Pharma

The pharma giant will also pay $55 million to fund the point-of-care diagnostics platform until the acquisition closes, which is expected to occur by mid-2024.

Thomas Hallisey, HANYS digital health strategy lead, discusses appropriate regulations on digital health at the state and federal levels and the need for continuous management as technology moves from automating healthcare to augmenting it.  

Also, Cipla has increased its stake in digital pharma solutions company GoApptiv.

AI is a tool to help people everywhere realize their health potential, said HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowden. If there was a time for learning, sharing and building a community of AI decision-making tools, it is now.  

Naomi Fried, founder and CEO of PharmStars, discusses the company's fifth cohort focused on solving challenges in therapeutic delivery and the 11 startups graduated from its accelerator program, including Cellular Vehicles and ZiO Health.  

Updesh Dosanjh, practice leader of technology solutions for lQVIA, discusses ensuring fairness while using AI in clinical trials, the value of digital twins and the necessity of building and consistently adapting frameworks around AI use.  

The companies will leverage Absci's AI-enabled Integrated Drug Creation platform and the pharma giant's oncology research and development expertise.

Rx Savings Finder allows Walgreens' pharmacy customers to access low-cost prescriptions by comparing the price of medications on third-party discount cards.

The partners will leverage IBM’s foundation model technologies to help identify antibodies designed to target and neutralize various disease-causing agents or cells.

The low-cost drug service will be part of Florida-based PharmcoRx's in-pharmacy offerings and will integrate into Expion Health's product suite.