Tag: healthcare business

NanoViricides Reports Positive Anti-viral Effect of HIV Drug

NanoViricides (OTCBB:NNVC) announced Monday that its anti-HIV drug candidate, HIVCide, achieved a…

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Pharma Companies Closing Down Facebook Sites

The main reason of course here is for the chat and discussion…

BarbaraDuck BarbaraDuck

Spine Surgery is an Exception to the Usual Country Market Rules

A great many markets for medical technologies have similar market drivers, economics,…

PatrickDriscoll PatrickDriscoll

Partners Health Care acquiring Neighborhood Health Plan: The 800-Pound Gorilla and the Fig Leaf?

 Partners Health Care (the dominant provider network in Greater Boston) and Neighborhood…

David Harlow David Harlow

Ethicist’s Take on Concierge Medicine is a Misdiagnosis

Arthur Caplan, a leading bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, published a…

Thomas Pane Thomas Pane

How Much do Financial Incentives Matter to Physicians?

In this experiment, medical students were paid under fee-for-service and capitated payment…

JohnCGoodman JohnCGoodman

Emergency Department Charges

     Have you been to the emergency room lately?  Everyone tries to…

Gary Levin MD Gary Levin MD

Rejoinder to yesterday’s Medicare post

Yesterday I posted about a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by John…

DavidEWilliams DavidEWilliams

Canadians Also Wait for Drugs

A recent study by the Fraser Institute found that Canadian federal and…

JohnCGoodman JohnCGoodman

What Small Business Thinks About Health Reform

Add one more splash of bad news to the cascade that has…

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