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USC Study Finds When Medicare Chips in for Hepatitis C Treatment for Medicaid Patients, Everyone Wins
A Medicaid-Medicare partnership could cover lifesaving hepatitis C medications — and still save $1 to $1.1 billion over 25 years
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FDA’s Approval of Aducanumab Paves the Way for ‘More Momentous’ Alzheimer’s Breakthroughs
New in STAT, Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla discuss how the FDA’s recent approval of the first disease modifying therapy aducanumab against Alzheimer’s disease will pave the way for bigger breakthrough.
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Impacts of First-in-Class Drug Approvals on Future in-Class Innovation
Some claim that FDA approval of drugs with uncertain efficacy today will slow future innovation. In fact, the relationship is much more complex.
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Roybal Fellow Sparks Winning Nudge to Increase Vaccine Uptake
Jehan Sparks helped design the top-performing “nudge” which resulted in an 11% increase in the rate of flu shot vaccinations.
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Using Precision Medicine in Clinical Practice
Despite its promise and multimillion dollar federal investments, the development and implementation of precision medicine in routine clinical care continues to be slow. How can we translate theory into practice?Date of event: -
Developing Effective Payment and Reimbursement Models
Targeted therapies can come with significant costs. But successful use of personalized medicine can also result in better healthcare outcomes and reduced long-term costs over time. Given this, how we pay for these therapies may require new approaches and models.Date of event: