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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Skysona is indicated as a one-time gene therapy to slow the progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), a rare paediatric neurodegenerative disease in boys aged 4–17 years diagnosed with early-stage CALD. These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare genetic diseases.

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Medicare savings won’t make a dent in healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

A study put a price tag on American’s bad eating habits: $50 billion a year in health care costs, attributable to cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. However, experiences among individual hospitals vary, and about one-quarter of both for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals lost money in 2016.

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Healthcare Marketing to Seniors: How to Create and Distribute on-Target Messaging

Healthcare Success

Is 50 a senior age? Based upon the age-related avalanche, you would think consumers over 50 have no other interests besides things like hemorrhoid creams, pharmaceuticals for every imaginable ailment, chairlifts, and electric mobility scooters. It’s the age that you feel. Is 50 the new 30? We said it’s confusing.

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Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

Pharmaceutical Technology

Collectively, cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) are currently the most popular targets in preclinical stage of development, with 391 drugs tagged in total. This is closely followed by CB2 receptors in second place. This is followed by epilepsy at 8% of the pipeline and multiple sclerosis at 7% of the pipeline.

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Understanding The Benefits of Each Social Media Platform for Your Practice

LEVO Health

From promoting blog posts to sharing the services your practice offers, you are encouraging your audience to interact with your posts, whether that means asking questions or tagging a friend who may be interested in your services. . of global active Instagram users were women between the ages of 18 and 24. aged 20 to 29 years old.

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Do healthcare mergers and acquisitions lead to better care for patients?

Clarify Health

This increase can be attributed to many things, including an aging population, the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions, and greater access to care stemming from expanded insurance coverage. With higher price tags, the incentive for quality improvement is lower, setting back efforts to drive value-based care.

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Convert More Healthcare Consumers with Modern Conversion Rate Optimization Techniques

Healthcare Success

But that’s not all,” shares Brian, “your image captions and alt tags are also a terrific opportunity to build on your value proposition.” Each piece of information becomes an opportunity to probe for more critical information, like their name, age, social security number, or health insurance provider.