Therapeutic Vaccines: What They Are, How They’re Used, and What’s on the Horizon

January 29, 2026

This activity will provide participants with a clear understanding of what therapeutic vaccines are, how they work, and where they may be used in clinical practice. Learners will gain a high-level framework for recognizing intended patient populations and the general place of therapeutic vaccines within treatment pathways. The session will also touch on clinical use and key operational, administration, and safety considerations. Finally, participants will review trends in therapeutic vaccine development and examine near-term agents in the pipeline to understand what may be expected as this category continues to grow.

 

Target Audience

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:  

 

1.    Define and differentiate therapeutic vaccines from traditional prophylactic vaccines by describing their mechanism, intended use, administration considerations, and regulatory oversight.
2.    Describe the clinical use and key operational, administration, and safety considerations for therapeutic vaccines.
3.    Identify emerging therapeutic vaccine technologies and pipeline agents and discuss their potential role within oncology and other disease states.
 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
01/29/2026
Course expires: 
03/30/2026
Event starts: 
01/29/2026 - 1:00pm CST
Event ends: 
01/29/2026 - 2:00pm CST
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Live Activity
United States

FACULTY & PLANNERS

Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Vice President of Evidence-Based Medicine and Drug Information
Vizient, Inc.

Amanda Frick, PharmD, BCPS
Sr. Clinical Manager
Vizient, Inc.

Rebecca Easterwood 
CE Programs Manager               
Vizient, Inc. 

Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP 
Director, Continuing Education        
Vizient, Inc.
 

DISCLOSURE

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
Disclosure Statements
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
Statement of Content Validity
 
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.
FDA Off-Label Use

Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.

Usage Disclosure: “Off-label/unapproved drug uses or products are mentioned within this activity.”


 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 
Designation Statement(s)
 

Pharmacists (CPE)

 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours for pharmacists.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-26-001-L01-P
 
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours for pharmacy technicians.
 
Universal Activity Number:  JA0006103-0000-26-001-L01-T
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
 
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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