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The Microbiome’s Time To Shine

Jan 9, 2025 | insights.citeline.com | William Masters

The Microbiome’s Time To ShineExclusive Interview With Seventure CEO Isabelle de Cremoux17 Jun 2021 • By William MastersIn this installment of our VC Playbook series, In Vivo sits down with Isabelle de Cremoux, CEO of Seventure. The company has been a pioneer investor in the microbiome space, which Cremoux believes has now reached a turning point.
Complex dynamics between food prices, income and dietary quality in sub-Saharan Africa - Nature Food

Mar 11, 2024 | nature.com | Yan Bai |William Masters

In sub-Saharan Africa, where the affordability of a healthy diet remains a pressing concern, recent research offers fresh insights into how food prices and income influence dietary quality. These insights provide a roadmap for targeted food and nutrition policy interventions.
Poverty Among Hispanic Children in the U.S.

Feb 21, 2024 | econofact.org | Lisa A. Gennetian |Yiyu Chen |Michael Klein |William Masters

Child Poverty Child Poverty Poverty Among Hispanic Children in the U.S. By Lisa A. Gennetian and Yiyu Chen·February 21, 2024 Duke University and Child Trends The Issue:Among the four largest ethnic and racial groups in the United States, Hispanics had the highest rate of child poverty at 19.5% in 2022, as measured by the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
Snap Spanish elections throw health reimbursement reform into doubt

Jun 13, 2023 | pharmaceutical-technology.com | William Masters

Two broad health reform initiatives are affected by the election. This development stops the work of Spain’s Ministry of Health, which had been drafting two royal decrees aimed at reforming the public drug reimbursement process in the country. Credit: Niyazz via Shutterstock. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for 23 July, throwing several significant health reform initiatives into doubt.
Brazilian federal court denies semaglutide patent extension

May 9, 2023 | pharmaceutical-technology.com | William Masters

This case highlights the impact the 2021 Supreme Court ruling has had on exclusivity periods for all drugs issued patents since then. Novo Nordisk had requested that the patent for semaglutide be extended by seven years, and its oral formulation by 12. Image: luchschenF via Shutterstock.
Causes and Consequences of Malnutrition Today

Apr 16, 2023 | econofact.org | William Masters

Episode Details 2.3 billion people, or 30% of the world’s population, are food insecure. This isn’t just a problem in low-income countries – an estimated 34 million people in the United States, including one out of every eight children, have constrained diets because of a lack of access to food.
Colombian healthcare reform aims to upend insurance and shift focus to primary care

Feb 24, 2023 | pharmaceutical-technology.com | William Masters

After months of speculation, Colombia’s government has finally presented a long-awaited draft healthcare reform to congress. It includes a radical overhaul of the public healthcare insurance sector, doing away with the role of the Health Promoting Entities (Entidades Promotoras de Salud, EPS) as intermediaries.
Nutrient Composition of Plant-Based Substitutes for Animal-Sourced Foods: Evidence From Packaged and Processed Meats in 30 Countries

Jan 29, 2023 | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | Suzannah Gerber |William Masters

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