Healthcare
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BioPharma, Healthcare, Pharma, SYN
Bristol Myers lymphoma therapy acquired in Celgene deal wins FDA nod
After some setbacks and delays, the FDA approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Breyanzi for certain lymphomas. It’s the fourth CAR T treatment to win the regulatory nod and the first under a new regenerative medicine designation.
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Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence
Text-based primary care startup Curai raises $27.5M
The company, which offers a text-based primary care platform, is building a suite of technology to support its physicians.
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Creating an Omnichannel Customer Journey in Healthcare
Improving Customer Experience and Conversion in Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Provider consolidation continues with Intermountain merging with Sanford Health
If the merger is approved, the combined health system would operate 70 hospitals and employ 89,000 people. Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison would lead the new system, estimated to generate about $15 billion in annual revenue.
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Top Story, SYN, Startups, Healthcare, Payers
Oak Street Health files for IPO
Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based company that operates primary care centers for Medicare patients, filed initial IPO paperwork on Friday. The company has not yet priced the offering, but it plans to use the proceeds to repay a loan and grow its business.
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At HLTH, 3 patient experience officers indicate emergence of new era of patient engagement
Chief patient experience officers from the Cleveland Clinic, Northwell Health and Cedars Sinai talk about how they are approaching patient engagement and experience in each of their health systems at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
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Kaiser’s Food for Life program seeks to boost food security
Kaiser Permanente is teaming up with the California state government to enroll more Kaiser members in Calfresh, the state’s supplemental nutrition assistance program and taking on food security.
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New York startup Tend reimagines the dental experience
Tend will add elements typically not part of a normal dental visit, such as taking blood pressure to identify patients with undiagnosed hypertension and aim to talk with patients about smoking and diabetes, which both contribute to dental disease.
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Healthcare VC Jumpstart Foundry Now Accepting Applications for Fall Funding
Early-stage healthcare innovation fund Jumpstart Foundry is accepting Fall funding applications through September 30th. Read on to find out why Jumpstart Foundry could be the missing piece in your startup’s journey to making a lasting difference in healthcare.
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BioPharma, Events, Healthcare, Pharma, Startups, SYN
Meeting’s nearly fourfold attendance growth highlights cell, gene therapies’ rise
From bringing in a mere 350 scientists in an embattled field 12 years ago, this year’s Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Cell and Gene Meeting brought in more than 1,200.
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Startups, Devices & Diagnostics, Patient Engagement
A few of the most interesting startups LAUNCH-ing at Health 2.0
A look at some of the most interesting startups from 2018’s Health 2.0’s LAUNCH! event.
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Medical imaging startup takes new approach to viewing lung disease
The company’s algorithms use existing fluoroscopy technology, which captures structures in motion and is commonly used to image the cardiovascular system or direct invasive procedures.
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EGS receives $30.5M to advance minimally invasive GERD Technique
EndoGastric Solutions has raised $30.5 million to commercialize its minimally invasive procedure aimed at patients with gastroesophageal reflux
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FDA is throwing shade on these drugmakers
The FDA commissioner is singling out companies that he says have blocked access to product samples needed to make generics.
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CMS gives a big boost to broad genomic tests by widening coverage for sequencing
Foundation Medicine and ThermoFisher Scientific are big beneficiaries of CMS widening its coverage and making a national coverage decision for next-generation sequencing of metastatic, Stage 3 or 4 and other cancers.
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Better primary care isn’t only good for health—it’s good for business
The rising cost of employer-sponsored healthcare makes it difficult for American businesses to compete globally. That doesn’t have to be the reality. Learn how one company changed its trajectory.
Tom Gentile, CEO of Spirit AeroSystems & Richard Gephardt, Co-founder of SolidaritUS Health
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How medtech can better integrate with healthcare workflows through digital solutions
Healthcare industry is transitioning to value-based care models. That’s why the medical device
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