Eli Lilly Boosts Its Immunology Drug Pipeline With $1.2B Ventyx Bio Acquisition

Ventyx Biosciences’ lead program, an oral small molecule inhibitor of NLRP3, has encouraging clinical data from separate mid-stage tests in cardiovascular disease and Parkinson’s disease. Eli Lilly said Ventyx’s pipeline has potential applications in cardiometabolic health, neurodegeneration, and autoimmunity. The post Eli Lilly Boosts Its Immunology Drug Pipeline With $1.2B Ventyx Bio Acquisition appeared first…

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How Unaffordable is Health Care?

In his latest JAMA Forum column, KFF’s Larry Levitt explores how unaffordable health care is in the U.S. in the context of the debate over extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and an upcoming election where affordability will likely be front and center.

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AI Decides Who Gets Care: Tackling Bias in AI Coverage Decisions

While there is a significant need and opportunity to address this overall spend with advanced AI tools that predict patient needs and readmission likelihood, intrinsic biases within these algorithms ultimately cause more harm than good and financial savings are being achieved at the expense of patient’s health.  The post AI Decides Who Gets Care: Tackling…

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Solving the Home Care Quandary

You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and cooking? Perhaps you fell in the shower, and now your family wants you to arrange help with…

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