Anthem has made it easier for health plan members to receive HIV/AIDS specialty medications, no longer requiring members to obtain the drugs through a mail order program.
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To get a more accurate read of the effectiveness of any treatment being tested in an FDA-approved clinical trial, the agency is seeking comment from clinicians on how to keep researchers honest about the populations that make up study cohorts.
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs will partner with Underwriters Laboratories, a global safety science organization based in Northbrook, Ill., to improve cybersecurity for medical devices through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.
The Food and Drug Administration approved VentureMed Group's new surgical device to treat peripheral artery disease.
Patient Power, a global provider of educational audio and video content for people with cancer, surveyed more than 1,000 cancer patients and found that 1/3 of them undergo financial strain as a result of high drug costs.
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The Texas Medical Center accelerator program facilitates the development of digital health and medical device companies at the world's largest medical center located in Houston.
The federal government turned down a petition to lower the price of a $129,000 drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer, according to ABC News.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a final guidance on Monday for how and when existing clinical data should be used to support pediatric medical device indications and labeling.
Childhood diabetes rates and the associated cost of care for the disease are on the rise, according to Kaiser Health News.
Mayo Clinic's Supplier Diversity Initiative program, launched in 2015, aims to boost the amount of supply contracts given to companies owned by minorities, women and veterans.