Toby Cosgrove to step down as Cleveland Clinic CEO
Cleveland Clinic President and CEO Toby Cosgrove has news to share: He's stepping down from his role this year.
Panelists at ATA discuss why there’s “a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”
One of the panels at ATA this year focused on female leadership in the healthcare and telehealth fields. We've come a long way, but we've got a long way to go.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
GE Healthcare’s digital future starts with $500 million investment, hiring 5,000 engineers
Through a mega-investment and hiring spree, GE Healthcare is working toward its goal of digital advancement.
Here’s what C-suite leaders plan to focus on under the Trump administration
Although the future of the healthcare world is unknown, a recent survey highlights the primary goals of healthcare leaders moving forward.
For healthcare CEOs in early 2017, it’s hasta la vista, baby
At least four healthcare executives have either resigned, been fired or taken on a lesser role since the first of the year — and the head of NIH may be out soon, too.
A lesson on biotech CEO dynamics using… thermodynamics!
Venture capitalist Bruce Booth likened CEO dynamics to thermodynamics in a blog that uses scientific parlance to describe leadership challenges to the nerdy biotech set. The metaphors are pretty out of control. Explosive? For instance, as in thermodynamic reactions, Booth asserts there are two kinds of CEOs – exothermic (energy releasing) and endothermic (energy absorbing). The exothermic CEO is […]
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Four CEOs in healthcare make the top 10 in Harvard Business Review’s list
Harvard Business Review’s annual list of the 100 top performing CEOs in the world is out, and four of the top ten are in the healthcare industry. John Martin of Gilead Sciences, David Pyott of Allergan, Lars Rebien Sørensen from Novo Nordisk and J. Michael Pearson, CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals all made made it to […]
Using Smartphone Apps to Empower Patients and Illuminate Clinical Research
Picure this. Your mom was just approved for admission into a clinical trial for a new drug for blood pressure. But your mom is sort of forgetful and not very organized. Will she remember to take her pills on time? Will she know how to answer the survey questions for the trial? You want her […]