Fri.Apr 30, 2021

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Merck for Mothers Continues to Advance Maternal Health Equity

Healthcare Leadership Council

In a nation where Black women are disproportionately impacted by maternal mortality; Merck for Mothers has committed to understanding women’s experiences in order to improve the quality of maternity care. In its Evidence for Impact 2020 Research Compendium , it was found that: 1) racism and discrimination influence perceptions of respect and overall quality of care; 2) fragmented health care systems make it difficult to build patient-provider trust; and 3) patient-centered approaches need to be

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Health Policy News – April 2021

Health Policy News

This month’s edition of Health Policy News features a recent PCG white paper on Syndromic Surveillance—a tool that has been central to helping state and local health departments track the.

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Healthcare Tech Deal Falls Foul of UK CMA’s Harder Line on Merger Control

Triage Health Law

Yet another UK Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) merger referral for in-depth investigation, this time in the healthcare sector confirming the CMA’s willingness “ to ensure that the NHS does not pay significantly more than it should ” for products/services. [1] The merging parties, Imprivata and Isosec, provide similar Identity and Access Management ( IAM ) solutions that allow staff of healthcare customers (incl.

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Spending on Medicines In and Post-COVID Say a Lot About Patients and Larger Healthcare Trends – an IQVIA Update

Health Populi

Spending on medicines, globally, will rebound this year and rise above pre-pandemic levels through 2025. Between 2021 and 2025, the annual growth global growth rate for prescription drugs spending is expected to range from 3% to 6%, a $1.6 trillion bill for the worlds’s total Rx medicines market. That relatively low single-digit growth rate is tempered by savings from biosimilars and the loss of brand exclusivity (that is, more generics coming to market).

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