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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

Year-on-year, different spikes and ups-and-downs call out for special mention, such as: Pharma’s 13-point steep dive to 38% between 2017 and 2018, dramatically recovering by 9 points in the last year to 47% [with the wild card here of whether U.S. to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies].

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Venture Capitalists have poured more than $26 Billion into Health Startups in 2018

Lloyd Price

million, compared with $12 million in 2017, which is about the same compared with September's fundraising average. million per deal in September 2017.) Some of October's biggest deals included Medicare Advantage plan firm Devoted Health's $300 million series B fundraise led by Andreessen Horowitz. Source : [link]

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Spring 2019: Healthcare Updates to Know

Advanced Medical Reviews

Sworn in on May 11, 2017, Gottlieb was known for his efforts to regulate the tobacco and e-cigarette industries, lower drug prices and address the growing opioid crisis. Sharpless is a proponent of big data and previously founded two biotech companies. FDA Commissioner Resigns. CMS Publishes New National Health Expenditures Data.

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The Evolution of Self-Care for Consumers – Learning and Sharing at CHPA

Health Populi

Payors have begun to recognize the value of nudging consumers toward over-the-counter products under Medicare Advantage plans. Nutritionals had a rebound after a slower 2017, growing 4.2% Edelman’s health industry segments for this study are pharma, consumer health, insurance, biotech/life science, and hospitals.

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Prescription Drug Costs In America Through the Patient Lens, via IQVIA, GoodRx and a New $2 Million Therapy

Health Populi

Medicines treating hypertension experienced the largest absolute growth in number of scripts, up 48 million in 2018 over 2017; this increase was driven by an aging population and expanded guidelines in place for the treatment of high blood pressure. In 2017, nearly 60% of new therapy starts were for the Flucelvax Quadrivalent flu vaccine.

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The Gap Between the Trump Administration’s Promise of Reducing Rx Costs for Consumers and What People Really Want

Health Populi

Incentives for lowering list prices for medicines, such as FDA requiring that drug companies include list prices in ads and bringing more transparency to Medicare drug pricing and generic competition, and. ” These prescriptions for lower pharma costs contrast with what most U.S.

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We Have No Idea What Donald Trump is Going to Do About Insulin Prices

Insulin Nation

Drug pricing was not the centerpiece of his populist rhetoric, but on the campaign trail he did briefly describe his plans to have Medicare negotiate for better drug prices; he also signaled his intent to remove hurdles to importing cheaper drugs made abroad.

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