MedCity News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Cigna and HelloFresh are also partnering to provide free meal kits to those battling food insecurity in local communities. Through a new partnership, up to 12 million members of Cigna’s employer customers will gain access to HelloFresh’s meals at a discounted rate.

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MedCity News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Instacart and DispatchHealth recently launched a partnership that allows DispatchHealth to provide food interventions to patients in need of nutrition support.

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MedCity News

MARCH 4, 2024

Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick recently encouraged families struggling to put food on the table to turn to cereal as their go-to dinner option. Food-as-medicine executives are none too thrilled about his comments — they argue that the remarks underscore the dire need to increase public education about affordable, healthy meal planning.

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MedCity News

JANUARY 9, 2023

NourishedRx is a food-as-medicine company that offers dietary assistance for health plans’ members through methods like medically-tailored meals, grocery support and diet education. Through the new platform, NourishedRx is able to communicate with its food partners, health plan customers and members.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Fast approaching the end of its patent life, Roche and Novartis’ Xolair is going out with a bang, picking up a new approval as the first and only drug therapy for people with food allergies in the US.

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The contributors to food insecurity include age, having a disability, being on a fixed income and being a single parent, according to a recent report from FarmboxRx.

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MedCity News

AUGUST 8, 2024

Through a new partnership with FarmboxRx, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee members will receive healthy food deliveries after they complete preventive health screenings, like a diabetic eye exam. The post Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Taps FarmboxRx for Food as Medicine Initiative appeared first on MedCity News.

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MedCity News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Users can also access nutrition studies that explain the benefits of certain foods, as well as recipes that fit their diet. The Heali app, which launched Thursday, offers personalized nutrition plans for more than 200 chronic conditions, including diabetes, allergies, autoimmune issues and gastrointestinal issues.

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MedCity News

AUGUST 5, 2024

During a webinar hosted by PitchBook, healthcare experts shared that the food-as-medicine space will likely see consolidation in the future, as well as advancements in technology and reimbursement. The post What Does the Future of the Food-As-Medicine Market Look Like? appeared first on MedCity News.

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MedCity News

APRIL 28, 2023

Eligible veterans will be able to enroll in About Fresh’s Fresh Connect program, which provides $100 per month through a debit card, allowing the veterans to buy healthy foods at the grocery store.

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MedCity News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Food insecurity is a blight that affects many. million households) were food insecure. The percentage of food insecure household was statistically significantly higher than the 10.2 The percentage of food insecure household was statistically significantly higher than the 10.2 percent (17.0 percent recorded in 2021 (13.5

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The financing will be used to develop and scale its food-as-medicine programs, including for diabetes and high-risk pregnancies. Season Health has secured a $7 million investment from Inception Health and Ziegler Link-age Fund.

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MedCity News

MAY 30, 2023

Employers have a responsibility to support the food as medicine movement and help employees who are food insecure, said Jay Bhatt, managing director of Deloitte Services and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute. He made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.

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MedCity News

MARCH 26, 2024

During a panel discussion on GLP-1s at the Abarca Forward conference, one health executive stressed the importance of a food-as-medicine approach.

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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 22, 2024

Food and Drug Administration’s crosshairs, Reuters first reported. Eli Lilly’s beleaguered manufacturing site in Branchburg, New Jersey, is back in the U.S. Following a July inspection, the FDA has uncovered eight new production deficiencies at Eli Lilly's Branchburg production plant.

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MedCity News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It’s time we integrate more ‘Food as Medicine’ initiatives alongside the GLP-1 therapies that are gaining traction. The post A Recipe for Better Obesity Care: Integrating GLP-1s with Food as Medicine appeared first on MedCity News. Nutrition isn’t a supplement — it’s foundational to metabolic health.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Roche’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Xolair ® (omalizumab) for treatment of children and adults with food allergies. The study involves patients aged 1 to 55 years who are allergic to peanuts and at least two other common foods.

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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 19, 2024

New York's IFF—which dabbles in food, beverage, beauty and pharmaceutical supply chains, among others—has agreed to sell its pharma solutions business to French plant-based ingredient maker Roquette for up to $2.85 After a two-year stint under Merck & Co. billion.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 26, 2023

Food and Drug Administration has added a fourth dose of Lilly’s popular new diabetes med to its drug shortage database. As with Novo Nordisk’s popular offering for obesity, Wegovy, demand for Eli Lilly’s dual GIP/GLP-1 agonist Mounjaro appears to be outpacing supply once again. |

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 18, 2023

In tandem with Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration, GSK this week initiated a recall of two batches of its severe asthma injection Nucala after glass fragments were found in a vial of the drug. In the world of drug packaging, a vial is a vial, the product the product, and never the twain shall meet.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 4, 2021

More than half of our food dollars are now being spent on restaurants and convenient on-the-go meals. 3hree: Healthier foods can cost more. Back in 1977, the average adult got 228 calories per day from sugar in food and drinks. 5ive: We’re bombarded with ads for unhealthy food. Dr. Natalie A. 1ne: We eat out — a lot.

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2022

3: Obesity is caused by poor access to healthy food, primarily fruits and vegetables. This is because healthy food is too expensive or people live in “food deserts” where stores don’t sell fruits and vegetables. What they haven’t done is reduce their consumption of unhealthy foods simultaneously.

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Peanut allergy therapy Palforzia, which Nestlé acquired in a multi-billion dollar deal, has been sold to allergy product company Stallergenes Greer. Palforzia was the first FDA-approved drug for peanut allergy, but its sales were hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The seemingly inexorable rise in global obesity is being reflected in the sales of diabetes and weight-loss drugs, including Ozempic.

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

As poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and complex comorbidities persist, it is essential that rural healthcare leaders have tools and systems in place to address the health of their neighbors. The post Rural Healthcare Goes Beyond Care: Targeting SDOH to Improve Health Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

NourishedRx is joining ProHealth Connect’s network, meaning its nutrition offerings are accessible for members of 46 payers with food benefits through a ProHealth Connect OTC or flex card. These members will be able to receive NourishedRx’s food delivery services and its wraparound support.

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2021

11 of the 12 cancer drugs that the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2012 were priced at more than $100,000 per year. The lifestyle choices we make, the foods we eat, and our physical activity levels impact our cancer risk. Compare that with, say, treating heart disease. Research shows most cancers are preventable.

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

WeightWatchers’ new GLP-1 program offers daily nutritional and activity targets, recommended foods, recipes, food and activity tracking, a digital community, virtual workshops and access to coaches 24/7.

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MedCity News

JANUARY 5, 2023

Through the partnership, food and meals will be offered as a service on HealthAlign’s marketplace. Season Health will provide those services to about 5,500 members a month of three out of the six largest Medicare Advantage plans.

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MedCity News

MARCH 5, 2024

FarmboxRx’s new maternal health program sends members a food box, along with educational content to support them during their pregnancy. This content focuses on a variety of topics, including prenatal and postpartum care visit compliance, postpartum mental health, immunizations and prenatal and postpartum nutrition.

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Foodsmart is rolling out its new program that enables doctors to refer their patients to Foodsmart’s dieticians and healthy eating platform, as well as write prescriptions for healthy food just as easily as they might a normal pharmacy prescription.

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2022

Foods lacking in the Western diet-whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and nuts-seem to help with weight control and also help prevent chronic disease. Television watching is a decisive obesity risk factor because exposure to food and beverage advertising can influence what people eat. Foreigners are often shocked wheU.S.S.

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The six-month pilot program aims to support 1,000 Highmark insurance members with certain chronic health conditions and who are at high-risk of food insecurity. These members will receive two medically-tailored meals a day, as well as coaching and social work to help them live a healthier lifestyle.

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2022

While some medical issues cause obesity, the most significant cause is eating the wrong foods and lack of exercise. By accepting obese people, we are only hurting ourselves and saying, “it’s ok if you eat the wrong foods and don’t get exercise.” billion and $6.38 “Have you ever seen a fat 90-year-old?”

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A new survey from Alignment Health found that economic instability, food insecurity, lack of support and transportation access are the biggest social barriers for seniors.

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2020

For the COVID-19 vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set up rigorous standards for vaccine developers to meet. A key consideration is funding – public and private cash has been poured into the race for a Covid vaccine, pushing aside the usual financial concerns facing pharmaceutical companies.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Applied Therapeutics’ govorestat for classic galactosemia.

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