Leaders from Eli Lilly and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, 9amHealth, Features Capital, and accelerator PharmStars discussed the convergence of biopharma, medtech and healthtech, and what is needed to achieve health care transformation, in an LSX World Congress USA panel.

But competing with the likes of Wegovy and Zepbound will be a big ask.

Since 2019, 91 health technology assessments have been terminated by England’s NICE because companies withdrew their applications or did not submit evidence. In the first of this three-part article series, pharma firms share their reasons for opting out of the process.

Payers are restricting access to obesity drugs due to huge patient numbers and a wave of innovation in other areas