Quick Fix — The challenges of drug pricing legislation aren’t over yet , as Democrats wrangle over how far they can take inflation fines. — Central to talks is the looming threat of midterms that could arrive before the party delivers on any of its health care promises. — And this week starts with […]
Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in Read the source article at daytondailynews.com 2021-11-21 15:07:00 […]
Reconciling with Reconciliation Over Drug Pricing | Opinion
Reconciling with Reconciliation Over Drug Pricing | Opinion I am taking a break from writing about the health of our democracy to write about the state of our public health—specifically the issue of the cost of prescription drugs for the elderly. One of the key provisions of the original Biden Build […]
Drugmakers Gear Up for Price Restrictions in Biden’s Legislative Agenda – Wsj
The pharmaceutical industry is bracing for the most significant expansion of government regulation of drug prices in decades despite success in watering down proposals from congressional Democrats that would have gone much further. The House last week approved a roughly $2 trillion social-spending […]
Senate rules could undercut Democrats’ prescription drug plan
A critical part of Democrats’ plan to control prescription drug prices would apply not only to the government’s Medicare program but also to the commercial market that covers most working Americans — unless the Senate’s rules stop it. Democrats have a multi-pronged strategy for addressing drug […]
TRxADE Health : Announces Launch of Preferred Drug Discount Card as Part of New Health Services Organization Offering
TrxadeHSO™ Program Provides Healthcare-Adjacent Services to Vast User Network in Partnership with Paramount Rx, Empowering Independent Pharmacies to Remain at Forefront of Patient Care TAMPA, FL / ACCESSWIRE / November 30, 2021 / TRxADE HEALTH, INC. (NASDAQ:MEDS), a health services IT company […]
High Drug Prices: How We Got Here and How We Achieve Affordability
The current state of the pharmacy system is challenged by rising list prices, the affordability of new brand and specialty products coming to market, and intermediaries whose interests are not always aligned with their clients. The blame lies across a variety of players. The problem is complex, […]
Unsubstantiated drug price hikes cost $1.67B last year
Pharmaceutical companies continue to increase the prices of their most profitable drugs despite minimal year-over-year improvements, according to a new report. Seven of the top 10 drugs that inflated U.S. healthcare spending in 2020 due to price increases did not offer substantial clinical benefits, […]
Hoboken-based health care consultancy acquired by GHO Capital
Global Healthcare Opportunities said Monday that it acquired Genesis Research , a Hoboken-based provider of tech-enabled real-world evidence and health economics and outcomes research services. Genesis has an established footprint in the U.S. and the U.K., with more than 120 employees. Founded in […]
Drug repurposing for COVID-19 using graph neural network and harmonizing multiple evidence
Abstract Since the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2019 and the pandemic continues for more than one year, a vast amount of drug research has been conducted and few of them got FDA approval. Our objective is to prioritize repurposable drugs using a pipeline that systematically […]
Real World Evidence Solutions Market 2021: Industry Growth, Competitive Analysis, Future Prospects and Forecast 2028
Research article on the global ‘Real World Evidence Solutions’ market based on validated methodologies and hypotheses constructing a high-quality and well-documented research analysis intends to deliver a holistic view into the global ‘Real World Evidence Solutions’ market targeting the clientele […]
Biodesix Partners with Spesana to Streamline Digital Access to Molecular Diagnostics for Precision Medicine in Lung Cancer | Business Wire
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Spesana , the developer of a novel electronic operating system to unify EMRs, and Biodesix Inc. (NSDQ: BDSX), a leading data-driven diagnostic solutions company with a focus in lung disease, announced today that they have partnered to further streamline and […]
Health Care Reform Articles – November 24, 2021
Medicine Has Become the Great Patient Handoff — Patients pay the price for our fragmented healthcare system by Kathleen A. Hallinan, MD, MPH - MedPage Today - November 21, 2021 Americans have become the commodity in their own healthcare system. A patient has gone from being a person who has a […]
Novartis rethinks sales strategy for new cholesterol drug launch
[post] ] Rather than seeking to grab the attention of patients and winning support from individual physicians, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant is focusing on the people who run large hospital systems. Its pitch: A large-scale rollout of the drug, called Leqvio, could avert thousands of heart attacks […]
Alira Health Further Expands its Digital Healthcare Platform with the Acquisition of Patchai – WorldNews
This transaction strengthens Alira Health’s commitment to humanize healthcare FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #ai –Alira Health ( http://www.alirahealth.com/ ), a global health care consultancy, announced that it has acquired Patchai, a digital health technology company headquartered in Italy. […]
Cardinal Health to deliver drugs to pharmacies via drone
[Skip to comments. ](#comment) Posted on 11/16/2021 10:34:29 AM PST by [buckalfa](/~buckalfa/) Cardinal Health will test the use of drones to expedite its delivery of medications and inhalers to pharmacies, The Wall Street Journal reported. Six details: The pharmaceutical distributor partnered with […]
IQVIA Launches New Grants/Funding Management Module for Its Orchestrated Customer Engagement Platform
TMCnet News |[November 18, 2021]| IQVIA Launches New Grants/Funding Management Module for Its Orchestrated Customer Engagement Platform IQVIA (NYSE:IQV), a global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, today announced the […]
Healthcare Outsourcing Market to Develop New Growth Story | Patheon, R1 RCM, Infosys
Advertising Driven Press Release Distribution Latest Report Available at Advance Market Analytics, “Healthcare Outsourcing Market” provides pin-point analysis for changing competitive dynamics and a forward looking perspective on different factors driving or restraining industry growth. Read […]
COVID-19 Delta variant nearly triples risk for stillbirth, CDC says
COVID-19 Delta variant nearly triples risk for stillbirth, CDC says Becoming ill with the COVID-19 Delta variant during pregnancy nearly triples the risk for stillbirth at delivery, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the source article at […]
Key Strategies to Enhance Patient Engagement Webinar – Chiropractic Economics
Rick: Welcome to the Tuesday webinar series, “Chiro Economics Webinar for Doctors of Chiropractic.” I’m Rick Vach, Editor-in-Chief of Chiropractic Economics. Today’s webinar, “Key Strategies to Enhance Patient Engagement,” is sponsored by Fullscript. And as always, our program’s being recorded and […]
It’s time to better support the three million Canadians with a rare disease
After finding out her private health insurer would no longer pay for a drug helping with her cystic fibrosis, Lilia Zaharieva decided to sell everything she owned to stay on the medication. “But the drug cost more than $250,000 a year and a friend told me, ‘You own two boxes of books and you don’t […]
North Carolina to Use Money from Pharmaceutical Companies’ Legal Settlements to Fight Opioid Epidemic
“If we get enough counties and cities to sign on to the opioid settlement that my office helped negotiate, North Carolina will benefit from nearly $900 million from various agreements with the drug companies,” he said. Attorney General Josh Stein (D), whose office worked on the settlement, is […]
Upper limit of drug price increase for the battle of sparks of private insurance – Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
[Lexington-Fayette] Upper limit of drug price increase for the battle of sparks of private insurance – Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky 2021-11-21 20:49:34 – Washington (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance will enjoy prescription drug savings from the […]
Novel algorithm on wearable devices can detect irregular heartbeat, may prompt early care
Research Highlights: - A novel software algorithm developed for wearable devices, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, was able to detect irregular heart rhythms. - Analysis of heartbeat data for nearly half a million wearable-device users found that the algorithm was able to accurately detect […]
MSMEs in pharma: Why revenue growth for the sector in FY22 may dip despite Covid vaccine opportunity-Business Journal
Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Indian pharmaceuticals (pharma) sector, which has MSMEs as its key growth driver, is staring at shrinking revenue growth and decline in operating profitability this financial year (FY), according to market experts. Slower growth in exports, higher prices of raw […]
German government-to-be eyes retroactive drug price cuts
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s prospective three-party government coalition plans to cut drug prices retroactively for newly-launched prescription drugs to keep healthcare expenses under control, the coalition agreement on major legislation projects showed on Wednesday. Read the source article […]
Patent Issued for Parallel processing for pharmacy fulfillment (USPTO 11170394): Express Scripts Strategic Development Inc.
2021 NOV 26 (NewsRx) -- By a Patent number 11170394 is assigned to The following Quote: was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Pharmacy benefit managers may generally administer prescription drug programs for clients that may, for example, […]
Rep. Stefanik sponsors law protect hospitals from losing eligibility for 340B drug pricing program
Rep. Stefanik sponsors law protect hospitals from losing eligibility for 340B drug pricing program Friday, November 26, 2021 - 6:13 am Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has sponsored bipartisan legislation to protect hospitals from losing eligibility for the 340B drug pricing program due to the COVID-19 […]
Roche ranked as one of the top three most sustainable healthcare companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the thirteenth year running
The ranking acknowledges Roche’s commitment to sustainability as an integral part of its business strategy Roche performed particularly well in Operational Eco-Efficiency, Environmental and Social Reporting Basel , 15 November 2021 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has again been recognised as […]
China sees huge bounce in pharma rankings ahead of hybrid CPhI & P-MEC China
China is the pharma industry's biggest gainer in the 2021 CPhI Annual Rankings, with digital matchmaking driving new waves of partnerships SHANGHAI , Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China's pharma industry has seen a record improvement in its overall score, growth potential and biologics according to […]
