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VOLUME 04 | NUMBER 13 | NOVEMBER 2018
Around the Network
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY (ASH)
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IN THIS ISSUE
pulling back the curtain
Richard W. Childs, MD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS
Dr. Childs discusses his role as rear admiral in the United
States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, his
experiences helping to control the Ebola outbreak, and more.
Vice-Chair for Clinical Research
Director, Leukemia Program
Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute
Cleveland, OH
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ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
29 Examining Hospice Use Among Transfusion-
Dependent Patients With Leukemia
Alice Ma, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
David Steensma, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
Cost in Translation
The United States’ unique approach to setting drug prices
means that a drug’s list price is rarely what a hospital
or patient pays for the product. We spoke with health
economists about who decides how much drugs cost, why
they cost so much more in the U.S., and how regulators,
clinicians, and insurers are trying to rein in prices.
38 Twice-Yearly Denosumab Favorable in
Thalassemia-Induced Osteoporosis
44 Rivaroxaban Fails to Prevent VTE and VTE-
Related Mortality After Hospital Discharge
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