From too little genomic diversity to an overemphasis on rare diseases and oncology, here are three trends from the 35th J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference that will continue to play out this year.
One key trend among startups was the emergence of second order companies attacking problems created by the increasing proliferation of digital health and connected medical devices.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
From Vinod Khosla's talk about the healthcare startups he loves to hate to Illumina and IBM's partnership, here are the most noteworthy stories to emerge from the rain-soaked J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference and the satellite events around it.
Advocates of machine learning say radiology is undergoing a major transformation, but some are careful in not wanting to upset the apple cart too much.
As a panel discussion turned to the question of how much digital health data is too much, the senior vice president for digital health at the world's largest wearables manufacturer expressed concern that physicians would view taking on all that data as a liability risk.
After a freak accident that has left an indelible impression on his mind, Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP, wants to give startups access to his company's technology to help them transform healthcare.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Dr. J. Nwando Olayiwola will head up an office to anchor the company’s expansion in California to support Medicaid patients there.
The infamous LifeSci Advisor's reception at JPM16 may prove to be one of the best things to happen to women in biotech in recent years, serving as a catalyst for many powerful men and women to unite around the cause and to begin to take action.
Give a consumer a choice between a supersized bag of Doritos and a digital health product and they are going to ask you for the guacamole, not a charger.
One of the biggest biotech buzz fields in recent years, CAR-T immunotherapy is on the cusp of gaining an FDA approval. There is no precedent for what comes next. On Wednesday, we got an early glimpse as Kite Pharma outlined its commercialization plan in a packed presentation at #JPM17.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
Science 37 illustrated a way forward for pharma companies to improve clinical trial recruitment through social media and remote monitoring, reducing drug development costs.
Greg Simon who was at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to discuss the Cancer Moonshot criticized President-elect Trump's stance on pharma companies and exhorted the industry to respond rationally.
At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, IBM Watson Health's general manager revealed that Medtronic chooses not to put anonymized patient data on the IBM Watson Health Cloud.
President-elect Trump unleashed on the drug industry in a Wednesday morning press conference, strongly criticizing international manufacturing practices and the lack of price negotiations at home.
One element of the program involves a fresh food pharmacy — an initiative that "prescribes" a food program for diabetic, food-insecure patients.