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Diana Ernst, RPh

Diana Ernst, RPh

Editorial Director
Diana Ernst, RPh, is the Editorial Director for MPR, part of the Haymarket Medical Network. Since 2003, Diana has worked to provide healthcare professionals with up-to-date drug information through MPR's print and digital offerings. She is a graduate of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University.

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Updated NLA Guidance Identifies Patients in Which PCSK9i Use Provides Reasonable Value

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The National Lipid Association (NLA) has released updated guidance for clinicians on identifying patients for which proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor therapy would provide reasonable value. Currently, two PCSK9 therapies have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Alirocumab is indicated as an adjunct to diet, alone or in combination with…

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FDA Panel Backs Pexidartinib for Rare Tumor, Votes Against Quizartinib for FLT3-ITD AML

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee recently voted on 2 investigational therapies being developed by Daiichi Sankyo: pexidartinib for the treatment of adult patients with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT), and quizartinib for the treatment of adults with relapsed/refractory FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia (AML).