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      <description><![CDATA[<p>The good news: The cancer death rate in America has fallen 33% since 1991. </p><p>The bad news: The cost for treatment remains a huge barrier for some patients.</p><p>One recent study put the economic and human costs of cancer in adolescents and young adults at $23.5 billion overall -- nearly $260,000 per  patient.</p><p>To get a sense of how to improve access and affordability, The IDI host Ira Apfel spoke to John Hennessy and Matt Farber.</p><p>Hennessy is a Principal at Valuate and a former executive director of the Kansas City Cancer Center, and former executive director the community cancer program at the University of Kansas Hospital. </p><p>Farber is the vice president for Enterprise Partnerships with OffScrip Health, one of the fastest-growing patient access, impact, and content influencers in the country.  </p><p>Follow John Hennessy on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hennessy-4a62921/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p>Follow Matt Farber on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbfarber/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p>Follow Valuate on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/valuate-health-consultancy/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> or visit us at <a href="https://valuatehealth.com/" target="_blank">ValuateHealth.com</a>. </p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Pharmaceutical manufacturers today rely on data in everything from accelerating drug development and improving the efficacy of clinical trials to reducing safety concerns and identifying patient populations.</p><p>But the sheer amount of data can be overwhelming. Too often it’s hard to figure out where to get started in the data analytics part. What do you want to know from the data? What are the right questions to ask of the data? And is this even the right data to use?</p><p>Jack Timko, a principal with Valuate Health who leads their data analytics team, joins The IDI to help make sense of data and data analytics in pharma and market access.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-timko-data/">Connect with Jack Timko on LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://valuatehealth.com/#point-view">Learn more about Valuate Health</a></p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Health equity is a big topic in the pharmaceutical industry right now, but the topic is so large that manufacturers don't know where to start. Tony Gibson, MHA, a Principal at Valuate Health, has some advice on how pharma can address health equity in a meaningful way.</p><p>Manufacturers have shown a “tremendous willingness to incorporate the voice of the patient,” Gibson says. But their health equity messaging tends to be the weak link. “It can come off as window dressing which minimizes this very important topic and reduces it to a catch phrase,” he says.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-gibson-a5b06833/ ">Connect with Tony on LinkedIn</a></p><p>Gibson recently contributed to a white paper on health equity and pharma.</p><p><a href="https://www.archbow.com/health-equity-whitepaper-download">Download the health equity and pharma white paper</a></p>
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