Pharmaceutical prices are projected to increase 3.54% in 2027, up 0.70 percentage points from Vizient’s winter 2026 forecast, according to a July 27 report from the company. The projection excludes pharmaceutical tariffs because of uncertainty at the time of the…
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Life sciences tech firm Veeva Systems has appealed a court ruling that dismissed its lawsuit challenging Epic’s noncompete agreements. Veeva sued Epic in January, arguing the EHR vendor’s restrictive covenants — including a noncompete tied to Epic’s “Company List” of…
The FDA has selected Dexcom as the first participant in its Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes for Digital Health Devices Pilot, also known as TEMPO. The company plans to offer the Dexcom Glucose Health Program for use in care expected to…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare now expects to exceed $300 million in full-year M&A spending in 2026, executives said on the for-profit system’s July 24 second-quarter earnings call. Tenet had previously projected $250 million in M&A spending in 2026. Chairman and CEO…
Tyrel Somers, MD, will leave his role as chief of medical staff and family medicine physician at Russell (Kan.) Regional Hospital, according to a news release shared on Facebook July 24. Dr. Somers will conclude his service Aug. 31, after…
Cleveland Clinic has established an enterprise Center for Trauma and named longtime MetroHealth trauma leader, Jeffrey Claridge, MD, to lead it as the system pursues level 1 verification for its main campus. Dr. Claridge, who will serve as enterprise medical…
Microsoft is continuing to hire for health tech roles including a forward deployed AI engineer position tied to its healthcare AI partnership with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. Here are three healthcare-related roles Microsoft is hiring for this July:
When Michael Wagner, MD, joined Care New England Health System as president and CEO in 2022, he had a big challenge ahead of him. The system had spent roughly a decade previously cycling through acquisition and combination talks with a…
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health has begun an affiliation with Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health to expand regional care. “We are pleased to begin an affiliation with Jefferson Health, built on our shared commitment to expanding access to high-quality care close to…
A new fracture-risk finding is complicating the bone-safety picture for GLP-1s, alongside fresh data on hair loss, sick leave and adherence. Here are six recent findings to know: