Dr Michael Diaz on the Importance of Site of Care, PBM Reform
March 17th 2022Michael Diaz, MD, president and managing physician, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, speaks on takeaways from his discussions on site of care and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) at the 2022 Community Oncology Conference.
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Dr Robert Sidbury Addresses Quality-of-Life Burden in Atopic Dermatitis
March 17th 2022Along with common symptoms of itch and pain, patients with atopic dermatitis experience significant work productivity and attention issues that affect overall quality of life, said Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital.
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What We’re Reading: FFS Medicare Savings; ICU Triage Discrimination; Pfizer, Moderna Patent Lawsuits
March 17th 2022Medicare Advantage plan members could save $12 billion if enrolled in fee-for-service (FFS) plans instead; Black patients were classified as low priority for intensive care unit (ICU) triage twice as often as other patients; Moderna and Pfizer face lawsuits over potential COVID-19 vaccine patent infringement.
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Pfizer and BioNTech requested FDA emergency use authorization for a fourth COVID-19 dose for older adults; postpartum depression rates tripled during early months of the COVID-19 pandemic; anxiety and depression diagnoses among children each increased by roughly 25% since 2016.
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AstraZeneca Receives CRL for Benralizumab in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps
March 16th 2022FDA issued a complete response letter (CRL) to AstraZeneca seeking additional clinical data for benralizumab, sold as Fasenra, in the treatment of patients with inadequately controlled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.
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Genetic RA Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease, but Not Other Way Around
March 16th 2022The genetically-predicted risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was positively associated with an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and potentially with its main subtypes, ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease.
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More, Better Linkage to Care Needed to Optimize HIV-Related Support Outcomes
March 15th 2022This new meta-analysis from World Health Organization and University of Cape Town investigators analyzed adverse posthospitalization discharge outcomes and related risk factors among persons living with HIV.
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Finerenone Reduces Heart Failure Risk in Patients With CKD, T2D
March 15th 2022Finerenone (Kerendia) was found to reduce risk of heart failure and improve other cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) regardless of heart failure history.
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Idaho legislature passed Texas-inspired abortion law banning the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy; patients who were bedridden with severe cases of COVID-19 had increased risks of anxiety and depression more than a year later; number of deaths by suicide in Japanese women rose for second straight year.
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Upadacitinib Shows Sustained Efficacy, Safety in Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
March 15th 2022Longer-term findings of the Measure Up 1 and 2 studies showed the JAK inhibitor upadacitinib to be safe and effective after 52 weeks in the treatment of adults and adolescents with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
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Mount Sinai Researchers Discuss Milestones in Understanding Genetic Variants
March 14th 2022Ron Do, PhD, associate professor, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Iain Forrest, MD-PhD candidate in Dr Do’s lab, discuss their hopes for their findings and how genetic data are being used in health care.
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