The monetary, budgetary and financial aspects of Pharma are included in this. It could also be brand management or marketing strategies related to drug companies.
Technology moves at a fast pace, and one industry that can benefit greatly from it is healthcare. This is an area where technology can save lives every day, and long-term developments could completely reshape the system. Here are some ways in which tech is changing the future of healthcare, and helping to mold the systems […]
Sometimes, no matter how experienced and qualified a health professional is, things can go wrong. There are various reasons why a single procedure or checkup could end badly for a patient, with the majority of causes being a form of medical malpractice. Medical malpractice affects a vast majority of the global population and was the […]
Women may outnumber men when it comes to diagnosis of mental and physical conditions, but they are also more likely to seek treatment or take preventative measures than their male counterparts. For several reasons, men will wait until the last possible minute (or avoid altogether) before going to a doctor or specialists to discuss their […]
Brexit is affecting a lot of issues. People tend to focus on the political and the financial, but it will likely affect lives beyond the usual headlines. Brexit will have an impact on health and healthcare for ex-pats who live in Europe. The current estimate is that 780,000 citizens living in EU countries. This number […]
Recruitment within the healthcare industry is becoming especially tough as shortages and gaps within specialities are more prevalent. It has been estimated that there will be a shortage of approximately 45,000 medical and surgical specialists within the next ten years. Further, the medical industry is also experiencing a shortage of non-clinical staff, like security guards, […]
In a world swathed in layers of mobile-users, tech savvy surfers and app developers, the synthesis of an application for genetics was only a matter of time. The latest innovation to have struck the bell is Helix-an online app for chronicling all your genetic information in order to endow you with a better comprehension and […]
The incidence of Central Nervous System (CNS) illness is on the upswing and exacts a heavy human and economic toll. According to the World Health Organization, more than 120 million people worldwide suffer from depression, and the number is expected to rise. The occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease is slated to grow by more than 100 […]
Why are some firms more competitive than others? This is the central question of my research in the field of strategic management. Decades of research, in both the life sciences and other industries, have converged to suggest there are perhaps three overarching reasons. The first is the most obvious: what academics call the ‘Resource-Based View […]
Collaborations are the voluntary, joint actions of two or more parties to achieve a common goal. This is a straightforward concept in principle, but often more complex in the real world. Within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, one can easily identify at least six major classes of stakeholders, viz. private industry, academia, regulatory agencies, governments […]
In an environment where development costs have increased exponentially while filings and launches have dropped drastically, the pharmaceutical industry and drug regulators face numerous challenges in Pharmacovigilance (PV), patient safety and in addressing areas of unmet medical needs. This combination of issues not only adds unsustainable access restrictions and costs in the long term, but […]