Fri.Feb 11, 2022

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Empowering rare disease patient advocacy organisations with data

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Komodo Health’s president and co-founder, Web Sun, tells us about his company’s new partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to improve early diagnosis and advance research of rare diseases by providing CZI’s Rare as One Network healthcare data and software. Though 7,000 rare diseases exist that affect 400 million people globally, a lack of understanding of these diseases can cause a delay in diagnosis and, in turn, treatment.

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Discover Bold Flavors and Culture In Puerto Rico

Dr. Jamie Hardy: The Lifestyle Pharmacist

Magnificent, vibrant, and flavorful are characteristics that come to mind when I think about Puerto Rico. I recently had the pleasure of visiting this Caribbean gem and it’s safe to say that I had a wonderful time. I did a little bit of research while prepping for my trip. I was amazed to learn that the island of Puerto Rico has almost 300 miles of coastline and nearly the same number of beaches.

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Ipsen plans sale of consumer health business for €350m

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Ipsen has started exclusive negotiations that could see its global consumer health business sold to fellow French pharma company Mayoly Spindler later this year. If consummated, the deal would bring in around €350 million for Ipsen , leaving the company as a specialty pharma pure-play in cancer, rare diseases and neuroscience and ending its strategy of adopting a combined prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines business model.

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Two cases of ‘eye bleeding’ Lassa fever found in UK

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Rare viral haemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola surface in the East of England

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Position Your Pharmacy for Expansion

Speaker: Chris Antypas and Josh Halladay

Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.

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Ex-CoverMyMeds CEO Scantland launches new digital health project

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Five years after selling CoverMyMeds to McKesson for $1.4 billion, the company’s CEO Matt Scantland has returned to the digital health sector with a new startup – AndHealth – that aims to help patients reverse chronic diseases. The new company has emerged onto the scene with $57 million in new funding from tech investor Francisco Partners – backed by the American Medical Association’s venture capital arm Health 2047, Kirkland & Ellis and Twofold Ventures – and a mobile app produc

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New adventure: PharmaVentures moves to London for growth strategy boost

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Transaction advisory company heads to the big smoke as part of its expansion plans

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