Cancer Moonshot targets healthcare’s four-letter word: silo
Biden's aim to outwit cancer can demolish another scourge in healthcare: silos.
Data, IT and patient engagement highlight Cancer Moonshot Summit
Among the highlights of Wednesday's Cancer Moonshot Summit was news that IBM Watson Health will team with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring precision medicine to 10,000 veterans with cancer over the next two years.
The Power of One: Redefining Healthcare with an AI-Driven Unified Platform
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Biden, Soon-Shiong, Frist take cancer message to Vatican
An apparent highlight of the conference was U2 guitarist David "The Edge" Evans, who is active is several cancer charities, becoming the first rock star to play the Sistine Chapel.
Rare focused ultrasound treatment gets some moonshot initiative attention
Focused ultrasound, a rarely used treatment that involves zapping a body part with converging beams of sound, has gotten the attention of Joe Biden and the moonshot initiative.
What could the White House’s precision medicine love fest mean for the 2016 elections?
We're heading into the 2016 elections, after all, where we've got candidates on both sides of the aisle reviling the drug pricing of the pharmaceutical industry. The Precision Medicine Initiative could help convince the public that the biopharmaceutical industry isn't completely stuffed with bad guys.
Cancer Moonshot 2020 rolls out new pediatric consortium
Some view this approach as already outmoded, is too optimistic to be realistic, and wrongly states cancer as a single disease - when it results from a multitude of factors and presents in countless ways.
As Healthcare and Biopharma Companies Embrace AI, Insurance Underwriters See Risks and Opportunities
In an interview, Munich Re Specialty Senior Vice President Jim Craig talked about the risk that accompanies innovation and the important role that insurers play.
Biopharma’s top brass forms bold new immunotherapy coalition
The National Immunotherapy Coalition will work towards a new cancer initiative called "Cancer MoonShot 2020" that will take important steps in eradicating cancer.