TOP STORIES
Teva has completed its $3.5-billion purchase of Auspex Pharmaceuticals – still keeping an eye on Mylan, though.
Behavioral Health, Interoperability and eConsent: Meeting the Demands of CMS Final Rule Compliance
In a webinar on April 16 at 1pm ET, Aneesh Chopra will moderate a discussion with executives from DocuSign, Velatura, and behavioral health providers on eConsent, health information exchange and compliance with the CMS Final Rule on interoperability.
PTC announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ColdLight, a visionary in big data machine learning and predictive analytics, for approximately $105 million.
LIFE SCIENCE
A plant-derived compound could target cancer stem cells.
A compound and an enzyme that occur naturally in cruciferous vegetables–cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts–may help prevent recurrence and spread of some cancers, according to researchers.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
23andMe is taking a close genetic look at ways to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with a DNA-saliva kit.
IBM has completed the acquisition of Dallas-based population health company Phytel.
PAYERS-PROVIDERS
A look at how to improve the success of meetings, according to Google’s Senior Vice President of People Operations Laszlo Bock.
IBM Watson Health, the new dedicated healthcare unit of IBM, announced a partnership with Epic Systems and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to apply Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities to EHRs.
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York announced they have selected Cureatr, Inc., as their mobile care coordination technology partner for secure messaging and Care Transition Notifications.
TECH
Apple is collaborating with a couple of U.S. researcher facilities to create apps that gather and organize consumers’ DNA data for the ResearchKit.
POLITICS
A group of Democratic Senators have introduced a new bill to protect consumers’ most sensitive information, including their health data.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is headed to Washington, D.C., to make another plea for the federal grant money that he believes his state was denied because he chose not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare.
Scott plans to meet with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell on Wednesday to press his case for the $1 billion in federal funding to support Florida hospitals that remain at stake.
A LITTLE EXTRA
Brave New World is set to become a television series. For many of us who became so connected to this novel, written by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932, it’s about time. The show will hit the small screen thanks to an interesting set of partners, Syfy and Amblin Television.
he Morning Read provides a 24-hour wrap up of everything else healthcare’s innovators need to know about the business of medicine (and beyond). The author of The Read published it but all full-time MedCity News journalists contribute to its content.
