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- We found out how much typical employees at 23 biotechs make;
- Two major health systems are making a big bet on hospital-level care at home;
- A CDC panel signs off on Pfizer's shot for 12- to 15-year-olds.
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Employees at top biotech companies can get paid up to $701,000. Here's where workers made the most in 2020.
- Insider analyzed median employee
pay at more than 100 drug companies to identify the best-paying firms. - Here are the 23 best-paying biotechs, which all paid over $300,000 to their typical worker in 2020.
- At the top are TG Therapeutics ($701,000), Reata Pharmaceuticals ($568,580), and Kodiak Sciences ($517,381).
Find out the median pay at 23 biotechs>>
Why two major health systems are investing $100 million in a startup that helps doctors provide hospital-level care at home
- Kaiser Permanente and Mayo Clinic are investing $100 million to scale in-home care startup Medically Home.
- The investment comes as doctors and
hospitals embrace remote care amid the COVID-19 pandemic. - Investor interest in a crop of companies helping hospitals provide in-home care is growing.
CDC panel OK's Pfizer for 12- to 15-year-olds after safety review
- A panel of CDC advisors voted Wednesday to allow Pfizer's vaccine to be administered to teens aged 12-15.
- The vote by the independent committee of 15 experts was near unanimous, with 14 in favor and one recusal.
- "This is another way to get closer to ending this horrible pandemic," one advisor said.
Shots could go in arms of young teens starting today>>
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- TJ Parker, who co-founded PillPack, lays out what's next for Amazon's pharmacy ambitions (Stat News)
- Back at work with no masks or social distancing, Australians reveal what it's really like to return to the office (Insider)
- The average "cost of dying" in the US, by state (Axios)
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