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Healthcare leaders listen up: Personalized wellbeing is the next frontier

[ad_1] Personalized medicine shouldn’t be practiced in just clinical settings but for all aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing to truly transform the industry and control burgeoning spend. Source...

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A decade after biosimilars pathway’s creation, FDA issues final interchangeability rules

[ad_1] The rules are still more restrictive than the European Medicines Agency’s, which allow national governments to determine interchangeability. The FDA would require additional testing to demonstrate products can be...

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Medical device cybersecurity startup MedCrypt raises $5.3 million Series A round

[ad_1] With the funding, which came from Section 32, Eniac Ventures and Y Combinator, the company will advance its technology and add new employees to its sales and engineering teams....

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At-home testing startup LetsGetChecked nabs $30M Series B round

[ad_1] The new capital will be directed at growing the New York-based company’s at-home testing platform and boosting its manufacturing and distribution capabilities. Source link [ad_2]

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Healthcare is ripe for full adoption of wearable drug delivery devices

[ad_1] The time is ripe for wide adoption of wearable drug delivery devices as more patients seek home care in a lower-cost setting and because these devices are able to...

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DocASAP and HealthSparq collaborate to help payers improve the member experience

[ad_1] Through their partnership, the companies will integrate DocASAP’s real-time online scheduling with HealthSparq’s provider and cost search capabilities in one platform. Source link [ad_2]

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Amgen, Astellas to pay government nearly $125M to resolve copay kickback allegations

[ad_1] The deal struck Thursday follows similar settlements between the Department of Justice and three other drugmakers. The department alleged that the companies started copay-assistance funds that violated anti-kickback laws....

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CMS opening up options for states to better manage dual-eligible patients

[ad_1] According to data from CMS, while dual-eligible patients make up only 15 percent of Medicaid enrollees, they are responsible for 33 percent of the program’s expenditures.  Source link [ad_2]

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Equality Health teams up with grocery store chain to launch health retail clinic focused on underserved communities

[ad_1] The Equality Health Walk-in Clinic is set to open on April 29 at a Food City location in Phoenix, though there will be additional clinics in other locations where...

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MedCitizens: StartUPDATES

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FDA approves Janssen’s Balversa for urothelial carcinoma – with a personalized medicine approach

[ad_1] The drug was approved along with a companion diagnostic to detect alterations in FGFR2 and FGFR3. The drug is approved for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC who...

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Anelto Health and AT&T tackle remote patient monitoring

[ad_1] The goals of Anelto Health’s HomeAssure remote patient monitoring solution, which utilizes AT&T cellular connectivity, are to help reduce to seniors’ unnecessary emergency room visits and hospitalizations and improve...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene shareholders vote to approve $74B acquisition deal

[ad_1] BMS’s acquisition of Celgene had attracted opposition from two institutional investors. However, one of them withdrew its effort to derail the deal despite continuing to voice opposition. Source link...

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Intercept’s Ocaliva shows continued improvement in NASH fibrosis at European liver conference

[ad_1] The company’s stock was nevertheless down more than 13 percent amid investor concerns about lack of intent-to-treat analysis on two-stage fibrosis improvement and gall stone events. Source link [ad_2]

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This Israeli startup leverages AI to help pathologists handle their workload

[ad_1] Avi Veidman was prompted to create the Tel Aviv-based company, Nucleai, after witnessing his father anxiously wait about 30 days to receive his biopsy results. Source link [ad_2]

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Nvidia’s plan to take the ‘anxiety’ out of AI’s use in radiology

[ad_1] A new partnership between Nvidia and the American College of Radiology will give a wider range of clinicians the ability to build, share and adapt their own AI models....

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Massachusetts parental consent law leads to delays for minors seeking abortions

[ad_1] Massachusetts is among 37 states in the U.S. that currently mandate parental consent or notification before a minor is provided with abortion care. Minors who have a poor relationship...

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Healthcare's AI will be held to higher standard than other industries, advises Massachusetts governor

[ad_1] Governor Charlie Baker said that while AI has great potential it is important for healthcare to keep privacy and implementation hurdles top of mind.  Source link [ad_2]

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Comcast and Independence Health Group joint venture Quil Health names a CEO

[ad_1] Quil plans to launch its first pilot programs later this year, which looks to be step-by-step content guides to help people navigate specific healthcare journeys like a knee or...

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Scott Gottlieb to return to American Enterprise Institute to focus on drug pricing

[ad_1] Gottlieb, who announced his resignation last month after 23 months as FDA commissioner, told The Washington Post he would focus on drug pricing and “market failures” that lead to...

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