QUICK READ: The actual fatality rate for the normal flu is about 0.1 percent, and while the overall death rate for COVID-19 indeed seems to be about 2.3 percent. As…
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We live in a pill culture
QUICK READ: Although a heart-healthy lifestyle is a potent medicine in the management of cardiovascular risk, a large Finnish study finds that many — but not all — patients forgo healthy…
Retail clinics taking over closed retail space
QUICK READ: Today’s healthcare providers have their fingers on the pulse of retail real estate and are swooping in to transform store space into exam and procedural rooms. The number…
What is the future of DTC?
QUICK READ: DTC TV ad spending is flat and probably will be declining in 2020. Various research concludes that TV, alone, does not drive new Rx’s. Pharma product websites continue…
Do pharma salespeople really help Oncologists?
SUMMARY: According to a report from Cardinal Health “although half of all participating oncologists said they place restrictions on the access sales representatives have to their practices, 71 percent agree…
Pharma “buys” politicians and patients lose
SUMMARY: Senator McConnell vowed to block prescription drug plan that would save $345 billion calling it a “socialist” program that would do “damage to the healthcare system.” He also defended…
Pharma is doomed
WHAT? Even without the debate on drug prices, some pharma companies are headed towards extinction. Bureaucratic processes, designed to protect jobs and establish territories, and a failure to change the…
Time for employers to actively reduce healthcare costs
KEY IDEA: Millennials are on track to see their health decline and healthcare costs skyrocket over the next 10 years. Creating enduring change in physical activity is hard but employers…