Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) remains committed to its growth strategy, one that includes the continued incorporation of home-based care. The company is focused particularly on tech enablement, an area where it hopes to make an acquisition this year, Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer said during an earnings call Thursday.. However, one plan for accessing more capital has been backburnered. The […]
Abortion providers in Oklahoma filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s two abortion bans on Friday, just a week after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. The lawsuit asks the Oklahoma Supreme Court to strike down two bans: one that was enacted in 1910 and revived when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, and […]
The maskless man a few rows back was coughing his head off. I had just boarded the train from D.C. to New York City a couple of weeks ago and, along with several other passengers, was craning my neck to get a look at what was going on. This was not the reedy dregs of some lingering cold. This was […]
Biopharma companies may want to pause before they plow ahead with their next acquisition. The costs are rising and the potential returns are falling, according to a report published in late June by accounting and consulting firm Accenture. Other growth strategies, however, could prove more promising in the years ahead, noted the report, which predicts that companies will begin […]
Health Tech Jess DaMassa packs in 3 headlines before the intro! There’s a SPAC, the Roe abortion decision & more Cerebral drama. We discusses them all and still find 2 minutes to tell all about Picnic Health ($60m), Swing Therapeutics ($10.3m), Socially Determined ($26m), Nomad Health ($105) & Tomorrow Health ($60m) –Matthew Holt Categories: Health Tech, Health Tech Deals, Jessica […]
Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in healthcare prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that has long dogged those who buy insurance: Are we getting the best deal we can? As of July 1, health insurers and self-insured employers must post on websites just about every […]
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati) is building a $10 million medical office building as part of a mixed-use development in Union, Ky., according to the website fox19.com. The 25,000-square-foot Cincinnati Children’s Union facility will house pediatric primary and specialty care services, including speech pathology and behavioral care. Flex space is also planned. T.J. Ackermann (Cincinnati) is a co-developer of […]
If you’re living with psoriasis, I don’t have to tell you what it looks like: red scaly plaques often located on the skin of the elbows, knees and scalp. I also don’t have to tell you how uncomfortable and difficult it can be. Fortunately, there are effective ways to manage psoriasis, lower inflammation and prevent flare-ups so you can enjoy […]
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) has completed its spinoff from Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC). The move is over a year and a half in the making, after Encompass Health first announced it was exploring “strategic alternatives” for its home health and hospice segment in December of 2020. “Today marks a new and exciting chapter for our company, […]
Dive Brief: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a challenge brought by healthcare workers to New York’s statewide vaccine mandate that doesn’t include a religious exemption, according to court documents. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented, with Thomas writing in an opinion from the dissenting justices that healthcare workers in the state objected to the […]