Medicaid’s Health Equity Problem Starts and Ends with Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs). Why Are They Being Overlooked?

While federal healthcare programs focus their attention on ensuring healthcare resources exist for communities in need, HRSNs become critical drivers of whether individuals can actually access and benefit from these resources.  The post Medicaid’s Health Equity Problem Starts and Ends with Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs). Why Are They Being Overlooked? appeared first on MedCity News.

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Sobi Grows Its Gout Drug Prospects With $950M Acquisition of Startup Arthrosi Therapeutics

Arthrosi Therapeutics’ pozdeutinurad is in Phase 3 testing as a treatment for uncontrolled gout. Sobi says this once-daily capsule complements its own asset, an infused biologic medicine currently under FDA review as a third-line gout treatment. The post Sobi Grows Its Gout Drug Prospects With $950M Acquisition of Startup Arthrosi Therapeutics appeared first on MedCity…

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An Arm and a Leg: Why ‘The Pitt’ Is Our Fave New Drama

People who work in real-life emergency rooms have raved about how the new TV drama “The Pitt” accurately captures the complex dynamics of their workplaces and the medical details of their cases. Host Dan Weissmann talks with Alex Janke, an emergency medicine doctor and health policy researcher, about how the show stacks up against his…

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