Positive preliminary results for Eli Lilly’s efsitora alfa continue to build the case for this once-weekly insulin in type 2 diabetes patients. Lilly is trying to catch up to Novo Nordisk’s once weekly insulin icodec, which is commercially available in several markets around the world but is not yet approved by the FDA. The post…
The combination of Bristol Myers Squibb cancer drugs Opdivo and Yervoy landed FDA approvals for the first-line treatment of colorectal cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. Several other products also expanded their approved uses in our recap of recent regulatory news. The post BMS Immunotherapy Combo Gets Two FDA Nods for GI Cancers in Span of a…
By adopting a modern digital payment solution, payers can streamline operations, improve provider relationships and reduce fraud exposure. Most importantly, they gain a flexible, scalable foundation built to meet today’s demands and tomorrow’s challenges. The post Healthcare’s Paper Check Problem appeared first on MedCity News.
I spoke with neuroscientist Adrian Owen, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer & Faraz Shafaghi, Chief Product Officer, at neurological testing company Creyos (which rhymes with “chaos”). Their cognitive assessment platform gives a baseline of neurological function and is essentially getting objective data at a point of care. This can now be done as part of…
As more of the healthcare ecosystem depends on large-scale cloud providers, executive teams must ensure they have the visibility, governance, and architectural resilience to withstand the next unplanned disruption whether it lasts minutes or hours. The post The Blast Radius Problem: What the 2025 AWS Outage Reveals About Healthcare’s Cloud Fragility appeared first on MedCity…
AHIP (formerly America’s Health Insurance Plans) released a statement yesterday saying that their health plan members “announced a series of commitments to streamline, simplify and reduce prior authorization.” 48 US health plans signed off on the statement. What were AHIP’s 6 commitments? Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization. Participating health plans will work toward implementing common, transparent submissions…
Millions of Americans lack health insurance, and health policy researchers expect many more will lose coverage due to policies pushed by the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress. KFF Health News is documenting this moment, the first explicit rollback of health coverage since the advent of the modern U.S. health system in the early 20th century,…
In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The team — future doctors, social workers, psychologists, and therapists — looks for such common problems as frailty, muscle weakness, and cognitive decline. The patients they…
The company’s directors had talks with more than 30 entities since announcing a strategic review last spring.
For the healthcare industry, this crisis isn’t just about financial risk — it’s about consumer trust. When patients can’t afford care, they disengage, often convinced the system isn’t built for them. And when trust erodes, so do outcomes — because people who don’t trust the system are less likely to seek care at all. The…