A top exec at GlaxoSmithKline gave us an inside look at the $100 billion pharma giant's experiment with a new way of getting paid for medicines

View online           Science Select           A top exec at GlaxoSmithKline gave us an inside look at the $100 billion pharma giant's experiment with a new way of getting paid for medicines   Drug companies are getting paid based on how well their treatments work. That's more complicated than it sounds.   READ MORE           Al Gore's environmental-sustainability fund has raised $1 billion to pump into new markets focused on health and wealth inequality   The $1 billion growth fund has made investments in the genomics-testing startup Sophia Genetics and in Andela, which trains software developers.   READ MORE           JPMorgan's $500 million InstaMed buy could hint at its JV plans   JPMorgan Chase snapped up Philadelphia-based healthcare payments tech firm InstaMed for over $500 million.   READ MORE             THE US HOME HEALTHCARE REPORT: How US providers are using telehealth to tap into the booming home healthcare market   The US Home Healthcare Report from Business Insider Intelligence sizes the US home healthcare market and identifies the industry trends fueling the rise in home-based care.   READ MORE           Silicon Valley's largest city is sounding the alarm about a drinking water crisis that no one knows how to fix   A combination of drought and sea level rise has led to excess salt in San Jose's drinking water.   READ MORE           This giant 1950s town replica in California is a new kind of treatment center for people with Alzheimer's   Glenner Town Square looks like a 1950s town, but it's actually a treatment center using reminiscence therapy to treat Alzheimer's disease and dementia.   READ MORE           Ice sheets are melting far faster than we thought — in a worst-case climate breakdown, coastal cities like New York and Shanghai would be swamped   Scientists have underestimated how much sea levels will rise by 2100. A new study shows that oceans could rise by 6.5 feet, swamping coastal cities.   READ MORE           Pluto could have a liquid ocean hiding underneath a shell of nitrogen ice   Astronomers think that a layer of gas under the ice and above the liquid might insulate the two from each other, allowing them to coexist.   READ MORE           Pharma giant Merck just struck a $1 billion deal for a drugmaker working on a new treatment for kidney cancer   Merck is acquiring Peloton Therapeutics for $1 billion in cash to gain access to a treatment the company is developing for kidney cancer.   READ MORE           THE DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM: An in-depth examination of the players and tech trends reshaping the future of healthcare   Business Insider Intelligence explores the healthcare ecosystem, industry trends driving digital transformation, and where the industry is headed.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006