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There needs to be better communication, a focus on clinically appropriate care and more empathy when it comes to treating the mental health of the incarcerated population, executives said during a recent panel discussion.

While current government and commercial efforts to negotiate competitive drug prices are important, this focus represents a minor—and misplaced—implementation of medication management. It’s time that policymakers, insurers and healthcare providers make pharmacogenomic testing a fundamental standard of care delivery.

Sunnyside, which offers an app to help consumers moderate their drinking, has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Motley Fool Ventures and will be partially used for product development.

With proposed requirements ranging from accessible self-service kiosks to accessible medical equipment, the impact of this new rule will be wide-ranging with financial, operational, and practical consequences.

Proposals targeting misaligned financial incentives, price transparency, and pharmacy access are important and necessary reforms. But the consequences of failing to address pharmacy benefit managers’ use of market power to block competition and extract monopoly profits from payers and consumers will not be limited to drug costs – it will change all of healthcare for generations.

BeiGene is expanding its cancer drug pipeline, landing global rights to an Ensem Therapeutics cancer drug candidate ready to enter the clinic. The drug targets CDK2, an enzyme whose excessive activity is associated with cancer progression.

Eating disorders don't discriminate. Equip, a virtual company that provides eating disorder support, is trying to reach different populations by having a diverse care team and working with advisors from different backgrounds, said Kristina Saffran, CEO and co-founder of the company.

The DEA proposed a rule back in March that would roll back some of the Covid-19 flexibilities for the virtual prescribing of controlled substances, but has since extended the flexibilities. Stephanie Strong, founder and CEO of Boulder Care, feels confident that the DEA will continue to be open to the prescribing of these medications via telemedicine.

Digital health platform Ayble Health partnered with Mayo Clinic to offer patients a hybrid care model for digestive health that matches them with the appropriate virtual and in-person services based on their acuity and needs. The hybrid care model is available for large employers and health plans.

We need to take inspiration from the progress in oncology over the last few decades and challenge ourselves to adapt its successful playbook to mental illness. It’s time for precision psychiatry.