Private sector efforts to lower cost sharing for insulin continue but patient advocates and lawmakers still believe legislation is needed to tackle the issue in a comprehensive way.

In this month’s Digital Health roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb discusses her deep-dive article on menopause with leading experts in this rising industry and Barnaby Pickering highlights UK-based Proximie, which developed a web-based platform that allows surgeons and other clinical experts to collaborate virtually in the operating suite. The company recently raised $80m in a series C round.

Deals show large investors’ appetite for early-stage biotech, but can VC and PE rub along?

AHIP arrangement is a big win for ICER and will facilitate access to the organization’s cloud-based cost effectiveness review platform for a broad range of payers, particularly small and mid-size companies that may not have the resources to subscribe to the service on their own.