Sy Mukherjee
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Brainstorm Health Daily: July 21, 2017
Happy Friday, dear Dailies. Yesterday I participated in a panel discussion on the media business. But the audience, candidly, wasn’t interested in the broadcast and print trades so much as they were in the forces disrupting them. That’s because many of those same turbulent winds are now roiling their own sector: healthcare. The conversation was part of a private gathering of some 40 healthcare… → Read More
Where the Republican Health Care Bill Stands After a Chaotic 72 Hours
The Senate's health care bill (bills, really) has been shifting at a pace that's tough to keep up with. Here's where things stand now. → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 20, 2017
Hello, readers! This is Sy. It's been a topsy turvy three days for health care reform (please consider hugging a health care reporter). The Senate's original Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), which was largely considered to be dead just two days ago, has been revived and somewhat tweaked as of this morning. And the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is already out with an analysis of that… → Read More
Donald Trump Thinks Health Insurance Costs $12 Per Year When You’re 21
Donald Trump told the New York Times that health insurance costs $12 per year when you're 21. He seems to think it's like life insurance. → Read More
In Latest Blow, GOP’s ‘Repeal-and-Delay’ Obamacare Bill Would Leave 32 Million Uninsured
It's also expected to significantly hike premiums. → Read More
This Biotech Just Gained Billions in Market Value Thanks to Its Cystic Fibrosis Drug Cocktail
Vertex's stock spiked more than 20% on promising data for its three-drug cocktail. The company has treatments for cystic fibrosis. → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 19, 2017
Digital health companies on prominent display at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference. Fortune's annual Brainstorm Tech conference wrapped up today in Aspen. And several high-tech health care focused companies were featured front and center, including Halo Neuroscience, Forward, and Pokitdok. Check out the firms (and what they do) here. (Fortune) Vertex wows with data for its cystic fibrosis… → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 18, 2017
Good morning, readers! This is Sy. Let's begin with the big news from last night: At the end of the day, a band of conservative GOP lawmakers thrust the final stake through the heart of the Senate's health care bill. But the saga of Republicans' efforts to repeal Obamacare isn't over yet. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night confirmed what many had suspected—that even a revised… → Read More
The Senate Health Care Bill Is Dead. Here’s What Comes Next.
The Senate's health care bill is dead after two conservative GOP Senators defected. Here's what's next for the Obamacare repeal effort. → Read More
Could the Mediterranean Diet Help Fight Dementia? Here’s What We Know
Fish and chicken, fresh fruits and vegetables, and red wine could be the keys to brain health. → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 17, 2017
The year of the gene-based treatments continues with FDA priority review for Spark Therapeutics. Shares of biotech Spark Therapeutics rose 4.5% in early Monday trading after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to review its gene therapy for vision loss patients who have vision loss due to a rare genetic condition called biallelic RPE65-mediated inherited retinal disease (IRD). Not only… → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 14, 2017
Happy Bastille Day, y’all. In a day when we enshrine rebellion—and liberation, naturellement—I am pleased to celebrate a revolutionary healthcare thinker, and book. The thinker is Sandro Galea, Dean of the Boston University School of Health. The book is entitled Healthier: Fifty Thoughts on the Foundation of Population Health, which was published by Oxford University Press last month. What makes… → Read More
Why Google’s Verily Is Unleashing 20 Million Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes in Fresno
Google parent company Alphabet's life sciences arm Verily will release 20 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes. It's meant to fight Zika. → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 13, 2017
Healthcare is an investment, a down payment on human infrastructure. The idea is straightforward enough: The medical R&D and other expenditures we make today toward the goals of improving human health and preventing early death will ultimately pay off in a happier, more productive society—just as investing in bridges, highways, and high-speed connectivity will pay off in the long run, too.… → Read More
Why the Senate’s Latest Health Care Bill Still Looks Like It’s Doomed
Republicans have minimal wiggle room and the early reviews aren't great. → Read More
FDA Panel Backs Groundbreaking Novartis Treatment That Turns Your Cells Into Cancer Killers
An FDA panel has unanimously backed Novartis' groundbreaking CAR-T cancer treatment. It genetically modifies immune cells to kill cancer. → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 12, 2017
Happy Wednesday, fellow Dailies. Back in June, just after Senate leaders released their version of Trumpcare, I asked: “Did Senate Republicans Knowingly Craft Their Health Care Bill to Fail?” My answer to that question then was that, despite seven year’s worth of rancorous rhetoric over Obamacare, a substantial core of GOP senators didn’t truly want to be saddled with owning its… → Read More
The Gig Economy May Be Coming to a Nurse Near You
Nomad Health is expanding its digital staffing service to medicine's foot soldiers. → Read More
This Company Raised $27 Million for a Weight Loss Balloon You Can Swallow in a Pill
Allurion Technologies' non-invasive tech is also way cheaper than surgery. → Read More
Brainstorm Health Daily: July 11, 2017
Hello, readers! This is Sy. One of the biggest problems in the U.S. medical system boils down to a simple issue of supply and demand. In many parts of the country, there just aren't enough health professionals to deal with a glut of patients who need care. But, in an increasingly digital world, one solution to this shortage could involve opening up the health care job market with a gig… → Read More