Ray Therapeutics’ gene therapy is independent of the causative genes driving inherited vision disorders, which CEO Paul Bresge says is important for reaching a broad patient population. Rare disease retinitis pigmentosa is the first disease target, but the startup also plans to test its approach in more prevalent eye disorders.
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A conversation with Suchi Saria, associate professor of medicine at John Hopkins University and director of its Machine Learning and Healthcare Lab about responsible AI.
Medicare is failing its beneficiaries by not treating obesity as a disease. Just like people with high blood pressure often need to take medications to avoid disease-related complications, people with obesity need access to all appropriate, evidence-based therapies to combat the disease.
It’s clear that services like telehealth and remote patient monitoring have potential to provide value within the healthcare industry, but hospitals and digital health companies need to show payers clearer evidence of the outcomes these care modalities can produce in order to earn reimbursement, panelists argued during MedCity's INVEST conference.