Merck is acquiring global rights to a bispecific antibody from LaNova Medicines that blocks two cancer targets, PD-1 and VEGF. The deal comes one day after BioNTech announced an $800 million acquisition that gives it full rights to a molecule in this hot class of cancer drug candidates. The post Merck Is Paying $588M for…
Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Trump has promised he would allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild” on medicines, food, and health. With that, a…
As our industry continues its path toward value-based care, evolving payer models, and increasingly stringent regulations, revenue cycle processes will become even more complex. Providers can prepare by following these steps. The post Unlocking Hidden Revenue: Transforming RCM Challenges into Financial Wins appeared first on MedCity News.
“We’re saving time for healthcare providers and we’re enabling more informed, data-driven conversations with patients,” says Validic CEO Drew Schiller
By conducting audits, embracing new technologies and switching products, labs can dramatically reduce plastic waste without sacrificing life-saving discoveries. The post Every Lab Can Go Greener With These Key Steps appeared first on MedCity News.
New center to be led by WashU Medicine’s Philip. R.O. Payne, Ph.D., who will serve as the inaugural chief health AI officer, and Deborah O’Dell, chief data & analytics officer at BJC Health System
This volume addresses rising distrust in food safety, shifts in social media content moderation, and the trend of self-diagnosis and treatment based on social media videos.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks, gloves, goggles, and other safety gear as the state confirms at least 21 human cases of bird flu as of early November. It’s the latest reminder of the state’s struggle to remain prepared…
If you bring a baby into the Hurley Children’s Center clinic in downtown Flint, Michigan, Mona Hanna will find you. The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city’s water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of…
By MIKE MAGEE It has been a collision of past, present and future this week in the wake of Trump’s victory on November 6, 2024. The country, both for and against, has been unusually quiet. It is unclear whether this is in recognition of political exhaustion, or the desire of victors to be “good winners”…