{"title":"New tests can identify the genetic mutations that drive lung cancers.","authors":"Bob Carlson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086125/pdf/bth08_1p008.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulators place spotlight on drug prices.","authors":"John Carroll","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 2","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138386/pdf/bth08_2p008.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The biologic finance and access council 2nd annual biologics healthcare survey: views from key healthcare stakeholders.","authors":"David B Nash, Michael Toscani, F Randy Vogenberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although biologics are a growing area of interest, payers, purchasers, and providers understand surprisingly little about their overall costs or benefits coverage.</p>","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 2","pages":"19-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138381/pdf/bth08_2p019.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Putting a lid on chemotherapy costs.","authors":"Bob Carlson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Assay assesses the risk of stage II colon cancer recurrence and potential adjuvant chemotherapy benefit. Cost savings could be huge.</p>","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 2","pages":"15-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138387/pdf/bth08_2p015.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyone wants in, but with no ground rules, the biosimilar business remains elusive.","authors":"John Carroll","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 3","pages":"12-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278118/pdf/bh0803012.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30553396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talking to Different Audiences: Mini-Sentinel, precursor to the FDA's long-awaited Sentinel drug safety surveillance system, may soon reap benefits for insurers and patients.","authors":"John Carroll","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 4","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278129/pdf/bh0804004.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30553407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Bigger Is Better For Controlling Oncology Spend: It offers less competition - perhaps - but can be a boon for evidence-based pathway initiatives.","authors":"John Carroll","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oncology practices nationwide face rising maintenance costs and lower reimbursements for biologic therapies. It's even tougher for small community-based practices, which often lag in adopting new standards of cancer care. Group purchasing organizations claim they have the market clout that oncologists need, and McKesson is betting that they are right. Will the US Oncology buyout deliver?</p>","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 1","pages":"17-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086127/pdf/bth08_1p017.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lots of enthusiasm, lots of questions.","authors":"Michael D Dalzell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Value-based benefit design is all the rage, but applying it to biologics is complicated. Several issues must be addressed if VBBD is to rule this frontier.</p>","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 2","pages":"10-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138390/pdf/bth08_2p010.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intervening on behalf of patients.","authors":"Bob Carlson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adherence to a biologic treatment regimen is essential for tracking efficacy and justifying its cost. That's where medication therapy management services come in.Pharmacists are providing medication therapy management (MTM) services for patients taking biologics, although studies to demonstrate its cost-effectiveness are lacking. Is this the best way to ensure that high-cost, high-impact biologics are used correctly?</p>","PeriodicalId":89534,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology healthcare","volume":"8 1","pages":"10-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086129/pdf/bth08_1p010.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30555143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}