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Cannes Lions crowns 2 health and wellness 2021 grand prize winners amid broadening field of entrants

As health and wellness expands across industries, technologies and products, so too does the field of entrants queuing up for Cannes Lions creativity awards. The 2021 health and wellness winners announced Monday span the gamut from traditional healthcare products to technology, fitness, consumer goods and even car companies. Winners this year include traditional over-the-counter companies… Read More »

Amwell growth slows in Q1 amid investor fears of telehealth deceleration

Dive Brief: Telehealth giant Amwell saw a rise in revenue and visits in the first quarter, but its growth is decelerating from 2020, bolstering market fears about the sustainability of the virtual care boom. In quarterly results released aftermarket Wednesday, the Boston-based telehealth vendor beat Wall Street expectations on earnings but missed on revenue. Its… Read More »

Covid-19 UK: NHS waiting list hits ANOTHER record-high amid pandemic, official figures show

Boris Johnson promises NHS will get ‘all the funding it needs’ to get through Covid backlog as number waiting for routine treatment hits ANOTHER record-high with 4.7million patients on the list 387,885 people have now waited more than a year for hospital treatment  30.3% of people diagnosed with cancer are waiting more than two months… Read More »

Gilead’s Truvada faces Teva generics assault amid Descovy switching campaign

When its U.S. patent cliff for HIV med Truvada was still on the horizon, Gilead Sciences won approval for follow-up med Descovy and launched an aggressive campaign to switch patients to the new drug. Now, that cliff is here, and Gilead will have to see if all its hard work has paid off.  Israeli drugmaker Teva… Read More »