PR mega-merger threatens the very soul of creativity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // In one memorable episode of “Mad Men,” Sterling Cooper merges into the tongue-twisting Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, igniting a chaotic clash of egos and overlapping…
Johnson and Johnson
Northwell sees better spinal surgeries with Teligen tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health is showing some real spine. Literally. The New Hyde Park-based health system has become the first in New York State to employ the Teligen…
With billions in play, opioid settlements turn political
By TERRY LYNAM // To those who’ve lost a loved one, it’s blood money: $55 billion in court settlements to be paid out in response to the 900,000 American lives…
In real-time health platform, a billion points of data
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York’s largest healthcare provider is contributing to a national program that will save lives with digital data. Billed as “the world’s first health system-led data…
Abnormal: As variants spike, NYU Langone gets busy
By GREGORY ZELLER // “Normal” is back, at least for now – but COVID-19 is far from finished. Variants are thriving, millions remain unvaccinated (and are getting sick, or worse)…
Smiles, not subpoenas, can sometimes win an IP battle
By ARTHUR GERMAIN // Last week began with a pleasant surprise: As I drank my morning coffee and reviewed my e-mail, I received a Google Alert for the term “Brandtelling,”…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
Hurry up and wait for slow, but steady, vaccinations
By TERRY LYNAM // Frustration abounds as Long Islanders and Americans nationwide struggle to make appointments for a COVID-19 vaccination. The initial strategy put in place by Operation Warp Speed…
Oklahoma opioid ruling offers hope to front-lines LI
By KEVIN DAHILL // The $572 million that an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay to the State of Oklahoma for the company’s role in the opioid crisis…