Specialty Pharmacy

The increasing economic burden of treatment may impact patient outcomes.

The goal of the financial counselor is to identify available funding for patient care in a timely manner, but the sheer number of resources and variables involved results in a long, tedious process.

Members, as well as health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, plan sponsors, and reinsurers want to know how to fund these expensive treatments to ensure positive outcomes.

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting can impact patients’ treatment outcomes.

Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses the next steps for clinical research assessing daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

More transparent drug pricing could improve patient care.

Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses how the results of the trial assessing daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma may impact the treatment landscape.

Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses the adverse events experienced by patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who were administered daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone.

Jacob D. Soumerai, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses next steps in the research assessing zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax in the treatment of previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Bladder cancer risk increases with age and is more common among men than women.

Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses the results for all of the trial endpoints assessing daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Jacob D. Soumerai, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses trial results showing the safety and efficacy of zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax in the treatment of previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Modern technology is crucial to the provision of home infusions.

Symptoms of fibrous dysplasia include bone pain, swelling, bone deformity, bone and fractures.

Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses the primary endpoint in the trial assessing daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Jacob D. Soumerai, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the adverse events experienced by patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia when treated with zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax.

The cancer care system lags in comparison to other chronic health conditions in this key area.

The approval of Vyvgart is the first for a therapy designed to reduce pathogenic IgGs, an underlying driver of gMG.

Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, associate director for clinical research at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, on the safety and efficacy of Dara-KRd in the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Jacob D. Soumerai, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, addresses the primary endpoint in the trial assessing zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax in previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Although marginal zone lymphoma is relatively rare, it contains a broad spectrum of conditions under it that require an individualized treatment selection process.

Abatacept is also approved for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, active psoriatic arthritis, and moderate to severe polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis for children 2 years of age and older.

The treatment was first approved in 2013 for adults as a 1500 mg course of treatment, administered as 2 doses of 750 mg each separated by at least 7 days.

Jacob D. Soumerai, MD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses minimum residual disease-driven time limited therapy with zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax in previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Cutaquig was recently approved for the treatment of pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with primary humoral immunodeficiency.

The safety profile observed in patients with active psoriatic arthritis administered upadacitinib was consistent with the safety profile observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Experts reviewed the efficacy and safety of the recommended treatment regimens and discussed which treatment strategy they would recommend for their patients.

In specialty pharmacy, many patients take steps to manage their prescription benefits before the new year.

Pharmacists have an important role in the optimization of AML therapies.

Data support daratumumab as part of a standard of care regimen in the frontline setting for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.