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McCann Health taps Cannes Lion award-winning creative as new exec creative director

McCann Health’s newest creative director joins from the FCB Health network and brings a heavy-hitter resume. Tim Jones, now the executive creative director at McCann Health New York, most recently worked at Area 23, a staple creative shop on pharma and healthcare award show stages every year. Before that, Jones worked on two teams that… Read More »

CMS pilot taps FHIR to give clinicians access to claims data

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching a pilot program that leverages HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard to enable clinicians to access claims data directly within their workflow. At Tuesday’s White House Blue Button Developers Conference, CMS announced the Data at the Point of Care pilot, part of the Trump administration’s 2018… Read More »

CareSource taps Express Scripts for integrated PBM data platform

CareSource will implement a new integrated pharmacy benefits management approach called CareSource RxInnovations, managed by Cigna’s Express Scripts. Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource, a nonprofit multi-state health plan serving government-sponsored programs, will let its current PBM contract with CVS Caremark expire at the end of 2019 and commence the new contract with Express Scripts on Jan. 1,… Read More »

Big day for Daiichi: Pharma taps new CEO just as it unveils a big tie-up with AstraZeneca

Only a month after making one set of senior-level management changes, Daiichi Sankyo has decided it’s the right time to change its CEO as well. Sunao Manabe, currently the company’s president and chief operating officer, will succeed George Nakayama as CEO, effective June 17, the Japanese pharma said on Friday. Nakayama has been Daiichi’s CEO since… Read More »

Allergan taps Celgene vet Hugin for M&A guidance, but proxy brawlers aren't impressed

Troubled Allergan is taking steps to appease investors, including bringing in a big-name biotech exec for guidance. But not everyone is impressed. In a Friday proxy filing, the company said it had drafted former Celgene CEO and M&A engineer Bob Hugin to head up a new deal-focused committee. Three current board members will round out the panel,… Read More »