On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report examines the impact of PBMs (specifically CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx) on specialty generic drugs, highlighting substantial price markups by PBMs on medications for cancer, HIV and other conditions. The post Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s…
On the heels of Phase 3 data showing muscle improvement in the rare neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy, Scholar Rock raised $300 million in a stock offering. U.S. and European regulatory submissions for the drug are now planned for early 2025. The post Scholar Rock Scores $300M for Regulatory Filings & Launch Plans for Neuromuscular…
Understanding how site augmentation services could be leveraged to overcome challenges is not the responsibility of one entity. The most creative and effective solutions arise from collaboration among all stakeholders — sponsors, CROs, service providers, and research sites. The post Bridging Clinical Research Gaps: How Site Augmentation Enhances Trial Success appeared first on MedCity News.
RSNA24 showcased important progress in leveraging AI for multiple important purposes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge has initiated a federal court takeover of California’s troubled prison mental health system by naming the former head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to serve as receiver, giving her four months to craft a plan to provide adequate care for tens of thousands of prisoners with serious mental illness….
Un juez federal en Dakota del Norte falló a favor de 19 estados que impugnaron una regla de la administración Biden que permite —por primera vez— que las personas traídas a Estados Unidos de niños, sin papeles, conocidas como Dreamers, se inscribieran para obtener cobertura de salud a través de los mercados establecidos por la…
What are the key elements for reporting your objective, attributes, experimental design, survey design, data collection process, econometric analysis, and results? A paper by Ride et al. (2024) conducted a Delphi Panel expert elicitation survey to create the DIRECT checklist for discrete choice experiment (DCE) studies in health. The checklist is pasted below. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40273-024-01431-6 If…