MHE Week in Review – International AIDS Society (IAS) 2025 Meeting Coverage

Elevidys is a gene therapy approved to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Last month, Sarapta halted sales of the therapy for non-ambulatory patients.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the "Conversations with Perry and Friends" podcast. In this episode, Cohen speaks with Saar Mahna, J.D., MBA, CEO and founder of Banjo Health, an artificial intelligence company focused on prior authorization.

Autoimmune diseases, such as vitiligo, celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis, are not tied to aluminum exposure from vaccines, according to a nationwide cohort study of approximately 1.2 million children done in Denmark.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Switching to extended half-life from standard half-life therapies for hemophilia enhances treatment adherence and reduces infusion frequency, despite initial cost increases.

The combination of RPI, a genetically engineered herpes simplex virus type 1, and Opdivo shrank both injected and non-injected tumors by 30%.