A new ophthalmic drug company hoping to reformulate existing drugs to “bring better drugs, at better prices, to the patient” looks to be getting off the ground with some early capital. Eye-Pharma, founded by a retina surgeon and pharmaceutical executives from the company Ezra Innovations in 2013, disclosed in a new SEC filing that it’s […]
The governors of Ohio and Arkansas, seeking a way around conservative state legislators who refuse to expand Medicaid, want to insure some of their poorest residents using a market-based approach. The federal government appears likely to allow Republic...
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A new program in Arkansas is designed to reduce Medicaid costs and transform the way doctors view health costs, especially for patients who require extensive treatment.
Would more women get screened for breast cancer if the test was less painful, less expensive, more reliable and easier to get? If they only had to do a saline wash of their eyes in a doctor’s office? That’s the hope of Ascendant Diagnostics LLC, which is developing a new tear-based screening process for early […]
A pharmaceutical company making generic drugs that include its proprietary extended-release drug delivery technology is hoping to close a $6.5 million round by the end of the month. Ezra Innovations uses a unique drug design licensed from the University of Arkansas to improve the consistency with which a drug is released from pills over time. […]
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The Ohio House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a proposal that authorizes registered nurses to determine and pronounce death. Under current state law, only physicians have the authority to pronounce death. That’s a potential problem, given the well-chronicled physician shortage that exists in the U.S., which is more acute in rural areas. Giving nurses this […]