Morning Read: A Boehringer-Sanofi swap, one solid suggestion for Theranos
Also, a new deal for Illumina, a cure for Martin Shkreli, a controversial hospital acquisition and another Obamacare deadline approaches.
FDA clears Propeller Health remote monitoring platform for GSK inhaler as beyond the pill trend grows
The clearance permits companies that use medications with GSK's Diskus dry powder inhaler for COPD patients to use Propeller's platform to better understand how COPD patients used their inhaler between appointments.
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.
In quest to understand patient experience, pharma companies turn to ethnographers (video)
Pharmaceutical companies are turning to ethnographers to get a better appreciation for the diversity of the patient experience.
Would healthcare industry adopt your digital health tech? Connected Health program offers assessment
Three years ago Boehringer-Ingelheim set up a team called New Business Model and Healthcare Innovation with a mission of looking at everything that was non-therapeutic, because it wanted to see how these technologies would fit into a prescription medicine portfolio once they were de-risked. It has since initiated collaborations with Propeller Health and become a […]
4 innovative campaigns that have pushed pharma social media forward
In the grand experiment that is healthcare social media, there have certainly been some hits and misses. The lack of clarity around the ROI in social media for pharmaceutical companies (or anywhere, really) in combination with a lack of comprehensive guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration makes its ground on which drug companies […]
Alzheimer’s, dementia exact massive global toll (Morning Read)
A landmark report on the Global Economic Impact of Dementia finds that Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are exacting a massive toll -- $604 billion in 2010 -- on the global economy, with the problem set to accelerate in coming years.
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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.
FDA will review angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) for cancer risk
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has joined the ranks of public health agencies reviewing a popular class of blood pressure medicines and its possible link to cancer, despite criticism about using the method of meta-analysis to establish such a link. Researchers at Cleveland, Ohio’s, University Hospitals Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute blew the whistle […]
Roxane, Ben Venue units settle Medicaid fraud claims for $7.75M
Two Ohio-based units of German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim will contribute to a $7.75 million settlement with Wisconsin of claims they overcharged its Medicaid program for drugs, according to the Pharmalot blog. The settlement by Roxane Laboratories in Columbus and Ben Venue Laboratories in Bedford — neither admitting wrongdoing or violation — was part of a […]
Ben Venue, Roxane parent launches $135M life sciences fund
The German parent of Ben Venue and Roxane drug-making facilities in Ohio has launched a $135 million venture fund to foster innovation in the life sciences. Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH of Ingelheim, Germany, started Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund to invest in biotech and start-up companies worldwide “that provide ground-breaking therapeutic approaches and technologies to help drive […]
Ohio Third Frontier attracted $3.2 billion in private investment in seven years — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 10, 2009
The Ohio Third Frontier program has attracted $3.2 billion in private investment since it began seven years ago, according to a recent report by the Ohio Business Roundtable. The Roundtable is one of the leading proponents of renewing Ohio Third Frontier through a May 2010 ballot initiative.
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