UnitedHealthcare sent a notice to plan members stating that it would no longer cover Descovy to prevent HIV, while Truvada - after it goes generic next month - will be covered for free. Gilead reported that Descovy for PrEP had offset a second-quarter fall in product sales.
UnitedHealthcare Hearing is a combination of the insurer's existing hi HealthInnovations direct-to-consumer hearing aid company and EPIC Hearing Healthcare, the hearing benefits provider acquired by UnitedHealth Group last year.
Although employer wellness programs have received mixed reviews, they can make the user experience for wearables owners stickier, creating an added incentive for technology companies to align themselves with insurers.
Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare has launched PreCheck MyScript, an online solution that simplifies the prescribing process and promotes better outcomes for physicians and patients.
Before the end of the year, UnitedHealthcare will add "clinically focused" notifications to Health4me, based on individuals' claims data.
UnitedHealthcare has put all the numbers in one place. The health insurance company has made it easier for many customers to manage all the relevant healthcare financial data online. The new service is myClaimsManager. I am not a UnitedHealth customer, so I can’t check it out personally, but the interface seems to collect all the […]
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.
For the past six years, Minnesota device startup Respicardia has been trying to commercialize a product that President and CEO Bonnie Labosky believes has no rival worldwide. It is an implantable device, the size of a pacemaker, that can be placed in the right or left side of chest to treat the problem of central […]
InterValve, a medical device company in Minnetonka, Minnesota, is looking to close its series A round of funding soon in order to advance its proprietary aortic valvuloplasty balloon to clinical trials later this year. CEO Mark Ungs said the company hopes to begin testing its transcatheter aortic valve device in humans this year and submit […]
As the e-clinical software market has seen rapid growth, Minnetonka, Minnesota-based MedNet Solutions, which makes web-based clinical study management tools, has shared in some of that bounty. Earlier in August, the health IT firm made the list of Inc. magazine’s 5,000 fastest-growing, privately held companies for the fifth year in a row. This time, MedNet […]
Private insurers and Medicare regional carriers who decided to cover Uroplasty’s primary urinary incontinence product and other positive developments buoyed Uroplasty Inc.’s fiscal fourth-quarter sales numbers. The Minnetonka, Minnesota company announced that in the quarter ended March 31, sales jumped 35 percent to $4.01 million from $2.98 million in the same quarter a year ago. […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
PenRad Technologies Inc., a Minnetonka-based health IT company, announced that it has hired Dan Bickford as executive vice president of sales and business development. Founded in 1995, PenRad’s web products aim to improve work flow, quality and revenue in image and information management in the healthcare sector. The products include a web-based multi-modality reading, workstation, […]
In its hunt to create products that can offer health and wellness benefits, Kraft Foods has inked a licensing deal with Medisyn Technologies, a research company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agreement allows the food giant to license a portfolio of ingredients that Medisyn and Kraft have […]
Following a February warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Anulex Technologies has had to adjust by having a round of layoffs. President and General Manager Tim Miller declined to say how many people were let go but acknowledged that such letters were “extremely disruptive to business. ” The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based medical device […]
An orthopedic company in Minnetonka, Minnesota has raised $2.1 million in its latest funding round, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. DGIMed Ortho, an early stage medical device company, makes the Distalock system consisting of intramedullary nails and drills that assists orthopaedic surgeons. Intramedullary nails or rods are metal rods […]
Updated: 11:06 a.m. A company that began life in the pharmaceutical sector is venturing forth into devices in its quest to become more of a diversified healthcare company. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania-based Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENDP) announced today that the company is buying Minnetonka-based American Medical Systems (NASDAQ:AMMD), a manufacturer of new innovative medical devices focusing […]
