Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 17, 2024

More than a fifth of the healthcare companies that filed for bankruptcy last year were owned by private equity firms, which also have a hand in many healthcare companies teetering on the brink in 2 | Private equity-backed companies represented more than 20% of last year's healthcare bankruptcies, handily outpacing those of the past five years.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 4, 2024

Binx Health is a health technology company aiming to speed up the time between diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections with a point-of-care diagnostic solution.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

APRIL 20, 2024

An analysis of disclosures by medical device companies found that between 2017 and 2019 they reported €425m (£367m at today’s rates) in payments to healthcare organisations in Europe, according to the study in the journal Health Policy and Technology.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

WASHINGTON — UCB left BIO at the end of 2023, the second major member company to exit after Pfizer pulled out as well. UCB, headquartered in Belgium, decided not to renew its BIO membership after a routine evaluation of its engagement in trade associations, said company spokesperson Erica Puntel.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 25, 2024

Women's health company Tia unveiled key leadership changes as it ramps up its focus on operations and expanding its clinics. | Tia co-founder Carolyn Witte, who served as CEO since the company's founding eight years ago, is transitioning to chairwoman of the board and co-founder Felicity Yost is stepping in as interim CEO.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Boston Scientific said it will buy Axonics, a device company treating urinary and bowel disorders, on Monday. Boston Scientific has acquired companies across all medtech sectors in the past year. The device maker bought Apollo Endosurgery , a company selling surgical tools to combat obesity, for $615 million in 2023.

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 16, 2024

For the first time, Johnson & Johnson has reported sales numbers for its novel multiple myeloma treatment Tecvayli and they indicate that the bispecific, which was approved in October 2022, is | For the first time, Johnson & Johnson is reporting sales of its multiple myeloma drug Tecvayli, which is off to a strong launch and contributing to (..)

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APRIL 10, 2024

A small company called Harrow argues that it can make the case for an injectable eye treatment that has been used to combat several serious conditions. In an era when huge price hikes for prescription drugs are almost guaranteed to draw criticism, is there any circumstance when a 486% increase for a medicine might appear to be justified?

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Drug Store News

MARCH 6, 2024

The first panel at Drug Store News’ 25th annual Industry Issues Summit explored how retailers and pharmacy technology companies are changing the healthcare experience.

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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 28, 2024

Authors: | Gain the competitive edge with accurate probability of success assessments to uncover undervalued companies and early-stage assets for acquisitions.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Instead, the company’s technology maps the proximity of cancer cells, healthy cells, and proteins.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2024

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The companies are kicking off their partnership in CHS' Texas and Pennsylvania hospitals.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Over the last few years, virtual mental health company Talkspace has been on a relentless quest to conquer the insurance market. The next step in that journey, Medicare, may prove the most challenging yet. Talkspace’s pivot away from its direct-to-consumer roots has so far been a success.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Amazon announced this week that it would invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as the AI arms race heats up. Amazon announced this week that it would invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as the AI arms race heats up.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

They came bearing gold letter balloons spelling out LFVN, the stock symbol for LifeVantage, the company they’d come to promote, and foam cutouts of its navy blue supplement bottles. ” At first glance, LifeVantage, worth some $84 million, looks decidedly mainstream.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Investors , analysts, doctors, and even patients face an avalanche of news from biotech companies about their human trials of experimental drugs, and wading through all that data to draw reasonable conclusions is a challenging task.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

For years, the playbook for many companies that wanted to market digital therapeutics was stupid simple: Sell it like a prescription drug. Even after hitting roadblock after roadblock, the company stuck to its original plan and ended up vaporizing over $400 million in investment before finally throwing in the towel.

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MARCH 21, 2024

The efforts, which are being joined by some some lawmakers, reflect concerns that patients may lose access to these medicines if pharmaceutical companies halt sales or decide not to invest in developing such drugs. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2024

Amid an ongoing conversation about pharmacy benefit managers and the role they play in rising drug costs, a Fortune 100 company is making the jump from one of the industry's biggest players to a st | Amid an ongoing conversation about pharmacy benefit managers and the role they play in rising drug costs, a Fortune 100 company is making the jump (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Redesign Health, a healthcare startup creator, is reducing its workforce, cutting 77 staff positions, as it slows the pace of new company launches this year, Fierce Healthcare has learned.

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Outsourcing Pharma

MARCH 11, 2024

Venture Capital firm, Negev Capital, holds a portfolio of companies creating neuropsychiatric drugs based on psychedelic molecules.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

The news comes three months after Insulet, EOFlow’s rival, filed a lawsuit accusing the company of stealing trade secrets. The device giant first announced the acquisition in May for $738 million, giving the company its first tubeless pump. Medtronic is no longer buying EOFlow, a Korean maker of wearable insulin pumps.

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Drug Topics

MARCH 29, 2024

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Part B coinsurance rates will lower if drug prices rise faster than the rate of inflation.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Measuring the success or failure of UK MedTech companies is complex and multi-faceted, but it is undoubtedly influenced by two significant factors. Read on to learn more.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How over-investment is killing digital health companies Mike.Hammerton Mon, 06/11/2023 - 09:51 Bookmark this

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PharmaVoice

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Explosive demand for weight loss drugs has propelled both companies to new heights. Here’s a look at the staggering growth, by the numbers.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today?    Sign up  to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hello, everyone. Damian here with what is my final edition of The Readout on my last day at STAT.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

CEO Chris Michalak spoke with Fierce Healthcare in an exclusive interview about the company's go-forward strategy.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Revenue cycle management company Waystar filed for an initial public offering Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company did not specify how many shares it plans to offer or what share price it is targeting. billion market cap.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

WASHINGTON — Medical marijuana companies sell medicine, just like pharmaceutical companies. As a result, several major medical marijuana companies have amassed billion- or multibillion-dollar valuations. But they’re not playing by the same rules — and that’s putting patients at risk.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Amy Abernethy, the president of product development and chief medical officer at Verily, a health care spinout of search giant Alphabet, will leave the company at the end of the first quarter to start a nonprofit aimed at changing the way the health care system collects data.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Digital health company Waltz Health is cracking into the payer market by inking its first partnership. Digital health company Waltz Health is cracking into the payer market by inking its first partnership.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Eisai launches digital dementia specialist company Phil.Taylor Tue, 12/09/2023 - 10:15 Bookmark this

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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 4, 2024

Merck has reportedly settled with insurance companies that contested the pharma giant’s $1.4 Merck has settled with insurance companies that contested the pharma giant’s $1.4 billion claim after it was victimized by a crippling cyberattack in 2017.

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PharmExec

APRIL 9, 2024

In this Pharmaceutical Executive video interview, Currax Pharmaceuticals, CEO, George Hampton, talks about the ethical and regulatory problems weight loss companies like WW, Noom, and Ro present.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged the former CEO of Stimwave, a company that sold devices containing dummy pieces of plastic, with defrauding investors out of $41 million.  From 2017 to 2020, the company implanted nearly 8,000 patients with these devices.

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Drug Topics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Direct-to-consumer companies attract attention on social media, but are they as effective as traditional healthcare services?

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