Early this morning, Pfizer and BioNTech issued a news release stating that the Phase 3 study of their MRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine met all primary efficacy endpoints. “Analysis of the data indicates a vaccine efficacy rate of 95% (p<0.0001) in participants without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection (first primary objective) and also in participants with and without prior […]
In mid-October, the latest wave of research tracking COVID’s impact on outpatient visits was published by Commonwealth Fund, Harvard, and Phreesia. The latest data found that overall outpatient care visits in the prior month have finally returned to prepandemic levels, after dropping nearly 60% during the spring. (This fifth wave data set tracked trends through […]
As a marketing channel, the pharmacy turned challenges into opportunities for Rx brands Pharmacies stepped up to help consumers through the public health crisis. And consumers responded by stepping into pharmacies. That dynamic has been an important part of getting many communities through an unprecedented challenge. And it has also helped pharma marketers reach patients […]
Sponsored Content In this interview, DTC Perspectives’ Chairman, Bob Ehrlich, and Phreesia’s SVP of Life Sciences, David Linetsky, discuss how the patient experience has evolved rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as providers leverage digital patient intake solutions to enable safer contactless workflows. They will also explore the importance of aligning with platforms that are […]
After consistently seeing an underrepresentation of non-white patients in clinical research, Genentech decided to dig deeper as to why there is such enrollment inequity. According to an announcement from their website, the pharmaceutical manufacturer “undertook a landmark study to elevate the perspectives of these medically disenfranchised individuals and reveal how this long-standing inequity impacts their […]
The FDA announced this week the creation of the Digital Health Center of Excellence for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). Its establishment is another step in the agency’s goal for modernizing digital health policies, regulatory approaches, and the advancement of digital health technology – such as mobile health devices, Software as a […]
It was announced this week that FCB Health has selected Dr. Sommer Bazuro, PhD to be their Chief Medical Officer across the US and EU offices. Dr. Bazuro steps into this newly-created position with extensive medical communications experience. Having been with the agency for the past 11 years, she most recently worked at ProHealth, an […]
A record low price increase on branded drugs and changes in health insurance benefit design are just a few of the reasons that patients in the US are experiencing improved affordability for their medications, according to a new report from The IQVIA™ Institute for Human Data Science. Their research found that 71% of branded prescriptions […]
“Visits to physician offices and other health care practices, which had fallen 60 percent by early April, have now rebounded and plateaued at 10 percent below prepandemic levels,” found the latest wave of research from the Harvard University, Phreesia, and the Commonwealth Fund. In-office visits are still showing a decline, even among those states which […]
With the rapid use of telehealth resulting from the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new toolkit to help the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) accelerate their adoption of telehealth coverage during this time. The toolkit is designed to walk states through identifying policies that they will need […]
