Breaking News

Why 2 top health systems chose AWS as their cloud vendor

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here.

StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups

By Stephanie Baum Friday, June 3, 2022 7:58 AM

Check out news from Carrum Health, Equiva, SpectrumAi, Transition Bio and SamaCare.

Read more »

Regeneron is paying $900M for full rights to cancer drug partnered with Sanofi

By Frank Vinluan Thursday, June 2, 2022 5:30 PM

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has big plans for cancer immunotherapy Libtayo and it believes it can better execute on them if it has full control of the drug, currently partnered with Sanofi. Regeneron struck a deal to pay Sanofi $900 million, plus another $200 million in milestones, to secure full global rights to the asset.

Read more »

Laid-off doctor who refused vaccine seeks legal relief after nurses similarly laid off are recalled to work

By Amanda James Thursday, June 2, 2022 4:25 PM

Ascension Health notified the employees that there was too great of a risk for them to return to work without being vaccinated, but the majority of those who were laid off were asked to return to work shortly after

Read more »

Improving the financial experience in healthcare

By Stephanie Baum Thursday, June 2, 2022 4:23 PM

At the INVEST Digital Health conference, scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, in Dallas and presented in collaboration with Health Wildcatters, healthcare experts will address a wide range of topics in the context of how employers are addressing healthcare needs of their workforce.

Read more »

Healthcare workforces need sustainable systems

By Stephanie Mercado and David B. Nash Thursday, June 2, 2022 2:24 PM

Our people are not the problem, our unsustainable systems are, including our activation around workforce development.

Read more »

To improve EMR satisfaction, work on speed and reliability first

By Katie Adams Thursday, June 2, 2022 2:02 PM

Providers would be wise to improve their EMR system response time and reliability, as these two measures critically influence clinician satisfaction. These improvements are acutely needed amid healthcare's workforce shortage — burnout and EMR dissatisfaction are key factors associated with clinicians' likelihood to resign.

Read more »

Repare relinquishes cancer drug to Roche, gets $125M to finance growing pipeline

By Frank Vinluan Thursday, June 2, 2022 11:19 AM

Roche's deep oncology pipeline is adding a drug candidate from Repare Therapeutics that works by interfering with a DNA repair mechanism of cancer cells. Repare receives $125 million up front and it retains the right to share in the development and commercialization of the drug, camonsertib.

Read more »

   

No comments