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Heal’s Co-Founders Launch New Startup to Help Older Patients & Their Caregivers

MedCity News

Renee Dua and Nick Desai —the husband-and-wife duo who founded physician house call company Heal in 2014 — have launched another healthcare startup.

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American healthcare is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In Gallup’s 2019 survey of potentially worrisome issues among Americans, healthcare topped the list for the fifth straight year. Most other developed countries control costs, in part, by having the government play a stronger role in negotiating prices for healthcare. Healthcare Practices Defensive Medicine.

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Key4Life, The Ideas Foundation, SCA and Brixton Finishing School win The Creative Floor Awards Talent & Diversity Fund

PM360

LONDON, 25 March 2025 – The Creative Floor Healthcare Awards have awarded this years Talent & Diversity to four charities – Key4Life, The Ideas Foundation, School of Communication of Arts and Brixton Finishing School. The aim was to help change the way award shows are run.

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The financial toxicity of treating cancer

World of DTC Marketing

In 2014, cancer patients paid $4 billion out-of-pocket for cancer treatment. Cancer patients may struggle to pay out-of-pocket expenses due to the high expenses incurred, the medical debt, or loss of work. Some cancer patients may face out-of-pocket costs of nearly $12,000 a year for one drug.

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Biden proposes subsidizing drug middlemen for insulin

World of DTC Marketing

In 2014, researchers determined, 30% of insulin revenue went to middlemen. Researchers at USC found that drugmakers’ share of revenue from insulin sales has declined in recent years — and a more significant share is being siphoned off by pharmacy benefit managers, drugstores, wholesalers, and insurers. Los Angeles Times.

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Top 12 Healthcare Technology Start-ups To Know

Medico Reach

The healthcare sector has seen a few developments over the years. Tempus began with the goal of incorporating artificial intelligence and data science into the healthcare industry. Collective Healthcare develops intelligent solutions to help US organizations provide better employee healthcare coverage. billion in 2022.

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Preparing for a new era in the rare disease sector

European Pharmaceutical Review

For documents published in 2014 this number was just six; in 2024 it was 157 ( Figure 2 ). 2014-2024 (Credit: Elsevier BV – Scopus) Figure 2 : Documents by year. 2014-2024 (Credit: Elsevier BV – Scopus) Regionally, the US is dominating rare disease research. 1 Figure 1 : Documents by year.