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The FDA’s Fast Track approval program, designed to speed drug development for life-threatening conditions, has faced increased scrutiny over the years. I’ve mainly used Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to shed light on the accelerated approval problems. However, the problems run deeper than Aduhelm. In this article, I’ll highlight the FDA’s Fast Track approval program, dive into…

This Healthcare Huddle newsletter is number 150. Only six newsletters were skipped in Huddle’s three years of life (side note, HH celebrated its third birthday last week!), and zero newsletters were skipped in 2022. With each newsletter I sent in 2022, I made small changes to improve the quality of the content. At the beginning of 2022, my newsletter…

There are only five “trends” I’ll be watching closely this year. Lucky for you, you don’t have to follow these trends closely. I’ll be doing all the reporting and analysis for you. Just sit back and relax with your morning coffee. #1 Digital Health Funding: Clinical and Nonclinical Workflow The proportion of funding into clinical…

The Santa of healthcare revealed his final naughty and nice list for healthcare. I won’t reveal who the Santa of healthcare really is, but let’s just say he created this holiday list based on all the Healthcare Huddle content in 2022. Naughty List Nice List I write healthcare deep dives from the provider and business…

2022 was an inflection point for obesity treatment. Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Amgen’s novel obesity medications demonstrated impressive results in clinical trials. These medications not only reduced weight but improved overall cardiometabolic health. So, is the end of the obesity epidemic near? Not quite. But we’ll soon have a remarkable pipeline of obesity medications…

OpenAI’s natural language processing platform ChatGPT launched a couple of weeks ago and has since gained tremendous traction, surpassing one million users within weeks. For some perspective, it took Netflix three and a half years to reach one million users! ChatGPT is a robust platform that has tremendous implications, especially in healthcare. I believe it…