Your 3-Step Strategy For A Successful Drug Candidate
While scientific innovation is propelling healthcare into the future, there remains a distinct gap between technologies that make it to [...]
Share Your Story About High Drug Prices
At his State of the Union Address last week, President Biden shared the story of a family struggling to pay [...]
How to Bring Patients Back to their PCPs
CDC data from June 2020 shows a striking 41% of adults delayed medical care. In the time since, this avoidance [...]
Medicare Patients Anticipate Troubles Affording Healthcare in 2022
A new survey from MedicalCares.com shows that 60% of Medicare recipients predict they’ll have trouble paying for their healthcare in [...]
AMA Podcast: Health IT Shifts from a Hassle to Essential Tool for Improving Care
Despite a track record of frustration for patients and providers, healthcare technology has evolved during the pandemic into a crucial [...]
Interview: David Kim Talks about the Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analyzer (CEA) Registry
Assistant professor David Kim speaks with Rachel Breslau about his role as program director of the Tufts cost-effectiveness analyzer (CEA) [...]
Cost-Sharing has Unforeseen Consequences for Patients and Payers
Cost-sharing measures like co-pays, deductibles, and co-insurance are ostensibly intended to help reduce payer costs and have patients take ownership [...]
JAMA Network Open Article Highlights the Plight of the Uninsured as Drug Costs Soar
A recent article published in JAMA Network Open highlights one major healthcare spending trend: the uninsured. An increase in concentration [...]
RWD Advances Rare Disease R&D, Brings Hope to Patients
Patient registries are fast becoming a critical source of real world data (RWD), especially in rare disease research and development [...]
AllStripes Announces $50 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Rare Disease Research
AllStripes has raised $50 million in Series B Funding, led by Lux Capital. As a result, the organization has initiated [...]
Cerner’s First Chief Health Officer Seeks to Leverage EHR RWD to Predict Disease and Improve Patient Outcomes
According to Cerner, Nasim Afsar, MD, MBA, MHM will take on the position of Chief Health Officer in January 2022. [...]
TransUnion Reports Widespread Delay of Healthcare as Coverage Gaps Increase and COVID-19 Uncertainty Continues
According to TransUnion, approximately 35% of patients with medical debt have put off healthcare in the past year. Key factors [...]
Patients Rising Initiative Issues Statement on Federal Healthcare Programs and Payer Coverage
The Patient Access and Affordability Project Patients Rising Project, a Patients Rising program, recently issued a statement regarding federal programs [...]
[Podcast] Can Biomarker Testing Improve Health Equity?
A recent installment of the Patients Rising Podcast series details the widespread implications of biomarker testing—from deciding the right treatment [...]
Veradigm Advances R&D and Patient Care Using RWD
Veradigm uses its Electronic Health Record (EHR) software to improve patient care and to advance clinical research using real world [...]
IQVIA VP Discusses the Role of Field Reimbursement Managers and the Impact of COVID-19
IQVIA Vice President of Field Medical Affairs and Market Access Deployment Services Jennifer Millard shared her thoughts on the impact [...]
New Podcast on Drug Pricing Reform Myths and Realistic Solutions
A new episode of the Patients Rising Podcast series is now available. In this installment, Chief Science Policy Officer at [...]
[Podcast] Merck Marketing Expert Discusses AI in Oncology Care
In a recent episode of Life Science Marketing Radio, Chris Conner interviewed Hemal Somaiya, Global Brand Lead for Oncology at [...]
Mark Cuban Enters Convoluted PBM Market, Promises Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Two new groups have entered the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market: Mark Cuban and a coalition of employers. The Mark [...]
Pear Launches PDT Digest, Highlights the Power of Digital Tools in Improving Patient Outcomes and Reducing Costs
Pear Therapeutics recently launched the Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDT) Digest, intended to showcase the value of digital tools in improving [...]
Stanford’s Atropos Health Offshoot Seeks to Inform Patient Care Using RWD
Stanford University offshoot Atropos Health seeks to inform healthcare decision-making using real world data (RWD). Launched in September, the consultancy [...]
Syntropy and UCI Unite in 5-Year RWD Collaboration to Improve Patient Outcomes
Syntropy and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) will collaborate in a five-year partnership intended to directly improve patient outcomes [...]
PRMA Consulting Leader Discusses the Rapidly Increasing Influence of ICER’s Value Access Frameworks
Senior Principal at PRMA Consulting Emily Coriale discusses how value assessments put forth by the Institute for Clinical and Economic [...]
New Book on Historic and Future Pharma Trends Now Available
A recently published book authored by Mickey C. Smith, PhD details the multi-faceted issues facing pharma and healthcare. Francis B. [...]
Syapse Announces RWD Partnership with Merck to Accelerate Oncology Research and Improve Patient Outcomes
Real world evidence (RWE) leader Syapse has announced a partnership with Merck. Together, the companies will utilize real world data [...]
