Dominique P. Monnet was appointed to the position of president of PDL BioPharma Inc.

One Drop, a digital diabetes care and self-management platform, announced a multi-part collaboration with Fitbit that will use the power of Fitbit wearable data to bring enhanced data-driven care management tools to the diabetes community.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc., Lundbeck U.S., and Advocate Health Care announced a collaboration focusing on the use of digital technology to support people living with depression.

A DRG Digital – Manhattan Research study of 189 U.S. P&T committee members making formulary decisions at hospitals, IDNs, PBMs, MCOs and ACOs found that on average, these key professionals spend upwards of three hours per day using digital resources to inform their committee work.

Nearly 3 in 10 – 29 percent – of total U.S. health care payments were tied to alternative payment models in 2016, compared to 23 percent in 2015, according to a report by the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network. The public-private partnership was launched in March 2015 to drive adoption and alignment of APMs.

Diane Iler-Smith has returned to Biolumina as SVP, Executive Creative Director. Biolumina is a full-service, integrated agency delivering omnichannel solutions for the pharmaceutical industry