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Employers Are Extremely Concerned About Cost

Cancer and pharmacy services are driving up costs for employers. One Mercer exec recently laid out several recommendations for employers to manage these costs. By MARISSA PLESCIA Employers have a long list of concerns when it comes to healthcare, and at the top of that list is cost, one expert said. “Employers are extremely concerned about cost. They are focused on most of their top cost drivers,” said Agnes Quiggle, principal health transformation collaborative leader at Mercer, a consulting firm. Quiggle made these comments Tuesday during an interview at HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas. The top cost driver for employers is cancer, she noted. Cancer overtook musculoskeletal conditions in this category last year, according to Business Group on Health. Quiggle said that cancer diagnoses are “increasing rapidly” and people are living longer with the disease. Pharmacy spending is also a key driver of healthcare costs, Quiggle stated. “Our clients are ...
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Best Buy to sell continuous glucose monitoring systems

Dive Brief Best Buy plans to start selling continuous glucose monitors in the next few weeks, in the tech retailer’s first foray into prescription-based medical device sales. The company plans to sell the Dexcom G7 CGM at launch, and is looking to offer additional CGM systems from other manufacturers, according to the company. Customers who want to buy a CGM will be routed to virtual care platform Wheel, where clinicians will determine a patient’s eligibility and write a prescription. Pharmacy tech provider HealthDyne will receive and process prescriptions, and consumers can then purchase the CGMs on Best Buy’s website for delivery to their homes. Dive Insight Best Buy has been increasingly active in healthcare as it angles to solidify itself as a valuable partner for hospitals and health plans looking for ways to help consumers manage their health at home. The company has sold medical devices for at-home use for ...
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Study supports genetic predisposition to chronic regional pain syndrome in a third of cases

Genes may be responsible for third of complex regional pain syndrome cases. But the condition is less common in men, even though they are more likely to have the 4 genetic variations implicated in heightened risk, suggesting that there may be sex specific causes, say the researchers. Most cases of CRPS are usually triggered by an injury, with the skin of the affected body part hypersensitive to the slightest touch or temperature change. CRPS is difficult to treat, and while it often improves with time, some people experience intense pain for many years. But why some people develop CRPS yet others don’t after the same injury, isn’t clear. A heritable component to CRPS has been suggested, sparking the theory that some people might be genetically predisposed to the condition. To explore this further, the researchers looked for variations in genes, formally known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs for short, ...
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Bayer christens $250M cell therapy ‘launch facility’ in Berkeley

Despite the promise of cell therapies, manufacturing the personalized medicines at scale has been a limiting factor for many companies. Now, as BlueRock Therapeutics advances its lead prospect, its parent company Bayer is ready to kick production into high gear.Bayer on Tuesday opened its first Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, California, which is expected to create capacity to bring cell therapies to patients worldwide. Bayer has invested $250 million to build the plant, which will initially crank out materials for late-stage clinical trials across 100,000 square feet of space, the drugmaker said in a release. The plant is also equipped to support the potential commercial launch of BlueRock’s experimental cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease, bemdaneprocel. At the moment, BlueRock says planning is underway for its phase 2 study of bemdaneprocel, which is expected to start enrolling patients in the first half of 2024. The plant features flexible, modular space ...
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Merck’s Keytruda hits overall survival goal in early lung cancer as FDA decision nears

What doctors described as a “messy” treatment landscape in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) could get clearer thanks to a first-in-class overall survival win from Merck & Co.’s Keytruda. Using Keytruda both before and after surgery significantly extended the lives of patients with stage 2 to 3b NSCLC in a phase 3 trial, Merck said Tuesday. The Keytruda regimen was pitted against presurgical chemo alone, while Keytruda recipients also received chemotherapy before surgery. The Keynote-671 trial marks the first time an immunotherapy has shown a statistically significant overall survival benefit for certain patients with early-stage NSCLC, Marjorie Green, M.D., head of late-stage oncology development at Merck Research Laboratories, said in a statement. The positive readout comes right before the FDA is expected to decide—by Monday—on Keytruda’s perioperative use as a continuous neoadjuvant-plus-adjuvant therapy in early-stage NSCLC. The trial previously met its other dual primary endpoint, showing Keytruda could reduce ...
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New University of Bristol study to aid strep A vaccine development

The study will offer new insights into the immune system’s response to iGAS Spencer Dayman Meningitis Research has announced that scientists at the University of Bristol have begun a research project to aid in the development of a vaccine against invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS). The study will offer new and unique insights into the adaptive immune response to iGAS. iGAS is a severe infection caused by bacteria invading parts of the body, including the blood, deep muscle, fat tissues or lungs, which can lead to diseases such as meningitis and sepsis. Since April 2023, there have been 3,287 cases of iGAS in the UK, 761 of which occurred in children aged 18 years and under. There is currently no vaccine to protect individuals from group A streptococcus, which can also cause rheumatic fever and scarlet fever. Funded by Spencer Dayman Meningitis Research, scientists Dr Ana Goenka, Dr Alice Halliday ...
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Salipro partners with Icosagen to develop monoclonal antibody therapies

Swedish company Salipro Biotech has entered into a multi-target antibody research agreement with biotech company Icosagen. The agreement leverages Salipro’s proprietary platform technology for membrane proteins to identify drugs that target specific G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and solute carrier (SLC) transporters, as per a 10 October announcement. These membrane proteins play a role in different areas such as oncology and autoimmune diseases. Estonian company Icosagen has CRO [contract research organisation] and CDMO [contract development and manufacturing organisation] capabilities, with expertise in protein production and analytics, which contributes to the drug development of monoclonal antibodies. Icosagen will utilise its QMCF technology to advance the project, based on the 10 October press release. The company’s QMCF technology is based on a proprietary mammalian expression system for producing recombinant proteins. Monoclonal antibodies have been identified by GlobalData as a key innovation area for cancer therapy, with Johnson & Johnson being the leading patent ...
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Q&A With David Klein, Co-Founder and CEO of Click Therapeutics

Mike Hollan Klein discusses how recent FDA draft guidelines will impact the use of SaMD in the life sciences industry. David Klein CEO and co-founder Click Therapeutics FDA recently released draft guidelines regarding the use of software as a medical device (SaMD), which determines when the software should be included on the drug’s label. David Klein, CEO of Click Therapeutics, spoke with Pharmaceutical Executive about the impact these guidelines could have on the industry. Pharmaceutical Executive: What work are you doing with SaMD? David Klein: We are a science led biotech and tech company developing SaMD to be prescription treatments. That includes prescription digital therapeutics and discovering developing them in a way where they could potentially work independently or in conjunction with pharmacotherapies in order to lead to better clinical and economic outcomes. PE: The FDA just issued some updated guidelines regarding SaMD, how do you think the industry will ...
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J&J’s DePuy Synthes wins FDA clearance for TriAltis tech

BY SEAN WHOOLEY [Image courtesy of DePuy Synthes] Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced today that its DePuy Synthes unit won FDA 510(k) clearance for two TriAltis technologies. The FDA cleared the company’s TriAltis Spine system and the TriAltis navigation-enabled instruments. TriAltis Spine is a next-generation posterior thoracolumbar pedicle screw system. It offers a comprehensive implant portfolio and advanced instrumentation for integration with enabling technology. DePuy Synthes’ TriAltis navigation-enabled instruments include drills, taps and screwdrivers. These offer manual operation or power operation for navigated and non-navigated use. The company said combining its implants with a digital ecosystem can address unmet clinical needs. Its TriAltis Spine system could help surgeons achieve more consistent outcomes in treating complex spine conditions, too. That includes degenerative tumor, trauma and deformity pathologies. DePuy Synthes built its TriAltis system on what it calls a legacy of thoracolumbar solutions and expertise. It features a “hyperfocus” on performance and ...
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Akero’s Phase IIb NASH Data Disappoints, Sends Stock Plummeting

By Tristan Manalac Pictured: Illustration of a damaged liver/iStock, Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen Results from the Phase IIb SYMMETRY study showed that Akero Therapeutics’ lead candidate efruxifermin failed to significantly reduce liver fibrosis without worsening non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, the company announced on Tuesday. In the 36-week analysis, 22% of patients treated with the 28-mg dose of efruxifermin (EFX) saw at least a one-stage improvement in liver fibrosis with no non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) worsening, whereas 24% of those given the higher 50-mg dose met this endpoint. Neither dose level was statistically better than placebo, in which group 14% of participants demonstrated at least a one-stage fibrosis improvement without disease worsening. In addition, 21% and 14% of patients in the lower and higher EFX dose groups—respectively— demonstrated NASH resolution alongside fibrosis improvement of at least one stage. These were not significantly better than the 9% rate in the placebo arm, according to Akero. Despite ...
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