
What We're Reading: Employers Cut Back on Wellness Programs
What we're reading, June 20, 2016: employers are cutting back on wellness benefits; new apps and websites provide birth control prescriptions to women; and Novartis pledges to triple the number of biosimilar drugs on the market by 2020.
Employer enthusiasm for some wellness benefits is waning. A new survey found that employers are beginning to analyze data on their return on investment and employee participation and are cutting back,
Technology is giving women the opportunity to skip the doctor’s office in order to get prescription contraceptives. In addition to being more convenient, public health officials hope that the availability of new apps and websites offering this service will encourage more women to use contraception and reduce America’s rate of unintended pregnancies and abortions,
Novartis is expecting to vastly expand its biosimilar presence.
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