Treating High Blood Pressure, CKD Through Diet In Future for Further Diagnoses

In an interview with Pharmacy Times, City of Hope researchers discuss a preclinical platform designed to redirect CAR T cells after infusion and how pharmacists could help bring this adaptable approach into clinical practice.

Pharmacists can explain the evidence supporting the intramuscular injection, address specific concerns, and help families understand what is known—and what is not known—about oral vitamin K.

In the phase 2 ZUPREME 1 trial, the once-weekly amylin analog was well tolerated, with nausea mostly mild and limited to dose escalation.

Post hoc STEP UP data at EASD 2026 show liver fat fell from 8.8% to 3.1% at 72 weeks in a 55-person MRI subgroup, though no placebo comparison was reported.

William J. Peppard, PharmD, explains how emerging suzetrigine findings after knee arthroplasty connect opioid stewardship with functional recovery and the pharmacist’s role in ensuring treatment access.

In adults with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular (CV) risk, the oral GLP-1 RA also improved HbA1C and weight, with less hypoglycemia but more GI events.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times, LINKER-SMM1 study investigator Paula Rodríguez-Otero, MD, PhD, a hematologist at Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, explains how researchers selected high-risk patients and how she weighs infections against the potential to prevent progression to active disease.

Phase 2b data from EASD 2026 show the amylin-incretin combination also cut HbA1C by up to 2.9% in adults with obesity or overweight and type 2 diabetes.