Enhertu is currently approved as a second-line treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. The new results for the AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo drug in the first-line setting are important because many patients do not live long enough to receive a second-line cancer therapy. The post AstraZeneca & Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu Posts Positive Data as First-Line…
UnitedHealth Group has had a difficult year marked by a dramatic stock drop, leadership shake-up and mounting regulatory scrutiny. Experts point to its aggressive Medicare Advantage strategy and a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape as key drivers of its challenges. The post Analysis: The No Good, Very Bad Year for UnitedHealth appeared first on MedCity News.
In 1942, a young Black man named Cleo Wright was removed from a Sikeston, Missouri, jail and lynched by a white mob. Nearly 80 years later, another young Black man, Denzel Taylor, was shot at least 18 times by police in the same small community. In the hourlong “Silence in Sikeston” documentary film broadcast on…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than three years have passed since federal health officials arrived in central Appalachia to assess an alarming outbreak of HIV spread mostly between people who inject opioids or methamphetamine. Infectious disease experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a list of recommendations following their visit, including one to…
Nearly 100 health care-themed haikus crept into our inbox this Halloween. See the winning poems and top runners-up from KFF Health News’ seventh annual Halloween haiku contest, illustrated by Oona Zenda. The judges’ favorites were inspired by tick migration, Medicaid work requirements, and rising copays. Follow KFF Health News’ social media accounts (X, Instagram, and…
Behavioral health needs a clearer definition of quality care, which may require policy action, according to Dr. Taft Parsons of CVS Health. The post CVS Health Exec: We Need a Better Definition of What Good Looks Like in Behavioral Health appeared first on MedCity News.
Every clinical encounter must be viewed as a medication reconciliation opportunity and primary care physicians are the coordinators-in-chief. The post How Care Transitions Complicate Medication Management — and How to Fix Them appeared first on MedCity News.
Rainfall Health’s Series A round was led by Two Bear Capital. In total, the startup has raised $18 million. The post Rainfall Health Raises $15M to Help Hospitals Navigate New CMS Model appeared first on MedCity News.
Impact of the government shutdown on health services.Why do patients with sickle cell disease disproportionately leave hospitals against medical advice?New estimates of upcoding.TrumpRx.“FDA will not be able to accept applications for new drugs, generics, biologics, biosimilars or medical devices that require payment of a user fee while the shutdown is in effect”
Draig Therapeutics’ lead drug is designed to safely target the AMPA receptor as a way of mediating the interplay between two neurotransmitters whose imbalance is associated with mood disorders. The startup is one of several that have recently raised mega rounds of financing to support programs in the clinic or entering clinical testing. The post…