Alana Hippensteele

Oncology pharmacists are increasingly shaping patient care.

Pharmacists optimize biosimilar and 505(b)(2) use through collaboration, education, and integration.

Two pharmacy leaders at UNC Health share how their distinct yet complementary leadership journeys and skill sets are driving innovation in clinical practice, education, and team development across the health system.

Selective reporting and underrepresentation distort biomedical evidence, affecting pharmacy practice

Jennifer Goldman, PharmD, CDCES, BC-ADM, FCCP, discusses the expanding role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in holistic type 2 diabetes care, highlighting their cardio-renal-hepatic benefits, clinical access challenges, emerging investigational therapies, and practical strategies for individualized, guideline-based prescribing.

AI offers many benefits in health professions by efficiently handling time-consuming tasks crucial for patient care.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its ovarian cancer guidelines version 3.2025 to recommend niraparib as maintenance therapy for patients with BRCA wild-type or homologous recombination (HR)–deficiency who did not receive bevacizumab during primary treatment.

The Phase 1 clinical trial for ARCT-2304, a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, seeks to address pandemic influenza risk as H5N1 cases increase.

Laura R. Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP, shares actionable strategies for oncology pharmacists to navigate biosimilar and 505(b)(2) drug implementation, manage payer and formulary complexities, and optimize cost-effective care delivery across oncology service lines.

Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC, FAPO, discusses how oncology pharmacists can lead value-based care efforts under the Enhanced Oncology Model (EOM) by improving care coordination, managing costs, aligning with performance metrics, and leveraging clinical data systems to enhance patient outcomes.

Precision and Protection: Inside Cone Health’s Robotic Compounding Program

Manish Agrawal, MD, discusses the implementation of psilocybin-assisted therapy in a community cancer setting, highlighting its potential to provide sustained relief from depression and anxiety and its significant efficacy advantage over selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for patients with cancer.

Gayathri Namasivayam, PhD, discusses how large language models are being used to extract structured oncology data from unstructured electronic health records to improve clinical efficiency, support real-world evidence generation, and enhance oncology pharmacy workflows.

Manish Agrawal, MD, explores the evolving role of pharmacists in psychedelic-assisted therapy, highlighting ongoing efforts to develop standardized protocols and the emerging involvement of pharmacy teams in patient education and safety.

Manish Agrawal, MD, discusses the expanding influence of his group-based psychedelic therapy model in oncology and beyond, highlighting its adaptation in military post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, the sustained benefits of long-term patient integration, and growing institutional interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Oncology pharmacists are increasingly shaping patient care by integrating remote care, medication reconciliation, and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as by addressing drug shortages.

At the 2025 Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting, Kevin Chen, PharmD, MS, BCOP, CPP, reviewed several key studies from the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, highlighting significant advancements in the treatment of small cell and non–small cell lung cancer.

At the 2025 Oncology Pharmacists Connect (OPC) meeting, Mya Tran, PharmD, BCOP, highlights the clinical promise, operational challenges, and evolving role of pharmacists in implementing precision medicine and genomics-driven cancer care.

Juan Ovalles, MD, PhD, discusses how high placebo response rates driven by background therapy complicate lupus drug trials, and outlines evolving strategies in trial design, clinical practice, and pharmacist-led care to ensure investigational biologics are fairly evaluated and appropriately used in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Vincent Chung, MD, discusses key findings from the NAPOLI-3 trial and offers guidance for pharmacists on managing toxicities, adjusting dosing, and supporting patients receiving NALIRIFOX for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.