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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Pricing engine helps publishers ascertain ad inventory pricing by analyzing ad transaction data from the market/exchanges. They sponsor TWiVC. MetaMarkets. Hello, Chair.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Real-time search engine.

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Anthem Caps Coverage Of Biogen Spine Drug Despite Wide FDA Approval

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One of the nation’s major health insurers has placed limitations on access to the first-ever approved drug for the rare spinal muscular atrophy, validating patient fears that the high price tag of the drug, nusinersen (Spinraza), might make it hard for some with the disease to get treatment.

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Insurer UHC Will Cover Biogen Spine Drug, But With Limits And Proof

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health insurer, UnitedHealthCare, has said it would cover the first-ever approved drug for the rare disease spinal muscular atrophy, a closely watched bellwether in the national debate over drug prices. Another major U.S.

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Families Fret As Insurers Mull Biogen’s $750K Spine Disease Drug

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But just after Christmas, she saw the price. More than a decade after his diagnosis, Mikhail only has the strength to take a few steps on his own. With the approval, Memedovich finally had hope. Cambridge, MA-based Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ), the drug’s. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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“Our Son’s Fate”: Parents Fighting for Kids’ Spine Drug Eye New Data

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Melissa Marotta pulled no punches to get her three-year-old son C.J., who has the genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy, access to nusinersen (Spinraza), the first approved drug for his condition.

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Bio Roundup: Travel Ban, Pharma in D.C., Biogen Splits, PCSK9 Wins

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At the same time, a handful of the industry’s top CEO’s flew to Washington for a meeting with the President, who promised to speed the drug approval process, lower drug prices, and overhaul the FDA. Meanwhile, the future of the Affordable Care Act remains undecided, and Tom Price’s controversial candidacy for the top healthcare.

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