Managed Healthcare Executive, Digital Edition, April 2010

Kaminski and his colleagues were pioneers in applying high-throughput, genome-scale transcript profiling to advanced lung disease.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Previously used to treat HIV and Hepatitis B, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by an average of 9% every year, according to new research published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.

As ubiquitous as lab testing is in healthcare, health plans still often overlook its importance to healthcare quality and cost containment.

Capricor officials said the company was prepared for the meeting and does not expect it to delay the FDA’s decision on the therapy.