Potentially curative regenerative medicine therapies are no longer theoretical, but instead have become reality. As more and more gene, cell and tissue-based therapies reach the market, the need for payment solutions is becoming more pressing. The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine has consulted with payers and other stakeholders to consider the barriers to alternative payment models and look at possible solutions.

With 15 new gene and cell-based therapies in late-stage testing, the time is now to consider a critical strategic question: is there a pricing model for these budget-busting treatments that works in both safeguarding returns to innovators and providing access to patients at a price society is willing to pay? An analysis by ZS Associates looks at the options for biopharma going forward.

The leading medtechs are starting to develop models for providers that show how to implement successful digital strategies, a trend that is serving to put pressure on companies that are yet to make a commitment, says ZS Associates' Pete Masloski.

A once-in-a-generation opportunity has opened to digitally redesign a core part of the biopharma business. Capturing the opportunity requires vision and leadership; it’s not about the technology.

Johnson & Johnson's global CareAdvantage system, a tool to help hospital systems deliver quality care efficiently and affordably, was launched in spring 2017. Almost a year into the initiative, Hugo Breda, the group’s EMEA vice president, explains the role that J&J plays as it brings its unique care provision concept to clients.

The adoption of value-based health care concepts among US providers is happening, albeit slowly. In what is an unusual reversal of pioneering health care concepts, the pace is being set elsewhere – in Europe – rather than in the US, even if the direction of travel has been firmly established. Boston Consulting Group experts give In Vivo an interim update on the progress and outlook for VBHC.