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Finance, Health Care / Medicine
Startup Syntax Bio Leverages CRISPR to Transform Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Syntax Bio’s technology platform uses CRISPR to direct stem cells to become a desired cell type in a process that’s more scalable and less expensive than current methods. The startup is raising a Series A round of financing to further demonstrate the potential of its technology. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
HHS: Medicaid/CHIP Coverage To Be Reinstated For 500K People
Thirty states have been conducting Medicaid and CHIP automatic renewals incorrectly, leading to many individuals being wrongly removed from coverage. Because of this, nearly 500,000 children and other individuals will have their coverage reinstated. - Sponsored
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Health Care / Medicine
Introducing MedCity FemFwd, A New Podcast On Women’s Health
In the inaugural episode, Michelle Long of KFF examines whether Opill — the first daily oral contraceptive approved for nonprescription use in the U.S. — will be covered by insurance.
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
How The FTC Is Tackling ‘Below The Radar’ Healthcare Deals
The Federal Trade Commission only gets notified when a merger/acquisition deal value is above $100-$110 million, so smaller deals nonetheless lead to a slow consolidation of the market. In conference remarks, FTC Chair Lina Khan outlined the ways in which the agency is trying to counter this phenomenon. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
CMS Is Getting More Serious About Penalizing Hospitals For Price Transparency Noncompliance
CMS has fined two hospitals in September for alleged violations of its price transparency rule. This marks the third month in a row that the agency has issued fines against hospitals for price transparency noncompliance, following a yearslong period of light enforcement. -
Health Care / Medicine
Civil Rights Groups File Complaint Against Florida For Medicaid Redeterminations Process
More than a dozen civil rights organizations alleged in a new complaint that Florida uses administrative practices that are preventing underserved communities from renewing their Medicaid coverage. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Impose Harsher Penalties On Those Who Assault Healthcare Staff
This week, senators introduced a bipartisan bill that would make it a federal crime to assault hospital workers. Even though nearly 40 states have passed laws to intensify penalties for violent acts committed against healthcare personnel, there is currently no federal law protecting hospital employees from assault or intimidation. -
Finance, Health Care / Medicine
Generative AI, RPM Were Among The Biggest Trends In Health IT Fundraising During Q2
Healthcare IT companies raised $1 billion in venture capital in Q2 — down slightly from the $1.3 billion raised in Q1 but up significantly from the $451.3 million raised in Q4 2022. - Sponsored
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
How 4 Mental Health Firms Want The DEA To Handle Virtual Prescribing Of Controlled Substances
Talkiatry, Array Behavioral Care, Iris Telehealth, and Quartet Health sent a letter to the DEA asking for a special registration process that would allow for the prescribing of certain controlled medications via telemedicine. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
FDA Approves Updated COVID-19 Vaccines To Address Now Circulating Variants
The FDA said the updated messenger RNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna will protect against the omicron subvariants now prevalent in circulation. Left out of the FDA decision is Novavax, whose protein-based vaccine is still under regulatory review. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
HHS Issues Proposal Bolstering Nondiscrimination Protections For People With Disabilities
With its new proposal, HHS is amending the regulations to be clearer in their language, as well as more aligned with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act, and amendments to the Rehabilitation Act. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
HHS Will Likely Face More Lawsuits Against Drug Price Negotiation Now That It Has Named The First 10 Meds Included In The Plan
Novartis became the seventh drugmaker to legally challenge the White House’s Medicare drug pricing negotiation program. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
Amgen, FTC Settlement Allows $28B Horizon Acquisition To Move Forward
Amgen and the Federal Trade Commission are settling the lawsuit the regulator filed to block the pharmaceutical giant’s $28 billion Horizon Therapeutics acquisition. As part of the settlement, Amgen agrees not to ‘bundle’ its products with Horizon’s drugs in negotiations with health plans.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
What Impact Will California’s New ‘Transaction Review’ Law Have?
California passed a law last year aimed at controlling rising healthcare costs that gave the state the ability to scrutinize healthcare deals of a certain size involving California companies. What impact can it have? -
Health Care / Medicine
Still Hungry for New Obesity Meds, Novo Nordisk Makes Another M&A Deal
Novo Nordisk is expanding its cardiometabolic drug pipeline with the acquisition of Embark Biotech, a startup developing drugs for a novel target that can suppress appetite and boost calorie burning in cells. Embark’s science comes University of Copenhagen research on a novel fat cell target. -
Health Care / Medicine
Danaher Continues M&A Streak, Buying Life Sciences Firm Abcam for $5.7B
Abcam’s acquisition comes two months after its board announced the exploration of strategic alternatives that could include the sale of the company. Danaher beat out at least 20 companies that were potential buyers of the life sciences tools and antibody development firm. -
Health Care / Medicine
Bon Secours Mercy Health Sues Anthem Health Plans of Virginia for Unpaid Claims
In a new lawsuit, Bon Secours Mercy Health Virginia alleges that Anthem Health Plans of Virginia owes the health system more than $93 million in outstanding unpaid and underpaid claims. -
Health Care / Medicine
85,000 Kaiser Workers Will Soon Vote To Authorize What Could Be The Biggest Healthcare Strike In US History
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced that it will soon begin conducting strike authorization votes among its 85,000 members. The coalition’s chief concern is Kaiser’s dangerous staffing levels, which members say have led to excessively long wait times, patient neglect and mistaken diagnosis. If the coalition authorizes and implements the strike, it will become the largest strike of healthcare workers in the history of the U.S. -
Health Care / Medicine
Floridians Sue Florida Over Medicaid Redeterminations Process
Two Florida families allege that tens of thousands of Floridians are being terminated from Medicaid coverage without sufficient information as to why. This comes as the U.S. continues the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement, which stopped states from disenrolling Medicaid enrollees during the COVID-19 public health emergency. -
Health Care / Medicine
Teva, Glenmark To Pay $255M, Divest Cholesterol Drug To Settle DOJ Price Fixing Charges
Generic drugmakers Teva and Glenmark recently became the sixth and seventh drugmakers to resolve criminal charges as a result of the DOJ’s yearslong investigation into generic drug price fixing. The settlement agreement requires both companies to pay hefty fines as well as divest their drug lines for pravastatin, a widely used statin that lowers cholesterol.