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As part of its inquiry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will demand that the 6 largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) submit records and answer questions regarding their business practices.

Dupilumab-induced increases in mean eosinophil counts were shown to wane over time in patients with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and atopic dermatitis (AD), with incidence of eosinophilia not shown to reduce efficacy of the biologic.

Moving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies outside of the hospital will bring training and safety challenges, said Aklilu Tedla, vice president, insights and engagement, regulatory science, cell and gene, Cardinal Health.

A study of UK electronic health record data indicated patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) showed an increased risk of dementia compared with the general population.

Kim A. Reiss, MD, assistant program director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program and assistant professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses pancreatic cancer research she presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

Joel W. Neal, MD, PhD, associate professor, Division of Oncology, Stanford Cancer Institute, is lead investigator on the COSMIC-021 trial, which is investigating cabozantinib plus atezolizumab vs cabozantinib alone in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as a possible second-line treatment beyond chemotherapy.

Thanos Zomas, MD, global medical lead, Lymphoma and Leukemia, and global medical lead, Adcetris Program, at Takeda Oncology discusses updated results from the ECHELON-1 study.

Levels of the 2 markers appeared to indicate both the presence of SLE and disease activity levels.

David R. Penberthy, MD, MBA, is medical director, Radiation Oncology, Bon Secours-Southside Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia, and president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers for the 2022-2023 term.

Asthma history and olfactory, rhinorrhea, and nasal polyp endoscopy scores were identified as independent predictors of eosinophilic disease in Chinese patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Kashyap Patel, MD, CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates, current president of the Community Oncology Alliance, and associate editor of Evidence-Based Oncology™, discusses his partnership with Sema4 and LabCorp and their joint goal to advance whole-exome sequencing (WES) for targeted oncology treatment.

The researchers highlighted that the dermatology field is considered one of the least diverse and most competitive specialties.

Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) is challenging to define but is a distinct clinical entity from connective tissue diseases (CTD).

Patients with comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps and asthma reported significant reductions in endoscopic sinus score and severity, as well as decreased dosage of oral steroids and antibiotics after long-term use of budesonide nasal irrigation.

Prescribing is a complex process with multiple factors to consider on top of the 3 primary questions about effectiveness, harm, and cost. Pharmacogenetics has put this complexity under the spotlight and prompted educational programs and the development of new clinical decision support systems.

Randall A. Oyer, MD, medical director, oncology, and medical director, Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, Lancaster General Health, and clinical professor of cancer biology at Penn Medicine, discusses the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology/Association of Community Cancer Centers recommendations for improving diversity in clinical trials.

Kashyap Patel, MD, CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates, current president of the Community Oncology Alliance, and associate editor of Evidence-Based Oncology™, talks with us ahead of the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Encouraging outcomes in recent studies have the authors of a recent review calling for more research on the effect of cannabinoids on sleep disorders.

Research presented at EULAR 2022 demonstrated the pharmacokinetic equivalence of a low-concentration version of the adalimumab biosimilar SB5 and a high-concentration version.

Pediatric patients with early-onset atopic dermatitis (AD) who reported incidence of food sensitization were associated with later allergic respiratory diseases, in which persistence of AD was linked with multiple food allergies.

Tisagenlecleucel (tisa-cel) was approved to treat adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma. This is the third indication for the therapy since it became the first FDA-approved chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in 2017.

Will Nutland, DrPH, is cofounder of PrEPster, honorary assistant professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and an activist.

Allogeneic, or off-the-shelf, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies will bring new logistical challenges, said Aklilu Tedla, vice president, insights and engagement, regulatory science, cell and gene, Cardinal Health.

Multiple myeloma has historically been considered a chronic disease, even as newer treatments have greatly improved rates of survival for the disease.

Real-world patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who had experienced prior biologic failure demonstrated significant improvement and an adequate safety profile with risankizumab treatment.

US adults who survived a COVID-19 infection are more likely than individuals who were not infected with COVID-19 to develop incident conditions attributable to the virus.

A survey of blood and bone marrow transplant patients found that many who fit current criteria for ocular graft-versus-host disease have not been diagnosed.

Pediatric and adult patients reporting more severe disease courses of atopic dermatitis had a greater risk of select cancers, particularly lymphoma.

Thanks to flexibilities provided by the American Rescue Plan, 4 states announced Wednesday they will expand Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum, joining others who have already adopted similar measures.

Thirst outcomes were investigated among patients with stable heart failure (HF), due to the limited data available on this relationship and how it, along with fluid and sodium intake, influences clinical outcomes in this population.