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Top Story Pfizer, Flagship Team Up in $100M R&D Pact: 10 New Drugs for Unmet Needs Pfizer and Flagship Pioneering are partnering in a drug research alliance leveraging the capabilities of the more than 40 biotech startups in the venture capital firm's portfolio. The new partners aim to develop drugs for unmet needs, including those in broad patient populations. Sponsored Content Enhancing Efficiency in your Practices: Unleashing the Power of Greenway Health's Optimization Services Presented by Greenway Health Resolve your healthcare information technology concerns by optimizing your technology, boosting workflows, improving staff productivity, and driving revenue. Learn More>>

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Here's Why Novartis Is Paying $500M to Acquire a Preclinical RNA Startup Novartis's acquisition of DTx Pharma brings a lead program for a rare disease with no FDA-approved therapies. But the deal could also help the pharma giant bring new RNA therapies to new places in the body, a top Novartis executive explained. Fewer Physicians Are Practice Owners Than Ever & Medicare Rates Are to Blame, AMA Says Over the past decade, a significant percentage of the country's physicians have shifted from working in private practices (defined as those owned wholly by physicians) to working in bigger, health system-owned practices. The ability to negotiate higher payment rates with insurers when working at a larger practice is a crucial factor causing this trend, according to a new AMA analysis. Right Now: 'Insourcing' Dialysis Can Deliver Big Cost Savings, Better Outcomes When facilities operate their own acute dialysis operations and no longer enlist third parties to provide treatment, they save hundreds of dollars per session. Insourcing also enables hospitals to keep trained dialysis staff on hand full-time to actively ensure quality kidney care to their patients. Survey: 85% of Employees Don't Use Their Mental Health Benefits More than half of employees said they don't have mental health benefits in their benefit package or aren't sure if they do, according to a new survey. About two-thirds of respondents said they would use a digital mental health benefit if it was offered to them. Herself Health Secures $26M To Bring Primary Care to Women Ages 65+ Herself Health's $26 million Series A funding round was led by Michael Cline, founding managing partner of Accretive, and included participation from Juxtapose. It comes six months after Herself Health raised $7 million in seed funding. In total, the company has raised $33 million. 64% of Clinicians Feel Physically Unsafe at Work, Report Says A new survey revealed that 64% of clinicians feel physically unsafe at work. The perceived risk of violence was especially high among women, clinicians under age 40, emergency department physicians and employees who work with patients struggling with addiction or other mental health conditions.

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