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In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss recent newsworthy items, including the recent FDA approvals of Leqembi and Opill, a price transparency and PBM reform package working its way through Congress, and the recent series C funding raise for Octave.   

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, CMS, DA, Medicare, drug prices, PBM, Alzheimer’s, women’s health, reproductive health, mental health, telemedicine, virtual care 

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• New Federal Decisions Make Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Widely Accessible 
• With nonprescription nod for Perrigo's Opill, the age of the over-the-counter birth control pill arrives in the US 
• House committee moves another price transparency, PBM reform package forward 
• Education and the Workforce Committee Passes Landmark Health Care Package 
• Octave nabs $52M, eyes expansion of in-network therapy services to all 50 states in 2024 

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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor and Head of Public Health Sector 

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector 

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Jen Burke, Director 

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Life Sciences and MedTech companies are transforming the way they interact with customers; working to create experiences that are personalized, digital, timely, and intuitive. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Customer Experience Transformation Lead, Mike Zapiec, Omnichannel Offering Lead Josh Padams, and MedTech Omnichannel Expert Jess Werle to discuss what omnichannel really is, why it’s changing the game, and how Life Sciences and MedTech organizations can take their first steps on this journey.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, life sciences, medtech, medical devices, customer experience, omnichannel, digital marketing

For more information about Vynamic’s Customer Experience Transformation offerings, please visit https://vynamic.com/offerings/customer-experience-transformation-cxt/

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Mike Zapiec, Senior Director

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Josh Padams, Director

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Jess Werle, Director

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Jen Burke, Director

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While Life Sciences organizations understand the growing potential of the global medicines market, executing successful launches in diverse markets remains a formidable challenge – requiring a balance of efficient globalized frameworks and tactics adapted to local market dynamics. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Global Launch Experts, Stephanie Farrell and Felice Walter, to discuss how to win when it comes to global product launch. 

Podcast Tags: healthcare, life sciences, product launch, global medicine

For more information about Vynamic’s Product Launch offerings, please visit https://vynamic.com/services/actionable-strategy/product-launch/

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· Global Trends in R&D 2023

· The Global Use of Medicines 2022

· Deloitte’s 13th Annual Pharmaceutical Innovation Report: Pharma R&D Return on Investment Falls in Post-Pandemic Market

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Stephanie Farrell, Senior Director

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Felice Walter, Senior Director

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Jen Burke, Director

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On this week’s Trending News EU episode, Jack and Ollie discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including the significant inequalities faced by LGBTQ+ communities in the UK (0.35), a landmark mental health strategy announced by the EU Commission (7.17), and some exciting investments and developments in Neuroscience Centres of Excellence in the UK (13.17).

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, DEI, diversity, LGBTQ+, mental health, health equity, EU, neuroscience, scientific research, innovation, alzheimers, dementia

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LGBT Youth Scotland survey highlights hostile NHS healthcare | HeraldScotland 

NHS Report Reveals Significant Health And Social Inequalities Faced By Scotland’s LGBT+ Communities – News & Media (nhslothian.scot) 

LGBTQ+ staff and patients deserve better from the NHS | The King's Fund (kingsfund.org.uk) 

‘A giant step’: charities welcome plan to widen access to IVF on NHS | IVF | The Guardian 

The hidden costs facing potential LGBTQ+ parents | Stonewall 

European Commission spending €1.23bn to reform EU’s mental health - EU Reporter 

EU Commission allocates $1.3 billion to tackle mental health 'silent epidemic' | Reuters 

Antidepressants: Two million taking them for five years or more - BBC News 

Chart: Europe Is Facing a Dementia Problem | Statista 

UK on verge of new dawn for dementia treatments, says taskforce chair | Dementia | The Guardian 

UCL Neuroscience Centre of Excellence tops out | Mirage News 

Wrexham: Global drug production site gets new £75m facility - BBC News 

Medicines manufacturing has the potential to drive UK growth over the next 10 years (abpi.org.uk) 

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Jen Burke, Director 

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Jack Young, Senior Director 

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Oliver May, Senior Manager  

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In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss recent newsworthy items, including legal challenges to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, CMS, HHS, Medicare, drug prices

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• Merck sues to block Medicare negotiation of drug prices 
• Bristol Myers follows Merck's lead with its own ⁠lawsuit blasting IRA's Medicare negotiations 
• PhRMA joins legal battle over Inflation Reduction Act's 'price-setting' measures 
• Explaining the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act 
• Pfizer, BMS' Eliquis tops list of drugs destined for Medicare price negotiations in 2026: Moody's 

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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor and Head of Public Health Sector 

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector 

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Jen Burke, Director 

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The role of Medical Affairs function within Life Sciences organizations continues to expand – increasing its focus on patient centricity and requiring the development of new capabilities, partnerships, and cross-functional collaboration. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Tamaron Bertelli and Nick Fletcher to discuss these trends and how Medical Affairs organizations can optimize their ways of working.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, life sciences, medical affairs, patient centricity, omnichannel

For more information about Vynamic’s Medical Affairs offerings, please visit https://vynamic.com/offerings/medical-affairs-2/

To learn more about the role of Medical Affairs when it comes to successful product launch, please visit https://vynamic.com/insights/six-key-elements-for-medical-affairs-in-product-launch-planning/

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· Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) Releases Vision for Future of Medical Affairs 2030

· Top 4 Medical Affairs Trends for 2023 & Beyond

· Biopharma Medical Affairs: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed

· A vision for Medical Affairs in 2025

· Developing Medical Affairs Leaders Who Create the Future

· Mastering medical affairs

· The Influence Data, Digitalization & Diversity Will Have on Medical Affairs in 2023

· Medical affairs, AI and insight generation

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Tamaron Bertelli, Senior Director

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Nick Fletcher, Director

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Jen Burke, Director

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Regular changes to and state-to-state variations in US data privacy laws often leave the public wondering who has access to their data and how it might be used. This is especially concerning when it comes to consumer health data, where misuse of personal information could negatively impact patients’ care, treatment, and livelihood – concerns that have only been exacerbated with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic's Jen Proietti-Fox and Courtney Ciccarelli, to discuss data privacy rules and their implications for patients, health tech companies, and the industry at large.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare technology, health tech, digital health, data privacy, women’s health, health equity

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· The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)

· Patient perspectives around data privacy

· State Laws Related to Digital Privacy

· U.S. Data Privacy Protection Laws: A Comprehensive Guide

· How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v. Wade climate

· Period tracker Flo launches anonymous mode amid post-Roe privacy concerns

· These Period Tracker Apps Say They Put Privacy First. Here’s What We Found.

· SXSW 2023: Data privacy, healthcare websites new battlegrounds over reproductive rights

· ‘Shut it off immediately’: The health industry responds to data privacy crackdown

· Examining the intersection of data privacy and civil rights

· ACLU OF FLORIDA STATEMENT ON BILL THAT ALLOWS HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PAYORS TO REFUSE HEALTHCARE TO FLORIDIANS

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Jen Proietti-Fox, Director

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Courtney Ciccarelli, Director

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Jen Burke, Director

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On this week’s Trending News EU episode, Jack and Ollie discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including an update on the UK’s Life Sciences Plan, pharmaceutical industry growth in Denmark and Sweden, and UK funding for extended reality mental health projects.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, biopharma, life sciences, UK, Denmark, Sweden, public health, mental health, virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality

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· Bold new life sciences vision sets path for UK to build on pandemic response and deliver life-changing innovations to patients

· Delivery pivotal as UK life sciences plan takes shape

· Happy pills: How Sweden and Denmark became rare bright spots for Europe’s pharma industry

· Leading countries by research and development (R&D) expenditure as share of gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide in 2022

· AstraZeneca chair Johansson to retire in 2023 after 11 years in role

· Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW)

· Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme

· UK funds extended reality projects for mental health

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Jack Young, Senior Director

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Oliver May, Senior Manager 

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Jen Burke, Director

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In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss a few recent newsworthy items including recent approvals from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Phase 3 clinical trial results for oral semaglutide to treat obesity.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, health plans, life sciences, health policy, public health, Medicare, drug prices, PBMs, 340B, obesity

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• A key House panel approved a slew of health policies. Here's a look at 4 of them 
• Novo Nordisk A/S: Oral semaglutide 50 mg achieved 15.1% weight loss (17.4% if all people adhered to treatment) in adults with obesity or overweight in the OASIS 1 trial 
• Anti-obesity medications are set to skyrocket this year. But how will we afford them? 
• What Could New Anti-Obesity Drugs Mean for Medicare? 

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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor and Head of Public Health Sector 

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Ryan Hummel, Executive and Head of Provider Sector 

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist 

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The emerging need for connected, digital patient healthcare solutions has been accelerated by the healthcare workforce crisis – and improved options for scalable patient monitoring and data analytics have provided opportunities for the MedTech industry to jump in. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic Director Andrew Sgarlato and Executive and Head of Healthcare Technology, Mary Virzi, to discuss what MedTech organizations should be thinking about as they invest in the burgeoning digital health space.

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare technology, health tech, med tech, medical devices, digital health, remote patient monitoring, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence

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· What Medtech Startups Need to know About Remote Monitoring

· A Knee Replacement that talks to your Doctor? It’s just the beginning.

· When does a digital health project become a medical device

· How the right infrastructure increases the resilience of your HealthTech devices

· Friday Q&A: For GE HealthCare, the future is digital, CEO Arduini says

· How the medtech industry can capture value from digital health

· Medtech M&A outlook for 2023: Spinoffs, China exits, AI opportunities poised to spur deal rebound

· Medtech buyouts by private equity in Q4 shed light on deal-making trends in 2023: report

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Mary Virzi, Executive and Head of Healthcare Technology

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Andrew Sgarlato, Director

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Jen Burke, Healthcare Industry Strategist

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