From 2015 to 2020, FDA approvals of “skinny labels” on biosimilars saved Medicare $1.5 billion, according to a study published Nov. 28 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The fill rate for Tamiflu, the nation’s most popular flu prescription drug, is nearly 100 percent higher than it was this time last year, but the drugmaker has said it has “sufficient supply.”
At least 44 unvaccinated children in the Columbus, Ohio, region have been infected with measles since the first few cases were confirmed in early November, according to a dashboard run by the city’s health department.
EHR vendor Athenahealth is looking to go public just 10 months after it was bought by Bain Capital and another private equity firm for $17 billion, the Boston Globe reported Nov. 28.
Layoffs can take two or three months when orchestrated well, but pressure to move quickly in a weakening economy can leave companies at odds with employees and at greater risk of giving improper notice, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 28.
The city of Houston operated under a boil water notice Nov. 28, which posed little disruption to hospitals’ patient care or operations, the Houston Chronicle reported.