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New Campaign Wants AI Applications To Look Beyond Speed

The Laboratory Industry’s Next Competitor May Be the Company on Your Patient’s Wrist

The industry’s next major competitor may never build another national laboratory network or employ thousands of phlebotomists. It may simply own the device that notices something first.

By David M. Jackson

Health Tech

Startup Supporting Caregivers Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding

Avanlee Care's seed round was led by BEA Venture Fund, with participation from existing investors, including Board Chair Esther Dyson, Chrysalis Ventures and FairBridge VC.

By Marissa Plescia

BioPharma

Digital Health’s GLP-1 Strategy: “You Didn’t Come for the Drug. You Came for Health”

In a panel discussion, executives from Noom, Omada, Virta and Twin Health discussed how they are going beyond the pill in their GLP-1 strategy and responded to a question about whether they will exist two-to-three years from now.

By Arundhati Parmar

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BioPharma, Pharma

Argenx Adds Oral Peptides to Its Immunology Strategy With $550M UNP Acquisition

Argenx’s Unnatural Products acquisition brings a macrocyclic peptides discovery platform for developing oral peptide drugs. The deal brings a new modality to Argenx, whose immunology R&D had focused on antibodies.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

Simulation-Guided Clinical Trials: Is EU Law Ready?

Simulations do not replace human judgment: they inform it, making transparent what would otherwise remain a “black box.” EU law does not require them today; but a proportionate embrace, in the right legislative vehicle, with clear methodological standards, and without crushing noncommercial research, could make trials safer, faster, cheaper, and more reliable, without sacrificing rigor.

By Marco Blei

BioPharma, Pharma

Nkarta Autoimmune Disease Cell Therapy’s First Human Data Show Safety, Signs of Efficacy

Nkarta will present initial clinical data for its natural killer cell therapy in two disorders, myositis and systemic sclerosis, during the American College of Rheumatology annual in Orlando this week. The biotech is part of a growing group of companies developing therapies that reset the immune system to treat autoimmune disease.

By Frank Vinluan

Consumer / Employer

What’s Driving the Consumerization of Healthcare?

Patients increasingly expect convenient, consumer-focused healthcare experiences, panelists said at the recent MedCity INVEST Digital Health Conference.

By Marissa Plescia

MedCity Influencers

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Missing the Point: Isolation Alone Will Not Build AI Safety

Treating AI agents like contract nurses and minimizing their access to critical patient information certainly reduces potential risk. But, it also minimizes key opportunities.

By Gennady Gekht

BioPharma, Pharma

Bispecific J&J Drug Wins Speedy FDA Approval for Treating Head & Neck Cancer

Accelerated FDA approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Rybrevant Faspro covers advanced cases of head and neck cancer. The bispecific antibody was initially approved for treating certain lung cancers.

By Frank Vinluan

Hospitals, Payers

Experian Health Survey: Providers Struggle Amid Increasing Claim Denials

A new Experian Health survey finds that healthcare providers’ efforts to prevent claims denials are falling short, with many reporting an increase in denials over last year and increasingly complex payer requirements.

By Jenna Congdon

MedCity Influencers

Why Pharma Companies Should Look To Social Media For Better Patient Insight

Healthcare decision-makers, especially at pharmaceutical companies, must prioritize patient input. Data collected from social media listening is a significant step in the right direction.

By Rohit Marwah

MedCity Influencers

The Big Challenge for AI in Healthcare Comes After Approval

Typically, software placed on the market will undergo changes and updates after its initial release. In the case of healthcare AI, changes can occur, often unexpectedly, even when the developers have not updated the model.

By Sara Jaworska

MedCity Influencers

Why Physician Leadership Is More Important Than Ever

One voice needs to be increasingly present in the rooms where healthcare’s future is being decided: the physician’s.

By Dr. Yogin Patel

MedCity Influencers

Myths of Customer Discovery

Customer discovery is a well accepted idea in any innovation process. At the core of it, it means talking to potential customers about an invention. In reality, it is a more evolved process, and often less understood than it first appears.

By Alok Gangaramany

Artificial Intelligence

Debunked Episode 31: CVS Health Restructure, AI ROI Report Findings, FTC Warning Letters

In the latest episode of the Debunked podcast, MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, Managing Partner of Health Innovation Pitch, talked about a new report by Bessemer Venture Partners assessing AI ROI, their insights on the CVS Health restructure, FTC warning letters sent to healthcare organizations, and more.

By Stephanie Baum

Payers, Consumer / Employer

How Can Payers Fit Into the Consumer Health Era?

During a panel at MedCity INVEST Digital Health, healthcare experts discussed the role of payers in the new consumer-driven healthcare era.

By Marissa Plescia

Physicians, Providers

Do We Have a Choice But to Ensure the Success of VBC? Part 1

In part 1, we delve into how physicians are looking at value-based care. It involves a visit to a local

By Arundhati Parmar

Devices & Diagnostics

Why the Wealth of Data From Wearables Are Important for Consumers and Clinicians

Growing use of wearable technologies and the data they produce was discussed by a panel at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health Conference in Dallas.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

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AI Didn’t Reduce Clinician Burden — It Just Moved It

Documentation tools have value. They solve a visible pain point well. But solving a visible pain point is not the same as solving the right one.

By Ambreén Zaman Riaz