Health

A new coalition called the Association for Direct Care launched last week, aiming to expand direct contracting and lower healthcare costs. Direct contracting is an arrangement in which a healthcare …

Gone are the days when obtaining an illegal drug required meeting a dealer in a sketchy, private location. Now consumers can access illegal and counterfeit medicines from the comfort of …

DreaMed Diabetes has received FDA 510(K) clearance for MODI, a tool that uses continuous glucose monitoring data to provide insulin dosing recommendations for people with Type 2 diabetes who need …

Merck is expanding its oncology pipeline, paying $400 million for rights to a preclinical SciBrunch Therapeutics drug candidate addressing a promising target associated with many types of cancer. The deal …

Substance use disorder (SUD) among women has become a growing public health concern, reflecting a marked shift over the past two decades. While men historically had significantly higher rates, this …

Large MedTech organizations and university founded startups alike often fall into the same trap. A promising innovation prototype fails to make the transition from a “working” blockbuster idea into a …

Over a year. That’s how long it took me to get a Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitor (TNFi) approved for one of my four-year-old patients with an inflammatory rheumatic disease. The …

A disease that leads to bone formation in soft tissue and shortens a patient’s life span has a new FDA-approved treatment, a once-daily pill that will be commercialized by Mirum …

As AI in healthcare moves from simple documentation and administrative tasks into high-level clinical decision making, leaders and clinicians must determine how much human oversight is enough when AI influences …

In the United States, only about 7% of adult cancer patients enroll in a clinical trial. Put another way, more than nine in ten people with cancer are treated entirely …