FDA Avastin Hearing — live blogging
The two-day hearing on Genentech’s appeal of the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to remove the breast cancer indication from Avastin’s label began with two hours of emotional testimony from…
How Medicare Spends Its Drug Dollars
Drug Class 2008 Drug Cost ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMICS $6,165,831,884 ANTIPSYCHOTICS/ANTIMANIC $5,698,011,103
Texas Lawmakers Revisit Medicaid/Medicare Secession Scenario with Bill’s Intro
Consider this: With a rate approaching 30 percent, the state of Texas has the highest degree of uninsured in the country. Consider this: With a rate approaching 30 percent, the…
Having Purpose Adds Years to Your Life
Rush University studied 950 people with a mean age of 80 and found that people with a sense of purpose in life are 57% less likely to die over…
Health Care Buzz Today
Next Virus Victim: Your Doctor’s Or Nurse’s iPad? Networked devices used by medical personnel are vulnerable to viruses and security threats, requiring careful teamwork between IT and clinical engineering, experts…
Healthcare Consumerism
As a senior analyst for a research based investment bank, it shouldn’t be surprising when personal health experiences and areas of focus for our strategic advisory practice collide. With increasing…
Tweets from American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting 2011
Here's a window into the American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting this week in Boston: Tweets by me and a few others from the event. If you are within range…
Investment in Medtech Continues Upward Trend
Financings for medical technology during the month of June 2011 have passed $400 million, continuing a trend of above average monthly investment. Year-to-date financing for January to June 2011 is…
Making Cigarette Smoking Uncool
Pause to consider the logic here. We decide it is not a good idea to let the government ban this product, or to require a doctor’s prescription to consume it.…
Is Medicare A Good Deal?
Think about everything you will pay to support Medicare: the payroll taxes while you are working, the premiums during retirement, and your share of the income taxes that subsidize the…
