The 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.
TOP STORIES
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
The NIH said it expects to admit an American patient who has tested positive for the Ebola virus. The individual was volunteering services in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone and will be transported back to the United States in isolation in a chartered aircraft, according to a press statement.
Allergen raised $80 million to fund an upcoming Phase 3 clinical trial to test an immunotherapy to treat for peanut allergies.
LIFE SCIENCE
GSK makes more than half-a-billion by selling shares of Aspen Pharmacare (it’s keeping a 6.2 percent stake)
A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Pfizer’s Lyrica (pregabalin) has failed to hit its primary target in a post-marketing study assessing its safety and efficacy in young people with fibromyalgia.
Pharma exec after a few drinks: “if our drug is cost-saving, we’ve mis-priced it” #wow
— Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) March 13, 2015
PAYERS-PROVIDERS
Morton General Hospital fires CEO Seth Whitmer.
Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC’s chief medical editor, has resigned. You’ll recall she personified the evil side of physician arrogance by defying a 21-day Ebola quarantine.
A Leapfrog Report on survival rates for risky surgery such as esophagectomy shows survival rates vary widely depending on things like the hospital’s experience in doing these surgeries (naturally) and whether the hospital reports its mortality and readmission rates.
But will it be open on Sundays? Chick-fil-A CEO plans Atlanta wellness resort
TECH.
Smartphone connected stethoscope developers Eko Devices has raised $2 million after submitting its device for FDA clearance.
Intel and GE Care Innovations is partnering with Xavier University’s Center for Innovation to test and analyze health apps.
As Apple gears up for the market debut of its smart watch, it is whittling down the competition in Apple stores.
AdhereTech CEO Josh Stein’s TEDMED talk about smart design is online.
POLITICS
BIG BROTHER BIG BROTHER!! Ireland has created a national health ID.
The proposal that would abolish Medicare cuts is building momentum in Congress.
Legislators in Oregon and Washington are considering new vaccine strategies after bills to make it tougher to get vaccine exemptions failed to pass.
A LITTLE EXTRA
Fair question: How fair are science fairs? Answer: Not very.
[Photo from Flickr user Ted Eytan at Royal College of Physicians London]
