California Continues Progressive Policies, With Restraint, in Divisive Election Year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California “a proud reproductive freedom state” and criticizing Republicans across the country for trying to take away families’ rights. He signed legislation mandating that insurance companies cover in vitro fertilization. He supported restricting students’ cellphone use in schools and signed a nation-leading ban…

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Will ICER’s ‘shared savings’ approach decrease value-based prices most for the most severe diseases?

That is the title of a paper recently accepted for publication by Value in Health with co-authors Shanshan Wang, Khounish Sharma, Kathryn Spurrier, Robert J. Nordyke. The abstract is below. Objectives To identify the types of disease most likely to be impacted by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) shared savings assumptions. Methods…

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Sanofi Puts Up €300M in New Targeted Radiation Cancer Therapy Pact With Orano

Sanofi’s equity investment in the new Orano Med entity comes a month after the pharmaceutical giant struck a €100 million deal to license a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical developed for neuroendocrine tumors. Orano Med develops targeted cancer therapies based on lead-212, an alpha-emitting isotope. The post Sanofi Puts Up €300M in New Targeted Radiation Cancer Therapy Pact…

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Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Potential Implications of the Election

Former President Trump and Vice President Harris have taken widely different stances and approaches on recognizing and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. These differences can be seen across areas of health care, including health coverage, reproductive and maternal health, and immigrant health and well-being and are likely to have important implications for future efforts to…

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