Medicare Drug Rebate Debate Highlights AJPB Week in Review

Imaging data from the CONTENTed study suggest the type 2 inflammation that drives severe asthma may affect more than the airways.

Infection prevention during bispecific antibody treatment requires pharmacists to coordinate baseline screening, antimicrobial prophylaxis, immunoglobulin monitoring, vaccination, and rapid evaluation of suspected infections.

For as long as practicing oncology pharmacists have been in the field, multiple myeloma carried a standard caveat: treatable, not curable—now that is changing.

Linvoseltamab drives deep, MRD-negative responses in high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, raising earlier-treatment and payer coverage questions.

Evidence suggests that psilocybin-assisted therapy for those who have not responded to standard interventions may be beneficial.

A phase 1/2 analysis found rapid, deep responses with mezigdomide plus elranatamab in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, but the small cohort and limited follow-up require cautious interpretation.

Renal benefit appeared only in patients with albuminuria in a 75,455-person BMJ analysis, while sulfonylureas signaled faster decline without it.

Authors of a pharmacist-directed transitions of care study discuss what drives pneumococcal vaccine hesitancy and how pharmacists can build systematic vaccine screening into inpatient workflows.