Tag: economics
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Infographic – U.S. Covid-19 Financial Burdens
As Covid-19 cases continue to mount in the U.S., public health experts are beginning to calculate their enormous costs to the health care system.
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Covid-19 Real-World Evidence System Created
Two health care data science companies are offering a system for assessing proposed treatments from health records data on patients with Covid-19 infections.
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Infographic – Biotech Remains Hottest Venture Sector
A report on venture capital investments for the first quarter of 2020 shows biotechnology companies remain the largest recipients of venture investor dollars.
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Venture Deals Decline in Q1, Biotech Sizzles Again
The number of venture deals declined for the third straight quarter as 2020 opened, but biotechnology remained the hottest single sector for investors.
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Infographic – Biotech Index Dives, Rebounds
We check in from time to time on the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index as an indicator of the overall health of research-based businesses in the U.S.
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Venture-Backed Start-Ups to Get Small Biz Loans
An industry group says rules for loans to small companies hard-hit by Covid-19 are changed to allow these loans for more start-ups funded by venture capital.
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Employers, Patients See Discounts from Biosimilars
An analysis of health care spending by large employers shows both companies and their employees are saving money from using non-branded biologic therapies.
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Blowing the Whistle on Fraud
Every dollar is up for negotiation as companies and scammers look to take advantage of it whenever they can.
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Infographic: Largest One-Day Dow Declines
Two of the six greatest one-day declines in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average since the year 2000 occurred last week, with the largest single-day drop on Thursday, nearly 10 percent.
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Infographic – Eight Nations Offer Full Women’s Rights
An issue cutting across science and business is equity for women, and according to a recent World Bank report, only eight countries offer women full legal protections.