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Implementation of a pharmacist on the healthcare team can have significant clinical and economic benefits.

Updated results from a phase 1 trial of subcutaneous isatuximab via OBDS continue to demonstrate an excellent local tolerability with comparable efficacy.

Preliminary data support the use of BMS-986393 in patients with RRMM despite prior BCMA-directed therapy.

Data from a subgroup analysis of CANDOR supported the efficacy of daratumumab plus carfilzomib and dexamethasone in RRMM, even in high-risk patients.

A phase 1 trial of GC012F demonstrated an overall response rate of 100% in high-risk, transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

On January 27, 2023, the FDA accelerated the approval of pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca; Eli Lilly) for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL) after at least 2 lines of systemic therapy, including a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor.

On December 22, 2022, the FDA accelerated the approval of mosunetuzumab-axgb (Lunsumio; Genentech), a bispecific CD20-directed CD3 T-cell engager, for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after ≥2 lines of systemic therapy. The FDA granted this indication breakthrough therapy and orphan drug designations.

One-year follow-up data from a phase 3 study found similar duration of response, time to progression (TTP), and survival rates with the biosimilar candidate CT-P16 compared with its reference drug, bevacizumab (Avastin), in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic or recurrent nonsquamous non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Providers participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) value-based payment (VBP) models may realize a reduction in financial risk via biosimilar substitution.

According to findings from a phase 3 trial presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting 2022, the addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to sorafenib (Nexavar) can lengthen overall survival (OS) and delay tumor progression in patients with unresectable advanced hepatocellular cancer (HCC) without compromising quality of life.