Ironwood Places $1B Bet on Biotech That Could Bring Its Next Blockbuster GI Drug
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, a company whose drug research yielded a blockbuster gastrointestinal disorder drug, has struck a $1 billion deal to...
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Providers Need to Commit to VBC Sooner Rather Than Later, Experts Agree
Over the pandemic, the amount of private equity investment in value-based care companies increased more than fourfold. This is encouraging,...
Is AI Replacement Really So Bad? Execs Weigh In
As artificial intelligence takes healthcare by storm, some physicians are expressing concern about being replaced by the technology. But would...
Atlantic Health System Adopts NeuroFlow’s Platform to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Services
NeuroFlow — a Philadelphia-based startup that provides behavioral health integration software — struck a new health system partnership on Monday....
Found Launches Employer-focused Obesity Care Program
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, which help produce insulin in users’ bodies and make them feel fuller for longer,...
Key to Health System Success: An Entrepreneurial Mindset
One top takeaway from a recent conference focused on the need for health systems—not just startups—to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset....
Asking Bard And ChatGPT To Find The Best Medical Care, I Got Truth And Truthiness – The Health Care Blog
BY MICHAEL MILLENSON If you ask ChatGPT how many procedures a certain surgeon does or a specific hospital’s infection rate,...
Pharma pipeline as of 2023
Some stats from Citeline’s Pharma R&D Annual Report 2023. And by company sorted by pipeline size as of January 2023:...
FDA Approves First Drug for Rare Skin Disorder, and It’s a Redosable Gene Therapy
A rare skin disorder that leads to fragile skin susceptible to frequent wounds and blisters now has its first FDA-approved...
Moon Surgical Snags $55.5M for Its Robotic Laparoscopy Assistant
Robotics startup Moon Surgical recently gained a healthy influx of capital and a distinguished board member. The company, based in...
