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Glaxo's `bubble boy' gene therapy wins EU drug agency nod
By Ketaki GokhaleThe current treatment, enzyme therapy, costs $4.25 million per patient over 10 years.
April 04, 2016
IRS: 2014 PPACA exchange users received $30 billion in subsidiesThe exchange total amounts to about half of spending on the earned income tax credit program.
April 04, 2016
Mars Petcare acquires startup Whistle, gaining `Fitbit for dogs'The company could sell the devices through grocery chains as well as through pet stores.
April 04, 2016
Mars Petcare acquires startup Whistle, gaining `Fitbit for dogs'The company could sell the devices through grocery chains as well as through pet stores.
April 04, 2016
LTC regulator panel may consider viaticals, hybridsBonnie Burns wants the NAIC LTC Innovation Subgroup to talk about care coordination.
April 04, 2016
Medigap event organizer expects 19% attendance increaseJesse Slome says his own group has been getting hundreds of calls from consumers.
April 04, 2016
NAIC sets up CO-OP solvency armThe new subgroup will also handle CO-OP receivership matters.
April 04, 2016
NAIC sets up CO-OP solvency armThe new subgroup will also handle CO-OP receivership matters.