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Generally, behavioral health and substance use disorder are behind other specialties in collecting health equity data to lower outcome disparities. Data standardization, reporting requirements, and interoperability are critical to quickly addressing gaps.

Transcarent wants to transform the digital pharmacy benefit experience, enabling self-insured employers and their staff to make more informed choices.

AstraZeneca has committed $1.3 billion to acquire CinCor Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech whose lead drug candidate has the potential to treat hypertension in a new way. In other M&A news, Ipsen and Chiesi Farmaceutici each announced acquisitions of rare disease biotechs. All three deals come with contingent value rights.

Read about executive hires across healthcare and life science companies and organizations such as ProofPilot, Genentech, MassBio, Virgin Pulse, and more.

Crescendo Health recently launched with a $3.4 million initial investment. The startup provides clinical researchers with software tools that make it easier to gather study participants' longitudinal health data.

Eisai Alzheimer’s disease drug Leqembi is now approved for the treatment of patients with an early form of the memory-robbing disease. In granting the antibody accelerated approval, the FDA employed reasoning that was the also basis for the controversial speedy regulatory nod for Biogen’s drug, Aduhelm.

Tim Barry, CEO of VillageMD, is encouraged by the shift he's seeing to value-based care, but is worried that new technologies could create a fragmented system. He made these comments after the value-based company announced Thursday that it completed its $8.9 billion acquisition of Summit Health-City MD.

The new app allows users to seek all of Teladoc's services — such as primary care, mental health and chronic condition management — in one spot. It is also offered in both Spanish and English.

The donation will go to the One Albuquerque Fund for its project called "The Gateway." This project will create a new medical center that will provide emergency overnight beds and other services for those experiencing homelessness.

Through the partnership, food and meals will be offered as a service on HealthAlign’s marketplace. Season Health will provide those services to about 5,500 members a month of three out of the six largest Medicare Advantage plans.