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Jim Schwartz, RPh, executive director of pharmacy operations for Oncology Pharmacy Services, discusses his presentation at the Community Oncology Alliance 2022 conference on the new world of oral cancer drug dispensing.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Eric Tichy, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FAST, FCCP, Vice Chair of Pharmacy/Formulary at Mayo Clinic, discusses some formulary trends in biosimilars at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting.

With therapeutics developing quickly in the cardiovascular space, pharmacists are more important than ever.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Dave Dixon, PharmD, to learn more about his presentation titled “New Pharmacologic Therapies for Heart Failure.

Mavacamten is a first-in-class, oral, allosteric modulator of cardiac myosin being evaluated for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Session at American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2022 highlight treatments for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Mark Svet, MD, is the lead study author on a sub-analysis of the VOYAGER PAD study evaluating data on the use of rivaroxaban in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Multiple approaches can be taken to optimize medical therapy in patients with PAD.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, the 70th president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Despite the approval of exciting new therapies for heart failure, there are still some challenges that need to be addressed to improve patient outcomes.

Common issues that affect patient outcomes include economic stability, education access, health care access, social and community context, and neighborhood environment.

Results of the phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial show rivaroxaban (Xarelto; Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies) plus aspirin lowers severe vascular events in patients with peripheral arterial disease after lower-extremity revascularization.

Empagliflozin (Jardiance, Boehringer Ingelheim/Lilly) tablets are the first and only heart failure therapy to demonstrate a statistically significant risk reduction in cardiovascular death.

Session explores data from both the SCORED trial of sotagliflozin and the REVERSE-IT trial investigating bentracimab to reverse the antiplatelet effects of ticagrelor.

Health care professionals need to meet their patients at their health level and find a diet and medication regimen that works for them to best reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Craig Granowitz, MD, PhD, chief medical officer at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, to learn more about sotagliflozin and new data being presented at the American College of Cardiology 2022 Scientific Sessions.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS, a core investigator at the Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, about pharmacists’ roles in managing pharmacotherapy disparities.

Lowering salt intake was not found to reduce visits to the emergency department, however, there were improvements in quality of life.

Milind Desai, MD, national principal investigator of the VALOR-HCM trial, discussed new results presented at the American College of Cardiology 2022 Scientific Sessions.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses some of the barriers that patients with cancer may encounter following their diagnosis.

Session at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Annual Conference 2022 focuses on methods to improve emotional exhaustion among pharmacists and other health care providers.

With risk stratification, up to 60% of individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia who are low-risk sustain treatment-free remission.

Ted Okon, MBA, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), discusses key highlights from the in-person COA 2022 conference.

These include progression-free survival, time to treatment failure, and time to tumor progression, according to a presentation at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.

21-gene profiling is also preferred for patients with 1 to 3 pathologically positive lymph nodes, according to a presentation at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.

Measurements may not be accurate in those with darker tones, according to analysis to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session.

Christy S. Harris, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, clinical pharmacy specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses guidelines for common therapies and appropriate monitoring recommendations for selected therapies used in the treatment of adult sarcomas.

Heidi D. Finnes, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, president-elect of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), discusses ways to address burnout in the hematology/oncology space.

Heidi D. Finnes, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, president-elect of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), provides details of the upcoming HOPA 2022 conference.

Analysis to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session is based on the health records of 495,386 patients.