Based on a new report by the Wharton School, this article tackles criticisms against the intermediaries that connect buyers and sellers, the GPO and PBM. It also analyzes the existential threats facing these intermediaries such as 'safe harbors', threats of disintermediation, and the consolidation of suppliers.
“Dark Territory” describes a section of railroad track not controlled by any signals. There are safety concerns due to the absence of train detection. There is a lessened ability to detect mis-alignment in track switches, broken rails, or runaway rail cars. It is dark and mysterious.
Health care’s version of dark territory consists of intermediaries that connect buyers and sellers. Often, these intermediaries are widely mistrusted...
Many assets do not meet their pre-launch predictions, either exceeding or falling short of their forecast sales. In this article, In Vivo highlights several historic examples and the factors that influenced their unexpected performance.
In Vivo spoke with Edward Ahn, CEO of Medipost, a Korean company that has developed stem cell therapies from cord blood, on how they are working across regulatory markets to provide a novel treatment for degenerative diseases.
Leading industry experts have spoken to In Vivo about how investment, a change in mindset and a fresh approach to policy may allow Italy to kick-start its biotech ecosystem.
