Study Shows Underutilization of Genetic Testing in Pediatric Medicine
A real-world study published in NPJ Genomic Medicine shows that genetic testing is significantly underutilized in pediatric patients. This is [...]
First Omicron Real-World Evidence Released by South Africa
New real-world evidence (RWE) released by Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest private health insurer, and the South African Medical Research [...]
Thoughts on Patient-Centered Care by a Doctor and Medical Writer
Dr. Elizabeth Wayne-Evans, Senior Medical Writer and Medical Advisor at Porterhouse Medical Group, discusses the shared goal of medical writing [...]
Telehealth Could Advance Value-based Care in the US
The rise of telehealth in the US may have the unintentional effect of advancing a value-based care (VBC) healthcare model [...]
CADTH Annual Report 2020–2021: Unprecedented
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health’s (CADTH) 2020-2021 annual report was themed “unprecedented.” The authors break down [...]
What the European Union can Teach the US About Health Technology Assessment Harmonization
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the US is a convoluted piecemeal process where each payer performs their own assessments without [...]
Cytel Blog Discusses Whether Promising Zone Design is Optimal
Jennison and Turnbull developed promising zone design in 2015 to help determine initial sample sizes for early clinical trials that [...]
Webinar: Japan’s Regulatory Requirements for Cell and Gene Therapy
On the latest C-Cast mini-webinar by CMIC, Dr. Kazuhiro Fukuta, Senior Consultant and the Head of Regenerative Medicine Group in [...]
Spike in Employer Insurance Costs in 2021 Raises Uncertainty Toward the Future
Results from a new Mercer survey show that the average insurance cost per employee jumped by 6.3% in 2021. This [...]
Q3 2021 Health Plan Enrollment Data
In the latest update to the Directory of Health Plans, MMIT’s AIS Health has released health plan enrollment data for [...]
FDA Issues Draft Guidance On the Use and Curation of Real-World Data in Registries
FDA Issues Draft Guidance On the Use and Curation of Real-World Data in Registries The US Food and Drug Administration [...]
FDA’s Guidance on Using RWD in Evidence Generation Is a Big Step Forward
\n\nReal world data (RWD) has been used for more than four decades to expand knowledge about a variety of research [...]
TriNetX Launches Diversity Lens Analytic to Improve Access to Clinical Trials for Underrepresented Patient Populations
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNetX, the global network of healthcare organizations driving real-world research to accelerate [...]
Medidata Launches Medidata Link, the First Centralized Technology Solution to Connect and Analyze Patient-Level Clinical Trial Data and Real-World Dat
- Medidata Link connects patient-level Clinical Trial and Real-World Data to enhance understanding of therapeutic efficacy and outcomes, enhance safety [...]
How a Minnesota man who died from soaring insulin prices could change US diabetes care forever
When Nicole Smith-Holt went to confront the bosses of Eli Lilly in May 2018, she had not been an activist [...]
House Democrats find in three-year investigation that drug prices are ‘unsustainable, unjustifiable and unfair’
WASHINGTON - The pharmaceutical industry relies on drug-pricing practices that are "unsustainable, unjustified and unfair," according to findings from a [...]
Unsustainable Drug Prices: Findings from the Committee’s Drug Pricing Investigation and the Need for Structural Reforms
Unsustainable Drug Prices: Findings from the Committee’s Drug Pricing Investigation and the Need for Structural Reforms Meeting Notes: The hearing [...]
Drugmakers singling out US market for inflation-busting price hikes: probe
Drugmakers Singling Out US Market For Inflation-busting Price Hikes: Probe Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) 7 minutes ago Sat 11th December 2021 [...]
The economic impact of compassionate use of medicines
- Research - Open Access - [Published:] The economic impact of compassionate use of medicines 1303 Compassionate use programs (CUP) [...]
Using Machine Learning in the Evolving Landscape of Real-World Data
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA&text=Data%20gathered%20from%20other%20sources,status%2C%20such%20as%20mobile%20devices) ), the term real-world data (RWD) refers to routinely collected data relating [...]
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals and IQVIA Biotech Enter Into Strategic Collaboration
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals and IQVIA Biotech Enter Into Strategic Collaboration MENLO PARK, Calif. and SINGAPORE, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- [...]
Clinical Trials Market Current and Future Trends, Leading Players, Segments and Regional Forecast 2027
Advertising Driven Press Release Distribution Clinical trials are imperative for testing the efficacy of novel drugs and therapies. It has [...]
‘Grandma and grandpa aren’t going to figure this one out.’ Prescription-drug savings vanish in the Medicare shuffle
For Medicare patients struggling to afford the Biogen BIIB, +0.08% multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera, the arrival last year of far [...]
Podcast: Dissecting Racial Bias from AI and Machine Learning
On an episode of Abt Associates’ The Intersect podcast, Abt’s Laura Peck and Jason Brinkley sit down with Eric Tishler [...]
Oncology Care Model Reduces Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment
A study evaluating the benefits of the Oncology Care Model, an alternate payment model for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, found [...]