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Membership

Getting Away From the Guilt Trip: Reflections on Balancing Family Life with Our Livelihood

In response to December's episode of the HOPA Now Podcast, HOPA Wellness Advisory Group member Teresa Kam Thakrar contributed the following personal reflection about balancing family with a career in oncology pharmacy.

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HOPA News Late Breaking News

Late-Breaking HOPA News: Belantamab Mafodotin-bmlf Returns: FDA Restores BCMA-Targeted ADC Option for RRMM

Marshall Winget, PharmD, and Bradley Yelvington, PharmD, BCOP, discuss the recent reapproval of belantamab mafodotin in BCMA-directed therapy for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Linvoseltamab-gcpt

Nikki Kalem, PharmD, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, writes about the recent accelerated approval of linvoseltamab-gcpt for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma in adults.

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HOPA News Late Breaking News

Late-Breaking HOPA News: The Evolving Landscape of NPM1-Mutated AML

Moh'd Mohanad A. Al-Dabet, PhD, AHI(AMT); Katia Al-Sawalha, BSc; and Olivia White, PharmD, BCOP, review revumenib and ziftomenib for NPM-1m disease and highlight key considerations when implementing these two therapies.

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Advocacy

What HOPA Members Should Know About the End of the 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown

On Wednesday, November 12, Congress passed a continuing resolution to re-open the government after a record 43-day shutdown. Here's what HOPA members should know about the bill and what's happening next.

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Advocacy

HOPA Endorses ISOPP & UICC Statement on Ensuring International Cancer Drug Quality and Equity

ISOPP and UICC recently released a statement calling for quality and equity of cancer treatments in sub-Saharan Africa. HOPA has joined with oncology and pharmacy organizations worldwide to endorse their statement.

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Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Repotrectinib

Christopher L. Cornett II, PharmD PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Resident Anne E Hitron, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCOP ,Oncology Pharmacy Specialist, Baptist Health Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

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Trifluridine–Tipiracil and Bevacizumab in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

The data from this trial confirm that FTD–TPI plus bevacizumab is an effective treatment option for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer, irrespective of mutational status, which side the tumor is on, and whether patients have previously

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Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Technician: Impact of a New Role on Pharmacy and Patient Metrics at a Large Academic Cancer Center

A recently published article details the impact of having an inpatient clinical oncology pharmacy technician program.

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Drug Updates

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Hepzato Kit™

Lainey Vargo, PharmD, PGY2-Oncology Resident Katie Murto, PharmD, BCOP and Crystal Heise, PharmD, BCOP WVUH Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Amivantamab plus chemotherapy with and without lazertinib in EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC after disease progression on osimertinib: primary results from the phase III MARIPOSA-2 study

Amivantamab–chemotherapy improved PFS and intracranial PFS versus chemotherapy.

Oncology Stewardship
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Oncology Stewardship Practice in the United States: A Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association National Survey

A recently published survey looks to gain insight on the current landscape of oncology stewardship in the United States.

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Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Momelotinib

Diana Mansour, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Charles M Gallagher, PharmD, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident; Kelsea Seago, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, allfrom WVUH Hospitals, write about Momelotinib.

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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.

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Oncology Pharmacy Staffing Survey Across Practice Settings in the United States

The results of a recently published pharmacy staffing model survey has brought new insights into oncology pharmacy operations across the country.