Reactions and commentary on breaking clinical and health economic data presented at top conferences and their impact on practice and policy.
March 31st 2025AAD 2025: Advancements in Dermatology
Paul Yamauchi, MD, PhD, discusses recent findings presented at the 2025 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting (AAD 2025) on tildrakizumab’s efficacy for nail psoriasis, biological treatment patterns in moderate to severe psoriasis, ruxolitinib cream’s role in reducing additional medication use in atopic dermatitis, comparative infection risks between Janus kinase and cytokine inhibitors, and the evolution toward personalized dermatological treatment approaches that balance efficacy with safety considerations.
March 21st 2025Post-Conference Perspectives: Key Takeaways From Recent Psoriasis Abstracts
Aaron Farberg, MD, discusses how real-world studies like tildrakizumab’s help confirm efficacy and adherence outside trials, with multisite inclusion enhancing generalizability. Results aligned with clinical trials, highlighting better adherence. The VISIBLE study emphasized comorbidity impact, influencing clinical decisions and payer perspectives. Biosimilars’ role in clinical trials ensures safety and efficacy, with interchangeability gaining clinical adoption.
December 20th 2024ID Week 2024: Key Updates in UTIs
Wendy Cheng, PhD, MPH, discusses how recent research presented at ID Week 2024, including the EAGLE-2 and EAGLE-3 trials on gepotidacin, highlights new treatment options for urinary tract infections (UTIs), addressing unmet needs and the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance.
December 19th 2024Post Conference Perspectives: ASH 2024
Sergio A. Giralt, MD, discusses how the approval of axatilimab and emerging therapies, including ibrutinib and rituximab combinations, are reshaping the treatment landscape for chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD), with a focus on improving efficacy, safety, and patient outcomes based on recent American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2024) findings.
December 18th 2024ASH 2024: Advancing the Multiple Myeloma Landscape
Saad Z. Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, discusses how the latest findings from studies presented at the 2024 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, including the AQUILA, MajesTEC-5, and iMMagine-1 trials, highlight the potential of early intervention, bispecific antibodies, and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies to transform the treatment landscape for multiple myeloma.
December 6th 2024AHA 2024 Key Takeaways: Innovations in Managing Heart Failure
Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS, discusses how glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists demonstrate multiple cardioprotective mechanisms including reduced inflammation, improved glucose metabolism, and enhanced endothelial function, while clinical trials of both finerenone and ferric carboxymaltose evaluate specific outcomes in patients with heart failure through rigorous study protocols.
November 12th 2024CHEST 2024 Key Takeaways: Innovations in IPF and PAH
Steven Nathan, MD, discusses how key findings from CHEST 2024, including survival predictors from the IPF-PRO Registry and the potential of inhaled treprostinil for CTD-PAH, are shaping new approaches to managing IPF and PAH, with a focus on early diagnosis, personalized treatments, and improving patient outcomes.
July 12th 2024ASCO 2024: Advances in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
A key opinion leader analyzes pivotal non-small cell lung cancer trials presented at ASCO 2024, including LAURA, CHRYSALIS-2, TROPION-Lung05, and CheckMate 9LA, discussing their implications for treatment strategies in non-small cell lung cancer.