We refresh a prior analysis of two cohorts of oncology development programs: one with first-in-human (FIH) in 2012, and the other with FIH in 2017H2. We use a Kaplan-Meier approach to track whether pr…
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The idea of a single blood-test to detect many cancers is attractive, but is it practical? Can an MCED enhance, or even replace, current screening tests?
This paper delves into these …
New molecular diagnostics, especially tests based on next-generation sequencing and gene-panels, could revolutionize how diseases are evaluated. But experience shows that insurers won’t cover these te…
COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of AI in healthcare. AI based tools and solutions can work quickly, be deployed at scale, and respond to the dynamic nature of the crisis. Use-cases span all face…
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A recent post from Recon Strategy outlined the longer-term strategic implications of Covid-19 on 12 healthcare sectors. This post highlights the opportunity to redeploy corporate strategy ass…
Even as our priority today is dealing with the Covid crisis, healthcare organizations would do well to start thinking about the longer-term implications for their strategies. In some instances the mar…
Interest and investment in digital health has increased rapidly in recent years. Some digital health software is impactful enough that it requires FDA approval, but current regulatory pathways are sl…
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Livongo is marrying a cellular-enabled glucometer and a data cloud with patient engagement services to help manage sugar levels
Glucometer incumbents could match Livongo’s technology but will…
The recent World Medical Innovation Forum on Cancer convened by Partners Healthcare in Boston was attended by leaders in oncology from around the world including top: clinicians, bench scientists, pol…
I have been conducting an informal test for the past year and a half. And while it has not been a full statistically-significant clinical trial with test and control groups, and “double blind” testin…
We've all heard the term, "Boiling the Ocean" to refer to an approach that is broad and ambitious and generally leads to lots of work and very little insight.
Historians will argue about whet…
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