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October 9, 2017

Amazon: Are they or aren’t they?

Amazon attempting a pharma Trojan Horse is still a big “if” for the company—but we should know their decision by Thanksgiving. One person who really hopes they do? This Kansas doctor hellbent on getting drug costs down emailed CEO Jeff Bezos for years hoping for help.


Down the West Coast, GOOG just launched a new data tool to help researchers visualize online health searches over time at the local level and compare it to actual incidence. On a quest for a different kind of ‘universal access,’ an Alphabet spin-off company launched to combat the notion that, "nearly all innovation efforts have been focused on people with means."

Headlines

Best Buy Bets On Adults Remotely Monitoring Their Aging Parents
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Digital Physical Therapy Platform Physitrack Plans IPO For Q1 2018
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Few US Hospitals Can Fully Share Electronic Medical Records
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Verily's Goal: Make Our Bodies Produce As Much Data As Our Cars
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Audacious Entrepreneur Wants To Scan Entire Body—Are Computers Smart Enough?
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Personal Genetic Testing Is Here. Do We Need It?
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Scott Gottlieb Rocketed To The Top Of FDA. He May Keep Rising
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Amino Augments Care Comparison App With Cost Ratings
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Welkin Health, Community Health Center Network Partnership Bearing Fruit
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