Pipeline Preview (July 2006)

The FDA has approved three HIV products since June 2025, and the late-stage pipeline is testing how far apart doses can be spaced. Here are the milestones payers and health systems should track through 2027.

Hiva Pourarsalan at AMCP Nexus explains how MFP shifts Medicare drug pricing, disrupting rebates and contracting and forcing payers to rethink formularies.

EHRs miss many cancer deaths. Linking electronic health records with claims and third‑party death data sharply improves accuracy, Tempus reports at AMCP Nexus.

CMS projects roughly 2.3 million people will lose Medicaid coverage in 2027 under the new community engagement requirements, also referred to as work requirements: four in ten to paperwork, not noncompliance. Arkansas showed how that happens; here is what plans can learn before the clock starts.

Managed care leaders should vet AI tools before use and recheck them over time, and pharmacists need AI literacy, according to two AMCP Nexus 2026 presenters.

AI is speeding up managed care pharmacy work, but two pharmacists say human review remains key when tools affect patients' access to medications.

A review of 16 studies linked presurgical melatonin and zolpidem to less postoperative pain, with over 30% less opioid use in some patients.

Prime Therapeutics' Pat Gleason, Pharm.D., outlined T1D screening gaps for plans and his priorities as incoming AMCP president.