauthor William J. Peppard, PharmD, discusses the association between suzetrigine and fewer opioid refills after knee replacement, the limits of the evidence, and the access barriers pharmacists can help patients navigate.

Novo's topline phase 3 data show 12.4% weight loss with CagriSema 1.0 mg/1.0 mg in type 2 diabetes and 21.0% in adults with overweight or obesity.

Marissa Reigelman of US Pharmacopeia explains how single-country dependence on key starting materials, combined with low prices, has kept 5 critical injectable drugs in shortage for more than a decade.

An MRD-guided strategy incorporating teclistamab-daratumumab intensification produced deep responses in newly diagnosed high-risk multiple myeloma, although infections affected more than three-quarters of treated patients.