DENVER — On a bustling street corner one recent afternoon outside the offices of the Harm Reduction Action Center, employees of the education and advocacy nonprofit handed out free naloxone kits to passersby. Distributing the opioid reversal medication is essential to the center’s work to reduce fatal overdoses in the community. But how long the…
Noom recently launched a microdosing program for GLP-1s. However, some are concerned about the use of compounded GLP-1s in this program, as they are not FDA-approved. The post GLP-1s Come With High Price Tags and Major Side Effects. Could Microdosing Be the Answer? appeared first on MedCity News.
Waskyra is the first FDA-approved gene therapy for the rare disease Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and the first such approved product from a non-profit applicant, Fondazione Telethon. Data from Waskyra’s pivotal studies were presented this week during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. The post FDA Flexibility Leads to First Approved Gene Therapy for…
Why targeted diversification across therapeutic areas will serve stakeholders and patients better The post The Biosimilar Market Isn’t Failing, It’s Finding Its Purpose appeared first on MedCity News.
Emory Healthcare in Atlanta announced a partnership with Guidehealth, value-based care enablement startup. The collaboration is designed to help primary care reach more than 350,000 patients across Georgia. The post How Emory’s New Partnership Seeks to Scale Value-Based Care Across Georgia appeared first on MedCity News.
Pluto Health is now working with Medicare, Medicaid and commercial plans like UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Ambetter and Cigna. The post Pluto Health Expands Care Model to Medicare, Medicaid and Major Commercial Plans appeared first on MedCity News.
Interoperability offers the potential to improve the quality of care by providing more comprehensive, accurate health information to doctors and other providers, to patients and their caregivers, as well as to healthcare payers, and others with a valid need. The post How Improved Interoperability Drives Greater Health Equity appeared first on MedCity News.
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California and Hawaii have gone on strike, demanding safer staffing levels and higher pay. The dispute underscores growing tensions in healthcare labor as unions raise concerns about patient safety, ongoing burnout and ever-increasing pay for executives. The post Another Major Strike at Kaiser Permanente: What’s at Stake…
The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. They warned that the U.S. could be at the mercy of other countries in the next pandemic. “The administration’s actions are gutting our deterrence from…
This is not an argument against capital in independent medicine. Practices need infrastructure, and physicians have legitimate reasons to seek liquidity. It is an argument that the exit stage carries a risk this market has not yet priced. The post What Happens to Independent Medicine When Private Equity Shows Up With a Checkbook appeared first…