Peter Wehrwein, Managing Editor

Type 1 diabetes is a relentless disease, according to David Maahs, M.D., M.A., Ph.D., from Stanford University.

The rising popularity of the continuous glucose monitor, which is not the same as an insulin pump, has been a huge advance in type 1 diabetes treatment, according to David Maahs, M.D., M.A., Ph.D., from Stanford University.

David Maahs, M.D., M.A., Ph.D., explains why teamwork is the most important part of the 4T diabetes management program.

David Maahs, M.D., M.A., Ph.D., explains the role that teamwork, targets, technology and tight control plays in type 1 diabetes management and why it’s best to intervene right after diagnosis.

Changing the site of care to less expensive locations. and putting biosimilars are favored strategies, according to a survey conducted by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

Stephanie Graff, M.D., FACP, FASCO, director of breast oncology at the Lifespan Cancer Institute and author of Investigating the Salience of Clinical Meaningfulness and Clinically Meaningful Outcomes in Metastatic Breast Cancer Care Delivery, shares the reasons why she chose to study metastatic breast cancer patients.

There is a need for strict policies regarding the use of AI in the managed care space, according to Douglas S. Burgoyne, Pharm.D., MBA, FAMCP, adjunct associate professor at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy.

University of Washington’s Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., M.P.H., sees a world awash in emerging diseases and climate change data but says it needs to be delivered to clinicians in a form that they can use at the point of care, possibly via the electronic medical record.

Health plans and PBMs are using AI to aggregate data, summarize information and enhance their formulary decision-making processes, according to Douglas S. Burgoyne, Pharm.D., MBA, FAMCP, adjunct associate professor at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy.

Technology can help address the complexities of specialty medications by automating processes and enabling proactive interventions to ensure patients stay on their critical therapies, according to Kristen Whelchel, Pharm.D., CSP, Research and Patient Care Improvement Pharmacist with Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy's Department of Health Outcomes and Research.

The list includes dengue fever, chikungunya, leptospirosis and Valley fever, says University of Washington professor Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., M.P.H.

Data about higher doses that are injected less often come as the original 2-milligram dose of Eylea is facing an increasing number of biosimilar competitors.

Patients self-identified as members of the minority group that the study was designed to enroll, according to Jeremiah Brown, M.D., of Retina Consultants of Texas, one of the lead ELEVATUM investigators. The study will yield a "treasure trove" of data, Brown said.

Enrollment goals for the U.S. part of the phase 4, open-label study of Vabysmo (faricimab) were 45% Black participants, 45% Hispanic participants and 10% Native American, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian, said Jeremiah Brown, M.D., a lead ELEVATUM investigator.

Harmony Garges, M.D, senior vice president, chief medical officer and head of global medical at ViiV Healthcare, highlighted results of two real-world evidence studies of Apretude as an HIV prevention medication.

IJ Anosike, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, explains how COVID fatigue can lead to a downward trend in children getting the proper vaccines.

Only 15% of those who start a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) for weight loss are still taking it two years later according to Prime Therapeutics’ real-world evidence, says Ben Urick, Pharm.D., Ph.D., a health outcomes researcher for the pharmacy benefit manager.

Kristen Whelchel, Pharm.D., CSP, Research and Patient Care Improvement Pharmacist with Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy's Department of Health Outcomes and Research, explains how technology identifies at-risk patients, coordinates medication refills and more.

Statins have had an evolving role in the management of cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV, explained Michelle Cespedes, M.D., M.S., professor of medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System.

Even people living with HIV who have undetectable viral loads experience elevated inflammation levels, explained Michelle Cespedes, M.D., M.S, of Mount Sinai Health System.

Building relationships with state and local officials and repairing the tattered primary care system in the U.S. were some of the suggestions made at the opening plenary session of ID Week 2024.

Crescent Moore, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Director of Part D/Pharmacy at BluePeak Advisors, highlights the expected shift of Medicare beneficiaries towards Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans.

Crescent Moore, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Director of Part D/Pharmacy at BluePeak Advisors, explains the impacts of the upcoming changes to Medicare Part D.

Charlie Dragovich, Senior Director and Client Strategist at Cencora, talks about the way regulations usually work and how the road to the Preapproval Information Exchange Act was different.

An overview of the preapproval information exchange (PIE) from Charlie Dragovich, Senior Director and Client Strategist at Cencora

An optimistic outlook on the future of the biosimilar market driving down pharmaceutical drug spend.

How health plans are implementing strategies to leverage biosimilars to lower costs for both payers and patients, according to Javier Gonzalez, Pharm.D., chief growth and commercial officer of Abarca

Cynthiya Ruban, Ph.D., M.S., Director of Digital Solutions at Cencora says to keep the following in mind as AI use accelerates.

Ways AI is increasingly used in healthcare and how it can benefit healthcare decision makers, according to Cynthiya Ruban, Ph.D., M.S., Director of Digital Solutions at Cencora.

It's not the multimillion dollar prices, says Kevin Niehoff, Pharm.D., of IPD Analytics. The pool of sickle cell disease patients who are prime candidates for sickle cell disease gene therapy was overestimated, according to Niehoff.