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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.

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Real-word health data firm launches with backing from WashU Medicine, BJC HealthCare

Health data company CuriMeta launched on Tuesday and announced the close of a $6 million seed funding round led by its two institutional partners, BJC HealthCare and the Washington University School of Medicine. The company's mission is to leverage its two institutional partners’ deep data resources to create more useful data that enables quicker discoveries of new diagnostics and medical interventions.