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Eli Lilly’s Jaypirca is now approved for treating three types of blood cancers. While Jaypirca blocks a target already addressed by other cancer therapies, the Lilly molecule does it in a way that sets it apart from the rest of its drug class.

A new partnership between Aledade and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia aims to improve access to value-based primary care for Medicaid members.

Rising out-of-pocket costs and barriers preventing or delaying the utilization of healthcare coverage highlight the need for a comprehensive approach that goes beyond insurance coverage alone and addresses the underlying issues affecting healthcare accessibility and affordability.

A new guide from Northeast Business Group on Health helps employers understand the challenges women face when it comes to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. It also recommends actions that employers can take to support women in their workforce.

As we embark on the winter season, the significance of respiratory health becomes even more pronounced. The challenges posed by cold weather, compounded by air pollution, necessitate a proactive approach.

Hims & Hers unveiled a new weight loss program on Monday that includes access to medications, educational content and digital tracking tools.

BIO’s new president and CEO is a familiar face. John Crowley, a longtime BIO board member, was named the life sciences industry trade group’s new leader, starting in March.

Regulators and experts consider patient-reported outcomes (PROs) as the gold standard when assessing a patient’s subjective treatment experience. As such, ePROs can be the key to product differentiation for sponsors seeking to highlight their product’s ease of administration, tolerability, or compatibility in combination with other components of a treatment regimen. 

The AI tools that radiologists need the most are ones that integrate their workflows and make it easier to access past images, said Dr. Jocelyn Chertoff, radiology chair at Dartmouth Health. When adopting AI to address their workforce shortage, hospitals need to involve clinicians early-on in decisions about what new tools to implement, she also noted.

I look at non-pharmacological approaches like digital therapeutics as having the potential to give someone like me living with chronic pain everything I need to make a healthy recovery: access to digital treatments and clinicians, to community, coaching, and navigation services.