Search Tag: drugs
2021 26 Nov
The delivery of high-quality healthcare and the effective treatment of acute and chronic illnesses cannot be achieved without drugs with high efficacy and safety and with laboratories working in the background to undertake basic research and understand the processes behind diseases, mechanism of action of different molecules and presentation of symptoms...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Cancer affects everybody's life at some point. ‘The Death of Cancer,' written by one of oncology's leading figures, Dr Vincent T. DeVita, documents his own journey for the cure. Dr Peter Kapitein gives his personal review on the book. In 2005 I was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer and became interested in the medical industrial...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Did you know that IV filtration in an intensive care unit (ICU) could help to reduce risks and generate economic benefits? Introduction Intravenous administration of fluids and drugs is an important part of patient care for the critically ill. However, the contamination of infusion solutions by particles is a largely unknown and underestimated...Read more
2019 22 May
The promise of personalised medicine Based on extensive market research, the precision medicine sector is fast becoming a multibillion market. It consists of innumerable companies involved in the research and development, manufacturing and commercialisation of several novel drugs and diagnostic kits to boost the precision medicine workflow...Read more
2019 22 May
The level of sophistication used in due diligence should be on par with the level of complexity in a given industry. AI-Pharma companies are 100 times as complex as FinTech companies. Methodologies used to assess them should be 100 times as rigorous. Discovering new drugs using AI is one of the most challenging areas in biological...Read more
2019 08 Jan
With drug prices and supply often at odds with each other, for example when supplies are plentiful but costs reach sky-high levels, what can a hospital exec do to mitigate the impact on operations? Pharmacy directors at three health systems give their views. Create your own drug company Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Michigan,...Read more
2016 05 Sep
Asia Pacific Drug Formulation & Bioavailability Congress” which will be held from September 05-07, 2016 in Beijing, China. In this regard, we would like to have your cooperation as media partner for our upcoming conference and galvanize the scientific community. Formulation-2016 Theme: Advanced Formulation perspectives for Comprehensive...Read more
2014 29 Jul
The pharmaceutical industry and scientific researchers are developing new and improved drugs for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. According to statistics, there are approximately 300 million people who suffer from asthma worldwide. There are an additional 600 million who live with chronic pneumonia. Nearly 30% of the global population...Read more
2014 08 Jul
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) has responded to a consultation by the European Commission advising that any mHealth applications linked to the use of medicines must have levels of regulatory oversight, ideally involving pharmacist expertise, in order to ensure their safety. The European Commission launched a consultation...Read more
2014 13 May
Patent expiry, together with an increase in generic competition in the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, is expected to bring a number of deals. According to newly released analysis from Frost & Sullivan entitled “Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Trends in the Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry”, evolving conditions...Read more