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Novartis Pharma AG | September 19, 2022

Sandoz, a global leader in off-patent medicines, announces further progress on its biosimilar pipeline, with the release of positive results from the integrated ROSALIA Phase I/III clinical trial study for its proposed biosimilar denosumab. “Biosimilars have the opportunity to create a substantial positive impact on patient access and healthcare systems sustainability. Therefore, this important milestone means that we are one step closer to giving individ...

Visibility Public Relations | July 22, 2020

14% See Normal Routines Returning in a Month, 18% Await a Vaccine NEW YORK, NY July 21, 2020 – While some states continue “opening up” and with some states closing, opening, then closing again, and with some states just hoping the coronavirus will go away, over two-thirds of Americans (68%) presume returning to pre-COVID-19 activities are three months to more than one year away, according to the ...

Healthcare IT News | March 04, 2020

New Jersey-based Holy Name Health is set to launch Harmony EHR, a new electronic health record system developed at the 361-bed hospital in collaboration with Medicomp. The platform, powered by Medicomp's Quippe Clinical Data Engine, will officially go live later this spring in the hospital's emergency department, with an expansion planned later in the year. Holy Name Health counts nearly 4,000 employees and admits about 30,000 patients each year, and currently uses multiple EHR platforms...

HealthPayerIntelligence | February 13, 2020

While access to care progress has stalled nationwide, payers can continue to move it forward within their own businesses by addressing four key barriers. Uninsurance is dropping, yet access to care continues to suffer due to rising health costs, a recent JAMA Internal Medicine study found. Nearly six percent more among the uninsured population did not access care due to affordability struggles and 11.5 percent of the insured avoided a doctor’s visit for the same reason. The trend was noted...