AbbVie is licensing rights to a drug from Gubra that has encouraging early clinical data in obesity. The once-weekly injectable peptide is a dual agonist of the amylin and calcitonin receptors, both of which play key roles in metabolism. The post AbbVie Enters Obesity Field, Paying $350M for Amylin Receptor Agonist Already in the Clinic…
Liz Cinqueonce, the nonprofit organization’s CEO, discusses the creation of a payer-provider pipeline to ease data sharing to enable value-based care
While it might take another decade for widespread advanced digital surgery, the foundations are being laid today. The post Imagine Advanced Digital Surgery, Anywhere, for Everyone appeared first on MedCity News.
By reimagining clinical trials as the initial step in designing a service ecosystem, organizations can accelerate time to delivery and lay the groundwork for successful commercialization. The post Building Service Infrastructure for “Made-To-Order” Therapies appeared first on MedCity News.
This analysis looks at the individual market enrollees who make at least four times the federal poverty level who would no longer be eligible for any tax credits if the current ACA Marketplace enhanced subsidies expire at the end of this year. Compared to other people with similar incomes, these enrollees are more likely to…
This brief discusses how consumers understand what their insurance covers, what to do when coverage for care is denied, and what protections exist to ensure that information is available and coverage determinations are fair, accurate, and timely.
Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. Then Tsubaki took part in an innovative care initiative that, over four months, sent an occupational therapist, a nurse, and a handy worker to…
A growing number of states have made it easier for doctors who trained in other countries to get medical licenses, a shift supporters say could ease physician shortages in rural areas. The changes involve residency programs — the supervised, hands-on training experience that doctors must complete after graduating medical school. Until recently, every state required…
By GABRIELLE GOLDBLATT Highly relevant, high-resolution data streams are essential to high-stakes decision making across industries. You wouldn’t expect an investment banker making deals without full market visibility or a grocery store to stock shelves without data on what’s selling and what’s not—so why are we not leaning more into data-driven approaches in healthcare? Sensor-based…
An interesting article by Ciancio et al. (2025) which examines the impact of learning one has HIV when no treatment is available. When there is no treatment available for a life-threatening disease, providing personal health information could lead to despair or fatalistic behaviors resulting in negative health outcomes. We document this possibility utilizing an experiment…