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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

America’s profit-riddled healthcare-industrial complex consumes 17% of GDP, equivalent to $3.6trn a year. However, changes are slowly being implemented that could lower healthcare costs. Healthcare is ripe for disruption, but any attempt to disrupt our state of healthcare has been met with pushback and challenges.

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Owlet Announces FDA-Clearance of the First Prescription Pulse Oximetry Sock for Infants

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Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) of BabySat , the first medical pulse-oximetry device featuring its advanced, wire-free sock design. Innovation in the baby care space matters because some of the largest issues facing caregivers and healthcare providers have yet to be solved. Are you hiring?

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FDA Clears Dexcom’s First Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the clearance of Dexcom’s device, marking it as the first continuous glucose monitor available over the counter. Dexcom disclosed its plans to make Stelo available for purchase online without the need for a prescription, starting in summer 2024. Are you hiring?

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The current pricing of cancer treatments is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

needs to take substantial steps to address the high costs of cancer drugs. From 2009 to 2019, the median monthly treatment costs for new drugs at launch reached $11,755 in the U.S… From 2009-10 to 2018-19, the lowest average monthly costs for new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. SUMMARY: The U.S.

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Should we be worried about pharma’s supply chain?

World of DTC Marketing

The goal of getting a drug to market as fast as possible so they can recoup drug development costs has the potential for mistakes that could cost lives. Coupled with all this is the continued outsourcing of raw materials and other steps in drug development. Up to 90% of drugs now sold in the US and UK are generic.

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FDA greenlights first OTC topical gel for erectile dysfunction

Pharmaceutical Technology

Patients with erectile dysfunction (ED) will now be able to access a topical treatment without the need for a prescription after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) greenlit Futura Medical’s Eroxon. ED affects approximately 18% of men in the US.

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Catalyst licenses Santhera Pharma’s vamorolone in North America

Pharmaceutical Technology

The investigational drug candidate vamorolone has a mode of action based on binding to the same receptor as glucocorticoids while changing its downstream activity. In the US and Europe, the drug has received orphan drug status to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).