by Jordana Choucair | Jan 9, 2023 | Payers
Elevance Health and a coalition of other Blue Cross and Blue Shield carriers launched Synergie Medication Collective, an independent company that seeks to improve affordability and access to costly specialty drugs. The company will effectively serve as a group...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 9, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its recommendations on treating childhood obesity for the first time in 15 years. The new guidelines emphasize that obesity is a complex and chronic condition and that intensive behavioral and lifestyle changes should...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 6, 2023 | Access & Coverage
The South Carolina Supreme Court yesterday overturned the state’s ban on abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy. South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Kaye Hearn said that the law violated the state’s constitution, which explicitly gives citizens a right to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 6, 2023 | Health IT
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched “Home Test to Treat” – a pilot program that will allow people to receive free testing, consultation, and treatment for COVID-19 from their homes. The agency said it is aiming to offer this service to up to 100,000...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 6, 2023 | Life Sciences
Moderna Inc. announced a $35 million licensing deal with CytomX Therapeutics for the development of certain investigational messenger RNA-based therapies. The deal offers CytomX access to Moderna’s mRNA technology, which has been used to develop COVID-19...
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