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The U.K. cost-effectiveness standard for drugs will increase by 25% in exchange for zero tariffs on the country’s pharmaceutical exports. The new trade agreement’s parameters could shape deals the Trump administration is pursuing with other countries. The post Higher Drug Prices, No Tariffs: U.K. Trade Pact Shows How Trump Is Coaxing Countries to Pay More…
A couple of weeks back Transcarent completed its $630m acquisition of Accolade. But CEO Glen Tullman calls it a merger for a reason because Accolade brings people, products and clients that Transcarent didn’t have. Glen got in deep about Transcarent’s new product set in terms of its AI fueled navigation, primary care, weight management, cancer…
By ALISTER MARTIN and TARA MENON If a friend were to ask you which state, Massachusetts or Texas, has a more streamlined federal benefits enrollment program, what would your guess be? Having screened over 17,000 families and helped them obtain more than $1.8M in federal and state aid through our work in both Massachusetts and…
Roche’s astegolimab met the main goal of one pivotal COPD study but failed another, mirroring the mixed results recently posted by a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals COPD drug candidate that goes after the same target. Biologics are a new treatment option for COPD following approvals of antibodies from Sanofi and GSK. The post Roche Reports Mixed Data…
Now, with the ability to measure coronary inflammation through AI-enhanced CT scans and to more accurately determine a person’s risk of heart attack, we can intervene earlier and more effectively. The post Regulatory Shift Paves Way for AI-Driven Heart Disease Diagnosis appeared first on MedCity News.
Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission after its previous executive director resigned following conflict of interest allegations. Lightbourne served as head of the state’s Department of Social Services for seven years before retiring in 2018 and had already returned to service once,…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is considering certain changes to the current meningococcal vaccination schedule. Here’s why the ACIP should scrap that proposal. The post Protecting Our Future: Why We Must Guard Against Gaps in Public Health appeared first on MedCity News.
Recently I read the book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. Why nations fail is of course is a very important question, but one economists often shy away from because it is so multifaceted. In this book, however, the authors argue that one sufficient…