The high cost of prescription drugs and what we need to do about it. Why nothing ever gets done. A full 360 of the issue using cancer drugs and insulin as examples. Check it out. 1/

How to read a science paper There are lots of tips and tricks to read certain types of studies, but we seldom discuss how to approach a paper in first place. Some thoughts 🧵

After seeing vorinostat, panobinostat, elotuzumab, belantamab, venetoclax, melflufen, selinexor, ixazomib falter in myeloma, my thoughts on cancer drug development for investigators and Pharma. Simple. But simple is hard. 1/ #MedTwitter

Just out in JAMA Network Open, we analyze use of terms that minimize toxicity in myeloma trials. Thanks to a stellar team led by Mimi Najjar, MD, with Raj Chakraborty Eddie Cliff David Steensma, MD Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme” Samer Al Hadidi, MD,MS,FACP Kate tinyurl.com/3hfm28sw #mmsm 🧵1/

Watching #ASH2023 at home.

Amazing presentation Susan Bal. Kudos to PIs, clinical teams, and Bristol Myers Squibb team. So excited to see the high response rate, ongoing responses, and low infectious rate with our GPRC5D CAR; many with prior BCMA tx. #mmsm #ash23 Omar Nadeem Jesus Berdeja, MD Tom Martin Dana-Farber News

Josie (6 years old), Bertha (6 years old) and Sophie (10 years old) worked regularly at the Maggioni Canning Company. Work began at 4 AM, and the three would make from $9 to $15 a week. Sophie would do six pots of oyster a day, and her mother, who also worked with her,

What does a myeloma NP do when they are attending #ASH23 virtually and needs to run 11 miles. Listen to education session on optimal management of relapsing/refractory myeloma of course.

Look who I ran into on my 12 mile long run this morning.

Great start to the IMS Nursing and Allied Health Symposium. @Ims2024 Beth Faiman PhD Donna Catamero Tracy King

Dr Hungría presenting on myeloma precursor conditions At the IMS Nursing and Allied Health Symposium. Ims Tracy King Monica Morris Beth Faiman PhD Donna Catamero

With an excellent talk about the science of such SMM trials right beforehand by VaniaHungria - lots of firepower at the #IMS24 nursing symposium! Great job by Beth Faiman PhD Tracy King Tiffany Richards, PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP and other organizers!

#IMS24 amazing talk as always by Beth Faiman PhD about continuing and deepening success of their APP-only MGUS clinic at Cleveland Clinic. Highly rated by patients, APPs, and physicians alike - and probably much quicker time to #MMsm appointments thanks to APPs’ help & leadership!

Excellent #IMS24 presentation by MDACC NP Rebecca Lu - with Krina Patel #hanslee #christineye to cheer her on! In brief - concrete guidelines for talquetamab toxicity PPx and management from interdisciplinary panel. Lots of these patients are zinc-deficient - ✅ and replete?

Fantastic talk by our very own Rebecca Lu APRN, Manager of our phenomenal myeloma research APP group. Prophylaxis for common talquetamab toxicities! Hans Lee Christine Ye Tiffany Richards, PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP

Rebecca Lu presenting on our real world experience with Talquetamab at MD Anderson during IMS Nursing and Allied Health Symposium Krina Patel Beth Faiman PhD Tracy King Monica Morris Donna Catamero

Panel presentation on multidisciplinary case study at IMS Nursing and Allied Health Symposium. Beth Faiman PhD Tracy King Monica Morris Andrea Preston Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP Donna Catamero

#IMS24 grateful to Myeloma Society for continuing to sponsor the Nursing and Allied Health Symposium each year. I’ve attended for 3 years straight now and consistently learn more #MMsm nuts & bolts here than anywhere else from my interprofessional colleagues!

Such a fantastic time teaming up with Krina Patel and Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP for the win.