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(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, results from the DESTINY-Breast11 trial showed higher pathologic complete response (pCR) rates with a trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu)-based neoadjuvant...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial board warned that the Office of Management and Budget's proposed changes to the HHS grant process would further...
Read full article →Express Scripts and the PBM lobby are following in CVS Caremark’s footsteps in filing complaints challenging the FAIR Rx Act, which was passed earlier this year despite vehement opposition from PBMs.
Read full article →Most of Centene’s 61,000 employees will be eligible to apply for voluntary separation. But the program doesn’t amount to a complete overhaul of the company, a spokesperson said.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Older adults at higher risk for dementia were less likely to have a dementia diagnosis if they received a herpes zoster (shingles) shot, a cohort study using target trial emulation showed. Among 500,000 people in skilled-nursing...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Reminders, or "nudges," to both oncology clinicians and patients led to a significant increase in difficult conversations about poor-prognosis cancers, a large randomized study showed. Involving more than 1,000 patients and...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Replacing two high-dose chemotherapy courses with blinatumomab (Blincyto) significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an interim...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared the first over-the-counter (OTC) integrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for children 2 years and older with or without diabetes, the agency announced on Friday. The Stelo Glucose Biosensor System device...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), age 84, was admitted to the hospital with an undisclosed condition. (The Hill) The CDC alerted about three babies hospitalized with...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule should increase each year tied to the rate of medical inflation, while payments for inpatient rehabilitation and home healthcare should be cut, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Novel in vivo CRISPR-based therapy lonvoguran ziclumeran (lonvo-z) dramatically lowered hereditary angioedema (HAE) attack frequency in the HAELO randomized trial. HAE attacks dropped by a relative 87% after the single infusion...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- KINSHASA, Congo -- Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases in the month-old outbreak as the virus spreads quickly in a remote region whose shifting population challenges efforts...
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