String of gene therapy deals spurs cautious optimism on Wall Street
To some analysts, the recent acquisitions of Akouos and AGTC, as well as Astellas’ equity investment in Taysha, are a positive signal for the field.

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DA breakthrough device designations fall in Q3 but record year still within reach
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Brain surgery may get boost from new steerable catheter using minimally invasive robot

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Thermo Fisher will buy The Binding Site for $2.6B to gain specialty diagnostics portfolio
The U.K.-based firm makes two blood tests for multiple myeloma.

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After CommonSpirit ransomware attack: Why healthcare M&A is a ‘huge’ cybersecurity risk
The cyberattack comes three years after the health system’s potentially vulnerable megamerger, security experts say.

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The American healthcare system is broken — here’s what we can do to fix it

Value-based care is key to transforming health outcomes, empowering doctors and patients.

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Molina’s contract wins will have ‘profound impact’ on company, CEO says

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Hospital efforts to tackle social determinants of health stall, data shows

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Hospitals pivot to new tactics as they try to recruit, retain staff
Health systems are doubling down on their efforts to keep current employees while attracting an increasing number of new staff as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Read more below -
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Published Oct. 26, 2022

#Phispers Week 41 - Weekly Pharma News Recap

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- FDA publishes GDUFA III user fees, increases ANDA, DMF fees.
- Merck’s cardiovascular disease drug succeeds in late-stage trial, validates US$ 11.5 bn Acceleron buyout.
- FDA grants fast-track status to Lilly’s diabetes drug Mounjaro to treat obesity.
- Bayer’s Vividion signs potential US$ 930 million oncology deal with Tavros.
- GSK’s Boostrix vaccine gets add-on approval to prevent whooping cough in infants.
- Sanofi, Regeneron flaunt Dupixent’s benefit in eosinophilic esophagitis trial in kids.
- Two-year data on Roche’s Evrysdi shows benefit in spinal muscular atrophy.
- US ADHD drug crisis deepens as Novartis’ Sandoz also reports shortage of Adderall.
- EDQM finds one major deficiency at Biocon’s API facility in Bengaluru.

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Intermountain Healthcare takes Utah medication delivery to the skies with Zipline drones
by John R. Fischer, Senior Reporter
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Intermountain Healthcare has launched a drone delivery service for its patients in the Salt Lake Valley through a partnership with Zipline.

The provider will transport prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to patients’ homes via Zipline’s electric, autonomous aircrafts, eventually servicing more than one million patients.

It will be the first health system west of the Mississippi to use Zipline, and will start off by delivering to communities within a few miles of the Zipline distribution center in the Salt Lake and Utah counties.

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Mayo Clinic first in North America to install Siemens Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT system
by John R. Fischer, Senior Reporter
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Mayo Clinic will be the first North American provider to perform scans on patients with Siemens Healthineers’ Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT scanner.

Recently installed at its Rochester location, the 106-centimeter-long PET/CT is capable of imaging a patient from the top of their head to their legs simultaneously, at reduced radiation exposures, and has ultrafast timing resolution that makes it the most sensitive PET/CT on the market for clinical use.

Scans with the system are scheduled to begin later this year, with Mayo Clinic expecting it to dramatically increase quality and speed of clinical PET/CT, especially for the diagnosis, staging and treatment of cancer.

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Amyloid PET scans can rule out Alzheimer's, inform long-term care planning
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Amyloid PET scans can accurately diagnose or rule out Alzheimer’s disease in veterans with memory loss and may be useful for managing their long-term clinical care.

That’s what researchers in the Memory Disorders Clinic at the VA Boston Healthcare System found in two studies on the scans, which are minimally invasive diagnostic procedures for measuring amyloid, a naturally occurring protein in and common biomarker of the disease.

The clinic is one of the few VA programs where this type of imaging is conducted, with others and private sector facilities not typically performing it, because of insurers and Medicare not reimbursing for it, despite being FDA-approved.

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Hospital prices have spiked 31% nationally since 2015: report
by John R. Fischer, Senior Reporter
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Hospital expenses make up nearly one third of U.S. healthcare spending, with prices skyrocketing as much as 31% nationally since 2015.

This increase has been four times faster than growth in workers’ wages and reflects how providers have become large corporate entities focused on building up their revenue streams, instead of caring for patients, say the authors of a new paper by Families USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization.

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Siemens Healthineers creates separate business sector for China
by John R. Fischer, Senior Reporter
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Siemens Healthineers is dividing its Asia Pacific operations into two separate entities, with one focused entirely on China and the other dedicated to the company’s new Asia Pacific Japan region.

Jerry Wang, who oversees operations in China, will continue in this role. Vy Tran, who formerly was chief compliance and quality officer for Varian before and after its acquisition by Siemens Healthineers, will head the Asia Pacific Japan region.

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