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VOLUME 04 | NUMBER 13 | NOVEMBER 2018 Around the Network AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY (ASH) HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone] 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 20 clinical news 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 57 PUBLISHER American Medical Communications (AMC) EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITORS Kristin Hubing, ASH Ariel Jones-DeMaio, AMC EDITORIAL ASSOCIATE Laurie Adamson, ASH ASHCLINICALNEWS.ORG Want to hear more from the talented hematologists and oncologists we interview for our print issue? Visit ashclinicalnews.org/sound-bites to hear everything we couldn’t fit in print! ART DIRECTOR Ari Mihos ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS Charlene DePrizio John Salesi DIGITAL PROJECTS MANAGER Chris Gedikli ADVERTISING This month, Richard W. Childs, MD, shares more about his early career as an inventor and the best and worst parts of his day. Also, check out ashclinicalnews.org/online-exclusives for our daily updates from the world of hematology and health care. @ASHCLINICALNEWS Make sure to follow us at @ASHClinicalNews for the latest updates in hematology! And don’t forget to sign up to receive our eNewsletters to have the latest updates from ASH Clinical News delivered to your inbox: ashclinicalnews.org/ enewsletter-sign-up. ACCOUNT DIRECTORS Nick Luciano [email protected] Gene Conselyea [email protected] Sima Sherman [email protected] Recruitment advertising orders can be sent to: CLASSIFIEDS ACCOUNT MANAGER Lauren Morgan [email protected] “YOU MAKE THE CALL” WINNER Announcing last month’s “You Make the Call: Readers’ Response” winner: Steven Sandler, MD Hope you enjoy your prize! For your chance to win, be sure to send in your response to each month's You Make the Call question! 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