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LillyDirect Taps Walmart for First Retail Pick-Up Option for Zepbound

Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs

October has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Eli Lilly, CommonSpirit Health and HLM Venture Partners welcomed new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Genentech and Jefferson Health.

By Katie Adams

BioPharma, Pharma

Liver Complications Lead FDA to Stop Tests of Intellia Gene-Editing Therapy for a Rare Disease

The FDA clinical hold covers two Phase 3 studies for nexiguran ziclumeran, or nex-z, an experimental gene-editing therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis. Nex-z uses the CRISPR gene-editing technology to inactivate the gene that codes for the protein driving this rare disease.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

Creating Exceptional Patient Experiences Starts with Identity Intelligence

We must work together across the care continuum to establish both local and network-trusted identity data management capabilities that can unify patient data across fragmented data silos at both the database layer and the front-end digital and physical access layer.

By Clay Ritchey

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Innovation Fatigue is Rampant: What’s the Rx to Fix It?

It’s not the flashiest technologies or rapid-speed AI breakthroughs that can do it. It’s the technologies laser-focused on the unglamorous but all-consuming coordination problems that suck up medical staff’s time, stress them out, and compromise patient care.

By Effie Carlson

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Transforming Clinical Content with Ambient & Generative AI

Sheila Bond, MD, talked about the latest trends regarding integration of AI in healthcare.

By MedCity News

BioPharma, Pharma

Novo Nordisk Swoops In With $6.5B Bid to Top Pfizer’s M&A Deal With Obesity Biotech Metsera

Acquisition talks for Metsera that played out this year culminated in an agreement with Pfizer, which agreed to buy the obesity drug developer for $4.9 billion. Novo Nordisk, a finalist in that pursuit, is positioning itself as a deal spoiler with a new unsolicited offer that shells out much more upfront cash.

By Frank Vinluan

Policy, Legal

California Signs PBM Law: As Federal PBM Regulation Lags, the States Step Up

With federal PBM reform stalled, states like California are stepping up with laws like SB 41 to boost transparency and lower drug costs.

By Marissa Plescia

4 Strategies Providers Are Using to Strengthen the Healthcare Workforce

During Reuters’ Total Health conference in Chicago, four healthcare leaders shared the strategies they believe will help fortify the workforce for the future.

By Katie Adams

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How Lantern Delivers ROI Through Smarter Healthcare Navigation

Dickon Waterfield discusses why Lantern's navigation works.

By MedCity News

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Medical Billing Professionals Share Views on AI and Health Tech

The AI Index in RCM highlights the findings of our survey of 125 medical billing executives who offered insights and feedback on RCM tech.

By Stephanie Baum

MedCity Influencers

Conducting a Medical Device Security Risk Assessment

The cybersecurity process is something you need to invest effort in now. Here's some insight on conducting a security risk analysis that is impactful for the whole life of a medical device or medical device software.

By Bob Barrett

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Integrating GLP-1s: How Berry Street is Redefining Nutrition Care

Richard Fu details the company's approach to nutrition therapy and strategy for patients using GLP-1s.

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Bias Doesn’t End at the Dataset: It Lives in the Deployment

Equity has to be built into the deployment strategy from day one, not treated as a future retrofit. That means prioritizing inclusion not only in the data but in the delivery, and recognizing that inclusive deployment is the foundation for inclusive datasets.

By Dedi Gilad

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Heard at HLTH: Healthcare Executives Share Views on AI from Clinical Decision Support to OR Efficiency and Streamlining the Payment Experience

MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Reporter Marissa Plescia interviewed health tech executives at HLTH 2025.

By Stephanie Baum

BioPharma, Pharma

FDA Proposes Dropping Clinical Trial Requirements to Bring Biosimilars to Market More Quickly

Generic drugs don’t need lengthy clinical trials to support a submission seeking FDA approval. The regulator now proposes ending this testing requirement for biosimilars, products that reference complex biologic medicines.

By Frank Vinluan

Health Tech

Samsung Health, HealthTap Launch Virtual Primary Care Partnership

HealthTap and Samsung Health have partnered to offer virtual primary and urgent care within the Samsung Health app.

By Marissa Plescia

Startups, Health Tech, Artificial Intelligence Providers,

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Mayo Clinic-Backed Corvus Launches to Fix the Surgical Referrals Process

Corvus, a Chicago-based startup aiming to simplify the surgical referrals process, announced its launch. The company’s AI platform helps healthcare teams manage inbound surgical referrals more efficiently, ensuring patients are routed to the right treatment while also optimizing operating room utilization.

By Katie Adams

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DPC Physicians Are Running Blind Without Clinical Data

Real-time access to clinical data would reduce the wasted time and effort tracking down referral records and enable a more proactive, rather than reactive, approach to patient treatment plans.

By Ben Newton

MedCity Influencers

The Next Phase of Surgical Robotics

Technology advancements like imaging will overlap with changing commercialization models and new hospital realities to enable entirely new patient impacts and economic models.

By Jian Zhang

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Heard at HLTH 2025: Healthcare Executives Highlight AI, ROI, and Fertility Tech. (Video)

They shared new developments, their views on AI, and what they're doing to disrupt the status quo in healthcare.

By Stephanie Baum