In The Media – Page 6 – UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Heathline, August 22, 2023

More Insurers to Expected to Cover PrEP Drugs After Task Force Recommendations

"Currently, PrEP is covered by most health insurance plans without out-of-pocket costs to patients. I am hopeful that the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis will improve insurance coverage." (Lee Nguyen)

UCI News, August 1, 2023

Associate Professor Claudia Benavente featured on Chilean TV show

"The show touches on our experiences from training to the work we currently do, which, in my case, is searching for cures for childhood cancer." (Claudia Benavente)

Health, July 15, 2023

What Is Opill? FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control

"Some people cannot take estrogen because of a past history of blood clots, because they have a higher risk of blood clots, or because they must take medications that interact with estrogen." (Sarah McBane)

Axios, July 14, 2023

Cost could limit demand for over-the-counter birth control pills

"I'm frankly hoping ... that it's going to be somewhere around the $20 price point because I think that's going to probably be the sweet spot of being appealing to people who are interested." (Sarah McBane)

UCI News, July 12, 2023

UCI launches Center for Data-Driven Drugs Research and Policy

"Leveraging large-scale, population-level, real-world data, the center will empower the integration of underserved populations routinely absent from many traditional trials." (Jonathan Watanabe)

Healthline, June 20, 2023

FDA Approves New Drug Combo For Prostate Cancer

"I think that’s good news for patients, in the sense that there are additional therapies that we can use at first line and [they] have demonstrated that if you have the proper mutations, you get much better progression free and also overall survival." (Alexandre Chan)

UCI News, June 13, 2023

Anai Campos Contreras named 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences

"My postdoctoral training at UCI will enhance my career and will allow me to learn cutting edge techniques in cancer genomics and proteomics." (Anai Campos Contreras)

c&en, June 11, 2023

Exploring the world of microproteins

"We already know something genetically about them, what they’re regulating. Now it’s just a matter of reassessing it through the lens of protein as opposed to RNA. That’s not always easy, though." (Thomas Martínez)

Academic Minute, June 8, 2023

Keri Hurley-Kim, University of California, Irvine – Identifying Disparities to Improve Vaccine Rates

"Immunizations are the best way to protect society from infectious diseases. However, adult vaccination rates across the United States (US) have racial, ethnic, age-based, and other sociodemographic disparities." (Keri Hurley-Kim)

UCI News, May 22, 2023

#IamUCI – Brandon Saint-Milfort

"After graduation, I will be taking a gap year and preparing to apply to medical schools in the 2024 application cycle. I plan on spending the gap year working, doing some community volunteering and preparing for applications." (Brandon Saint-Milfort)