Mary Caffrey is the Executive Editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). She joined AJMC® in 2013 and is the primary staff editor for Evidence-Based Oncology, the multistakeholder publication that reaches 22,000+ oncology providers, policy makers and formulary decision makers. She is also part of the team that oversees speaker recruitment and panel preparations for AJMC®'s premier annual oncology meeting, Patient-Centered Oncology Care®. For more than a decade, Mary has covered ASCO, ASH, ACC and other leading scientific meetings for AJMC readers.
Mary has a BA in communications and philosophy from Loyola University New Orleans. You can connect with Mary on LinkedIn.
Characteristics of Relapse Affect Treatment Choices in Multiple Myeloma
Natalie S. Callander, MD, director of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Myeloma Clinical Program, reviewed the treatment landscape at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 2023 Annual Conference.
Could This Be the Year for PBM Reform? COA Panel Weighs in
Capitol Hill experts taking part in the Community Oncology Alliance's (COA) Community Oncology Conference said Friday that bipartisan awareness of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices has reached a point that they believe Congress may finally act, if only to require greater transparency.
COA: An Advocacy Group Born in Crisis Looks Back at 20 Years
The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) retains the spirit of an upstart advocacy group, while working to look ahead at innovative technologies, care delivery trends, and other events that threaten independent practices, said oncology leaders while attending their annual meeting this week.
Study of South African Males With Prostate Cancer Reveals Limits of Current Germline Testing
The findings, published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, add to the evidence that the shift to precision medicine is built on data that have not included sufficient numbers of patients of color.
Dr Ajai Chari: Patients in High-risk Subgroups Benefited From Daratumumab Plus Triplet
Ajai Chari, MD, professor of medicine and director of clinical research in the Multiple Myeloma Program at Mount Sinai in New York, discusses a post-hoc analysis of data from the phase 2 GRIFFIN trial.
Dr Clyde Yancy: Redefine Greatness Through a Quest for Health Equity in Heart Failure
Speaking at the 72nd American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in New Orleans on Sunday, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, the vice dean for diversity and inclusion at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, challenged the audience to rethink what success looks like in health care.
HALO Misses End Point, but Optimism Remains for Baxdrostat in Resistant Hypertension
Baxdrostat is a highly selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor; phase 1 studies showed that the therapy caused a sustained, dose-dependent reduction in plasma aldosterone by more than 70% without reducing cortisol.
Bempedoic Acid, Approved to Treat LDL Cholesterol, Cuts Risk of Major CV Events by 13%
Results from the CLEAR Outcomes trial were presented today at the 72nd American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. Plans for a broader label are in the works.
Dr Deepak Bhatt Discusses Results From the ENTRIGUE Trial
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has multiple presentations during the upcoming American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, including additional phase 2 results from the ENTRIGUE trial for pegozafermin in severe hypertriglyceridemia.
ACCESS Tests Effect of Eliminating Co-pay on CV Outcomes
Braden Manns, MD, MSc, a nephrologist and health economics researcher at the University of Calgary in Canada, will present the results of a randomized trial evaluating the impact of removing co-payments for drugs that treat chronic conditions on cardiovascular outcomes during the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday, March 5.
On Rare Disease Day, PKD Foundation, IQVIA Highlight Patient Registry Gathering Quality-of-Life Data
The Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation and IQVIA are partners in the development of the ADPKD Registry, which is tracking longitudinal quality-of-life information from patients across North America.