U.S. News & World Report: Policy, Economics Show Med Students the Big Picture

November 4, 2016

Second-year medical student Jeffrey Roberson says listening to a panel of parents whose children have asthma talk about how the cost and convenience of treatment dictated their choices was an eye-opener for him. Read the full story at U.S. News & World Report

Texas Public Radio: Cancer Therapy And Research Center Gets $5.8 Million

November 4, 2016

The Cancer Therapy and Research Center has received $5.8 million in new funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Read the full story at Texas Public Radio

Express-News: San Antonio’s health sector generated $37 billion in sales last year

November 3, 2016

San Antonio’s health care and biosciences sector has more than doubled over the last decade and now accounts for one of the area’s largest industries with $37 billion in sales of products and services last year, according to new data from the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Read the full story at the Express-News

Monthly Prescribing Reference: ‘MK3’ Fixed-Dose Combination Effective in HCV GT 1, 2, and 3

November 2, 2016

A fixed-dose combination of pangenotypic direct-acting antivirals was “‘highly effective” in treatment-native patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes (GT) 1, 2, and 3, a study presented at The Liver Meeting (R) 2016 has shown. Read the full story at Monthly Prescribing Reference