By Heather Landi
As Google pushes further into healthcare, the tech company has gotten good at poaching talent from health systems and regulatory agencies. Google has tapped Bakul Patel, the former head of digital health at the FDA, to develop and lead its unified digital health and regulatory strategy.
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By Kevin Dunleavy
Big Pharma posted major growth in the first quarter of 2022, providing more evidence of the industry’s rebound from the pandemic. Most of the growth leaders sell COVID-19 products. A quarter-over-quarter comparison however told a different tale as seasonal effects prevented most companies from exceeding their fourth-quarter revenues.
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By Andrea Park
Sernova's Cell Pouch system has already produced promising results in clinical trials using human donor cells, and now, it has brought German biotech Evotec on board to help fill them with insulin-producing cells.
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By Nick Paul Taylor
AstraZeneca is keeping its foot on the gas on COVID-19 R&D, striking a deal to license RQ Biotechnology’s early-stage monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in a deal worth up to $157 million plus royalties.
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By Robert King
A new study from RAND found that employer and private health plans paid hospitals 224% more in 2020 compared to Medicare.
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By Angus Liu
After years of investigating and political finger-pointing, the Greek government is still pressing bribery allegations against Novartis and is now promising legal action.
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By Conor Hale
Researchers in China have put forward early studies of a smart contact lens for treating glaucoma. It aims to sense rising fluid pressures within the eye and automatically deliver medication as needed.
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By Max Bayer
The FDA will convene an advisory committee to discuss Cytokinetics inconsistent heart failure med after all, more than three months after the agency first indicated it would not.
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By Andrea Park
The Labcorp test requires only a single nasal swab to detect COVID-19, RSV and influenza A and B. The sample is self-collected in a patient’s own home, then sent off to the diagnostic lab giant for processing.
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By Natalie Missakian
It’s unlikely parents of 9-year-olds are thinking much about their child contracting HPV. But a new unbranded TV ad from Merck reminds them that this is precisely the age when they can start immunizing their children against the human papilloma virus to prevent future cancers.
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By Robert King
A collection of 24 states announced support for the federal government who are in several lawsuits with drugmakers over 340B restrictions.
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By Annalee Armstrong
An osteoarthritis trial ravaged by COVID, an FDA rejection, three failed clinical trials in COVID and now this: Ampio’s board is conducting an internal investigation.
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By Andrea Park
Not content to simply grin and bear it as another dental artificial intelligence developer, VideaHealth, snagged FDA clearance for cavity-spotting AI just a few weeks ago, Overjet has quickly followed suit.
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