February 2025
Southwest AMCP Annual Day of Education 2025
Join Southwest AMCP for our Day of Education, an unparalleled opportunity to connect with peers, learn from leading experts in managed care, and exchange innovative ideas. This event brings together professionals dedicated to advancing managed care pharmacy, offering engaging sessions, insightful discussions, and valuable networking moments.
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Road
Houston, Texas 77204
January 2025
The Heart Matters: Advances in Cardiac PET-MPI
The importance of radiotracer characteristics for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). FlyrcadoTM (F-18 flurpiridaz)
The significant clinical and economic burden of CAD highlights the need for accurate and timely diagnosis. Current imaging methods present challenges and limitations that can potentially lead to inconclusive or false results, thereby impacting diagnosis and downstream healthcare resource utilization.
This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of current CAD diagnostic imaging, describe the burden of disease, and illustrate limitations and unmet needs posed by existing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) modalities in the United States.
The webinar will then introduce FlyrcadoTM (F-18 flurpiridaz), a recent FDA approved PET-MPI radiotracer indicated to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD) and discuss how FlyrcadoTM may play a role in optimizing the diagnosis of CAD in some difficult-to-image patient subgroups.
January 2025
Policy Outlook 2025: The Trump Administration and the 119th Congress
An AMCP Member Webinar
Join AMCP Government Affairs staff for a discussion of the policy priorities of President Trump and the 119th Congress. This session will cover changes of key Congressional and administration policymakers as well as important issues such as pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform, drug patent reform, and Medicare, including the ongoing Inflation Reduction Act implementation. With a Republican trifecta in Washington, legislation and regulation may move very quickly. Join us to stay ahead of the most important policy questions for managed care.
January 2025
Advance Your Knowledge: An Oral Treatment for Severe Alopecia Areata
This webinar is sponsored by Phizer
Please note that this session is not accredited for continuing pharmacy education credit.
The presentation will discuss LITFULO, ritlecitinib, indicated for the treatment of severe alopecia areata in adults and adolescents 12 years and older.
January 2025
Thirty Years of Targeted Immuno-Modulators Evolution: More of the Same or Formulary Necessity?
A Science & Innovation Webinar, presented by Abbvie.
Treatment targets are dynamic, changing with our growing understanding of a disease and the emergence of potent therapies that enhance care standards. Newer mechanisms of action have extended rigorous goal attainment including minimal disease activity (MDA) in psoriatic arthritis, clear or almost clear skin in psoriasis, and endoscopic remission in Crohn’s Disease. The benefits of achieving high treatment targets are now strong enough for medical guidelines to advocate for earlier use of targeted immunomodulators for certain conditions. In budget constrained environments, payers need to understand how innovations are driving demand for newer mechanisms of action in the TIMs marketplace.
January 2025
Raising the Bar on the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic, progressive disease that damages the bowel over time and may result in decreased quality of life, hospitalizations, surgeries, and disability. The American Gastroenterological Association treatment guidelines for the treatment of ulcerative colitis have recently been updated and new living approach to the guidelines, along with a focus on long-term clinical and endoscopic goals for disease management have been established.
This webinar is sponsored, developed, and presented by the sponsor. The content of this Science & Innovation Webinar and opinions expressed by the presenters are those of the sponsor or presenters and not of AMCP.
January 2025
AMCP Foundation P&T Competition 2025 Velsipity Drug Overview
The study drug for the 2025 P&T Competition is VELSIPITY™ (etrasimod). Velsipity is a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator indicated for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) in adults. This webinar provides an overview of the competition drug for participants.
The deadline for entries to the 2025 National P&T Competition (one entry per pharmacy school) is 11:59 pm EST on Monday, January 20, 2025.
Link to Webinar Coming Soon.
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December 2024
Redefining Treatment for Hypoparathyroidism in Adults: When Patients Are Inadequately Controlled on Conventional Therapy
A Science & Innovation Webinar, presented by Ascendis.
Addressing gaps in patient care for adults with hypoparathyroidism with reliable treatment beyond conventional therapy.
Hypoparathyroidism is an endocrine disease caused by insufficient levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH is the primary regulator of calcium and phosphate balance in the body, acting directly on bone and kidneys and indirectly on the intestine. Individuals with hypoparathyroidism may experience a range of severe and potentially life-threatening short-term and long-term complications, including neuromuscular irritability, renal complications, extra-skeletal calcifications, and cognitive impairment. Post-surgical hypoparathyroidism accounts for approximately 75% of cases, while other etiologies include autoimmune and idiopathic causes.
There is a lack of treatment options for hypoparathyroidism in adults. Conventional therapy consists of oral calcium and active vitamin D, and aims to alleviate hypocalcemia but does not address insufficient parathyroid hormone (PTH). This can lead to a wide range of both short- and long-term complications.
December 2024
Hepatitis C Elimination in the US: Progress and the Path Forward
A Science & Innovation Webinar, presented by Abbvie.
An overview of the impact and burden of Hepatitis C virus in the US, treatment landscape, elimination progress, access restrictions, and the health economics of curative treatment.
This program will review:
- Disease state pathophysiology, burden and impact of untreated Hepatitis C in the US.
- The WHO HCV elimination targets and the progress to date.
- The current treatment landscape and the AASLD/IDSA guideline recommendations for the treatment of HCV.
- The current state of access to HCV treatments and the health economics of curative treatment.
December 2024
Overview of Clinical Data for a Potential Treatment for PTSD in Adults
A Pre-Approval Information Exchange (PIE) Webinar, presented by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
PTSD is a highly prevalent disorder affecting ~13 million US adults in 2022. A potential new treatment was studied in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials to determine its safety and efficacy in treating adult patients with PTSD. This webinar will provide an overview of PTSD and summarize the clinical outcomes observed in these trials.
This webinar is only offered to payers, formulary committees, or other similar entities responsible for the selection of drugs for coverage or reimbursement. In order to join this webinar, you must be registered as a user of FormularyDecisions®.
This product is in the clinical evaluation stage and has not been approved for use by the FDA. The safety and efficacy of this product have not been established.