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Skin tag on eyelid: Causes and treatment

The Checkup by Singlecare

Skin tags , also called acrochordons, are harmless growths that can occur anywhere on your body but tend to develop in more friction-heavy areas like the armpit, the neck along the seat belt line where clothes and jewelry touch, under the breasts, in the groin, or on the face—specifically, the eyelid. What causes skin tags on eyelids?

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STAT+: A nonprofit does deals in Brazil and India to make low-cost CAR-T cell therapies widely available

STAT

The deals will initially involve manufacturing cell therapies for combating lymphoma and leukemia, which carry price tags in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealthy nations. By “We’re trying to crack this nut of affordability and accessibility,” Boro Dropulić, who heads Caring Cross, explained.

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STAT+: Colorado lawmakers revise effort to exempt rare disease drugs from state cost caps

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The new legislation would also allow another state entity, the Rare Disease Advisory Council, to review such drugs in hopes of giving more voice to patients. The original bill was introduced over concerns that patients may lose access to rare disease drugs if companies halt sales or decide not to invest in developing such medicines.

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Revolutionizing Rare Disease Treatment: Embracing the Patient-Centric Transformation in Pharmaceutical Customer Engagement

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Navigating the complex landscape of healthcare coverage can be an intimidating task, especially for patients with rare diseases for which treatments often come with a high price tag.

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Here are 22 health systems billing patients for certain EHR and text messages

Fierce Healthcare

Online messages have become a linchpin of many patients’ relationships with their doctors. | An influx of patient portal messages during recent years are taking a toll on clinicians. As a result, at least 22 systems across the country have added a price tag to the subset of missives demanding the most time and expertise.

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Novelist John Green launches attack on Cepheid over the price of its TB test

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But in a scathing YouTube video posted Tuesday, Green argued the price is prohibitive for patients in lower-income countries. Halve the $10 price tag, Green maintained, and the company can save lives by giving more people access to early detection of TB. Cepheid sells individual test cartridges for $9.98

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshot (August 20-24, 2018)

PharmaShots

Eisai's and Merck Announces EU's Marketing Approval of Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Published: 23 Aug,2018 | Tags: Eisai, Merck, Approval, Lenvima, HCC, 2. Pfizer to co-promote Exact Sciences Cologuard Published: 22 Aug,2018 | Tags: Exact, Pfizer, Agreement, Promote, Cologuard 7.