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MoneyTree: Zigzagging upward

MoneyTree: Zigzagging upward

Life sciences venture funding jumps 21% in 2011 but quarterly performance falls short.

Owning the disease: A new transformational business model for healthcare

Owning the disease: A new transformational business model for healthcare

To survive the coming storm, biomedical companies must build new models of innovation that are anchored in consumer-centric disease solutions rather than the traditional R&D department approaches.

Medtech focus: Social media

Medtech focus: Social media

Companies that rely on innovation cannot afford to omit social media for sales and marketing, product development, and business relationships from their business strategy. This alert provides company examples, basic guidance on developing a well-planned, systematic approach, and the overall opportunities offered to medical technology companies considering participating in social media.

Diagnostics 2011: M&A surges, companion diagnostics accelerate, and early detection offers new prospects

Diagnostics 2011: M&A surges, companion diagnostics accelerate, and early detection offers new prospects

This report shares an overview of M&A deal activity during the past two years and the factors driving it, the development of new prospects for early detection testing and a review of significant events for the development of personalized medicine.

Diagnostics 2011: M and A surges, companion diagnostics accelerate, and early detection offers new prospects

Medicare ACOs and shared savings models

Medicare ACOs and shared savings models

This brief provides a financial analysis of the ACO opportunity, including a breakdown of ROI and cash flow possibilities.

Aspiring giants: How small pharmas can drive to $1 billion — and beyond

Aspiring giants: How small pharmas can drive to $1 billion — and beyond

Amid the volatile blend of opportunity and challenge in the global pharmaceutical industry, only a few small companies have exceeded the $1 billion revenue mark over the past two decades. PwC's report studies thirty companies that catapulted themselves beyond the $1 billion revenue mark, and the three winning strategies they pursued to jump-start that growth.

Aspiring giants: How small pharmas can drive to 1 billion dollars - and beyond

Top health industry issues of 2012

Top health industry issues of 2012

This year's report provides more insight into the following trends: the impact of higher deductibles, how providers and insurers are teaming up for population health, potential drug shortages, health informatics, privacy and security, health insurance exchanges, pharma industry adapts to a post-blockbuster business model, social media in health, how politics may influence policy.

MoneyTree: Reaching for growth

MoneyTree: Reaching for growth

Life sciences venture capital falls short of strong second-quarter performance, but year-over-year trend remains positive.

Old data learns new tricks

Old data learns new tricks

Data is quickly becoming one of the health industry's most treasured commodities. Yet, health organizations are acutely aware that sensitive data can be easily compromised. In just the last year and a half, a breach of personal health information occurred, on average, every other day.

Quick thinking: Four key findings from health reform

Quick thinking: Four key findings from health reform

A condensed version of PwC's reports, providing the industry with some "quick thinking" about how health reform will change the business of healthcare. The brief explores four key findings around health IT, physician-hospital alignment, mobile health, and the health insurance exchanges.

Breakthroughs: The high-performing surgical program

Breakthroughs: The high-performing surgical program

Leaders must find new ways of approaching surgical care and strategy, from creating a true surgical team built around the patient, focused on quality, safety, and the most current best practices, to a shared responsibility for the appropriate use of technology.