Top 5 Conference Coverage Items in 2023
- The Healthcare World According to Fein | 2023 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit
Adam Fein, Ph.D., talked about some surprising trends in specialty pharmacy and healthcare at the 2023 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit. The number of specialty pharmacy locations may be peaking. And that "gross-to-net bubble" in drug prices that Fein has written about so much — well, it may be shrinking.
Read more - The Future Has Arrived and Is Knocking. Getting Ready for the Arrival of Cell and Gene Therapy | 2023 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit
A relatively small number of cell and gene therapies have become a clinical reality. But now the specialty pharmacy industry, and healthcare more generally, is bracing for a wave of cell and gene therapies that will force change and adaption. And, yes, the new therapies will be extremely costly.
Read more - More Vitiligo Patients Respond with Longer Use of Opzelura
Longer-term use of Opzelura was well tolerated, with no serious treatment-related adverse events, according to a poster presented at the annual dermatology meeting.
Read more - For Weight Loss, Off-Label GLP-1s Are Increasingly the Chosen Ones | AMCP 2023
They are the trendy way to lose weight and payers have been noticing an increase in GLP-1 claims. An analysis of the pharmacy and healthcare claims of a small commercial health plan in Texas documents the growth in the off-label usage of the GLP-1s, such as Ozempic, for weight loss.
Read more - Is an HIV Cure Possible? | IDWeek 2023
Research of broadly neutralizing antibodies — which are able to neutralize multiple strains of HIV — have the potential to treat, prevent and maybe even cure HIV.
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In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras, an editor with MHE had the pleasure of meeting Loren McCaghy, director of consulting, health and consumer engagement and product insight at Accenture, to discuss the organization's latest report on U.S. consumers switching healthcare providers and insurance payers.
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Healthcare journalist, HIV advocate and educator Juan Michael Porter II discussed moderating the "Future of Science" session at the International AIDS Society's AIDS 2024 meeting in Munich, Germany, as well as addressing "founder's syndrome" in AIDS organizations and the inclusivity of the event.
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In our latest "Meet the Board" podcast episode, Managed Healthcare Executive Editors caught up with editorial advisory board member, Eric Hunter, CEO of CareOregon, to discuss a number of topics, one including the merger that never closed with SCAN Health Plan due to local opposition from Oregonians.
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