Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
1 In 6 People With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Forced To Ration Their Doses
In other pharmaceutical industry news —
Modern Healthcare: New OTC Availability For Hearing Aids Sparks Innovation In Industry
“It’s comparable to how streaming completely upended the recording industry or to the iPhone coming out in 2007,” said Danny Aronson, CEO of Tuned, a digital hearing company based in New York City. “It’s a fundamental game changing shift in an industry that for decades has been completely dominated by an oligopoly of five hearing aid manufacturers.” (Perna, 10/17)
Stat: Milestone's Nasal Spray Rapidly Restores Normal Heart Rhythm
Milestone Pharmaceuticals said Monday that an experimental nasal-spray medicine acted quickly to treat people experiencing episodes of a rapid but non-fatal heart rate — more than doubling the conversion to normal heart rhythm and achieving the primary goal of a late-stage clinical trial. (Feuerstein, 10/17)
The Boston Globe: 94-Year-Old Rhode Islander Creates Tech Device To Make Using A Walker More Enjoyable
“You constantly heard everyone getting told to use their walker. If one of us fell, it would be a disaster,” she said during a recent interview. She spoke to her daughter, who was working at Hasbro Toys at the time, and said there needed to be a product out there that would make a noise and attract seniors to use their walker. (Gagosz, 10/17)
