Novo Nordisk is acquiring Akero Therapeutics for drug candidate efruxifermin, which executive say could be first and best in the emerging class of FGF21 analogs for the fatty liver disease MASH. The deal comes months after Novo’s internal FGF21 drug candidate failed a Phase 2 trial. The post With $4.7B Akero Acquisition, Novo Nordisk Maps…
MINNEAPOLIS. — Gabi tiene grandes ojos color café, trenzas y una afección genética que hace que sus huesos sean frágiles. Se fracturan con facilidad, lo que le provoca a la niña de 2 años tanto dolor que su madre dejó su trabajo limpiando oficinas para quedarse en casa y cargarla por el apartamento de una…
Exposure to gun violence can have severe adverse effects on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, including increased likelihood of depression, PTSD, anxiety, and poor academic performance. This brief explores these impacts in addition to the various ways in which youth are exposed to gun violence, both directly and indirectly.
Robotics has already revolutionized fields like orthopedics and laparoscopic surgery. Endovascular care deserves the same leap forward. The technology exists. The evidence is strong. The challenge now is adoption. The post When Innovation Outpaces Adoption, Patients Pay the Price appeared first on MedCity News.
LISTEN: AI scribes are changing medical care. Here’s what to know if the technology shows up at your next doctor’s appointment. Family physician Eric Boose has been using an artificial intelligence tool to get back to what he calls “old-fashioned medicine” — talking with patients face-to-face, without having to type into a computer at the…
CalPERS has entered into a five-year agreement with CVS Caremark, who will provide outpatient prescription drug benefits for about 587,000 members enrolled in basic or Medicare HMO or PPO plans. The post CalPERS Selects CVS Caremark as PBM, Replacing OptumRx appeared first on MedCity News.
This blog post details ten things to know about the 2025 open enrollment period.
Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, insurers are likely to raise rates again next year, following this year’s larger-than-typical hikes. Sign-ups were already down in January by about 1.2 million from last year’s…
[Sponsored] A white paper offers a case study on how FQHCs can benefit from cloud-based communication. The post Modernizing Federally Qualified Health Centers: Cloud Communications for Community Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Fact sheet examining proposed reorganization of U.S. global health programs as part of the Trump administration’s foreign aid review.