Crescent Biopharma is going public via a reverse merger with GlycoMimetics that will capitalize the combined company with $200 million. Crescent’s lead program is a bispecific antibody for cancer that replicates the properties of a Summit Therapeutics bispecific drug that recently trounced Merck’s blockbuster med Keytruda in a pivotal head-to-head study. The post Going In…
More than two dozen Black and Latino health tech leaders have endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Another group of over 500 women healthcare leaders has also come out in support of Harris. The post Black, Latino, Women Healthcare Leaders Sign Letters in Support of Kamala Harris appeared first on MedCity News.
Large language models will soon become a much bigger part of doctors’ clinical workflows, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday at the 3rd Annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care. The post ‘You Almost Have to Be Doing It’: Why Scott Gottlieb Thinks All Doctors Will Use LLMs Soon appeared first on…
Exactech, a Florida device manufacturer that faces more than 2,000 state and federal lawsuits from patients who allege the company sold defective hip and knee implants, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday. The Gainesville-based company said in a statement it was restructuring and would be sold to an investor group of private equity and “alternative asset”…
Annals of Internal Medicine study of Medicare beneficiaries with modest incomes found that up to half of them may not have sufficient funds to cover out-of-pocket costs associated with a single hospital stay
KFF’s new analysis examines how state coverage changes and expansions in Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for children may help to bolster coverage following the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision.
Medicaid financing is complex. This policy watch explains how Medicaid financing works, describes various conservative proposals to change Medicaid financing, and explores the implications of those changes for states and enrollees.
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Tiffany Inglis, national medical director for women and children’s health at Carelon Health, a subsidiary of Elevance Health. Inglis discusses a paper Elevance Health Public Policy Institute recently published about doulas. The post MedCity FemFwd: How Doulas Can Improve Maternal Health Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.
As companies begin to make plans for 2025, add the INVEST Pitch Perfect Contest to your calendar. The post Are You a Startup Looking for an Audience of Investors? We Have The Perfect Pitch Contest for You! appeared first on MedCity News.
We know from everyday purchasing of goods and services that you have to combine what you’re getting with what you’re paying for that good or service. But how does this basic consumer supplier concept play out in US healthcare? The post VBC, MA, FHIR and Modern Care appeared first on MedCity News.