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5 reasons why the hottest health startups and the investors who covet them are attending HLTH 2022 [Sponsored]

By Stephanie Baum Thursday, September 8, 2022 7:30 AM

The HLTH conference has much to offer startups and investors at the early and growth stage, from networking opportunities, turnkey exhibits, compelling content, pitch contests, an Innovators' Reception, exclusive pricing and more. Register today!

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Roche shells out $250M to acquire Good Therapeutics and its preclinical oncology program

By Katie Adams Wednesday, September 7, 2022 7:21 PM

Roche announced it will acquire Good Therapeutics, a Seattle-based preclinical biotech, for $250 million. The deal makes Roche responsible for developing and commercializing Good's lead program, which seeks to make oncology drugs that target PD-1 proteins more effective, such as Keytruda or Opdivo.

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3 care categories that matter in connected health care

By Erik Kling Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6:46 PM

Medical IoT is forecast to grow from $41 billion in 2020 to $188 billion by 2028. The growth is for a good reason: Connected medical devices, combined with the right software, can improve conditions and delivery, optimize care and devices, and save lives.

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Elizabeth Holmes requests new trial after "star witness" expresses regrets

By Amanda James Wednesday, September 7, 2022 5:45 PM

A former Theranos lab director who testified during Elizabeth Holmes' trial said he's had trouble sleeping because of regrets about the trial and showed up at her door "disheveled" and wanting to talk.

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Why a consulting firm focused life sciences bought a healthcare crowdsourcing platform

By Joel Berg Wednesday, September 7, 2022 5:42 PM

Alira Health hopes its purchase of RedCrow will help it stand out from the crowd of consulting firms that help life sciences companies bring drugs to market.

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uMETHOD, Getlabs partner to make personalized cognitive decline care plans accessible in Arizona

By Katie Adams Wednesday, September 7, 2022 4:35 PM

uMETHOD, which provides precision medicine software to treat cognitive decline, tapped at-home diagnostics provider Getlabs to supply mobile phlebotomies for its patients in Arizona. Blood tests are an essential part of the personalized care plans that uMETHOD provides, and the partnership seeks to make these tests accessible to patients with cognitive decline.

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What do GCs need to know to advise clients to avoid telehealth fraud? 

By Amanda James Wednesday, September 7, 2022 1:44 PM

What's interesting in this special fraud alert and what was somewhat new is the dual emphasis on marketing and clinical decision making.

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The patient privacy factor in clinical trials

By Jennifer Bolduc Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12:30 PM

As a physician working in health IT, I know that having access to patient data from the patient and from other sites of care is of tremendous value in clinical decision-making and directly impacts patients.

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Unraveling the interplay of omicron, reinfections, and long Covid

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, September 7, 2022 12:20 PM

Although omicron infections are proving milder overall than those caused by last summer's delta variant, omicron has also proved capable of triggering long-term symptoms and organ damage. But whether omicron causes long covid symptoms as often — and as severe — as previous variants is a matter of heated study.

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