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Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Nirogacestat (Ogsiveo)

Brooke Lochridge, PharmD ,PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident, of Tristar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, and Colleen McCabe, PharmD, BCOP, Oncology Clinical Specialist, Sarcoma & Melanoma from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN w

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HOPA News Late Breaking News

Late-Breaking HOPA News: EV-302 and CheckMate 901 Trials and Other Genitourinary Studies

In October of 2023, several practice-changing presentations about genitourinary cancers were made during the annual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress.

high-risk neuroblastoma
Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Eflornithine for High-Risk Neuroblastoma

Taylor Gullickson, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident and Alexis Kuhn, PharmD, BCOP, Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist, from Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota write about Eflornithine for High-Risk Neuroblastoma.

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Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Fruquintinib

Hunter Sowell, PharmD, PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident and Sarah Cimino, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Gastrointestinal Oncology, both from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, write about fruquintinib.

HOPA News Late Breaking News

Late-Breaking HOPA News: COMMANDS Study for Myelodysplastic Syndrome

The COMMANDS study was a phase 3, open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial. Patients were eligible for enrollment if they were 18 years or older, diagnosed with very low risk, low risk or intermediate risk MDS, ESA-naïve, and requiring red blo

Woman pointing to x-ray of metastatic breast cancer diagram
Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Capivasertib

Rachel B Allen, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident and Sarah Cimino, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Gastrointestinal Oncology, both from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, write about Capivasertib.

metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Journal Club

Osimertinib with or without Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC

First-line treatment with osimertinib–chemotherapy led to significantly longer progression-free survival than osimertinib monotherapy among patients with EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC.

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Niraparib and Abiraterone Acetate (Akeega™)

Mallori Anderson, PharmD, PGY2 and Christine Barrett, PharmD, BCOP, from the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center write about Akeega™

Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Glofitamab

Morgan Bizzell, PharmD and PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident at UNC Medical Center writes about Glofitamab.

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Elranatamab-bcmm

Emily Lo, PharmD Candidate and Chung-Shien Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP at St John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences write about Elranatamab-bcmm).

Acute Myeloid Leukemia under microscope
Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Quizartinib

Eugene Lee, BS, PharmD, Medical Affairs Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC/GSK and Amber Cipriani, PharmD, BCOP, Precision Medicine Pharmacy Coordinator at UNC Health Medical Center write about Quizartinib.

Advocacy

HOPA Supports Pharmacists, Hopes for Workplace Conditions that Optimize Patient Care

The pharmacy profession is experiencing unprecedented rates of burnout and good-faith and timely talks are key to swift and satisfactory workforce negotiations.