Global With clinical trials having become extremely expensive to conduct, industry buzz around the potential of data and artificial intelligence (AI) to allay these costs has grown. However, experts are split as to the true potential of digital tools to reduce clinical development outlay and provide better patient outcomes in the…
Mexico Dr David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, director-general of the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition (INCMNSZ) shares the many new initiatives the Institute has introduced in the past couple of years, the new focus on primary care provision in line with government priorities, and the ongoing construction of their…
UAE The Dubai Health Authority, the government body responsible for overseeing Dubai’s health system, is working full speed as the 2021 mark laid by the Dubai Health Strategy 2021 approaches. Director General HE Humaid Al Qutami, explains how the organization is working to provide the highest quality of medical care to…
UAE As Fujifilm, the iconic Japanese photography and imaging company, continues to expand into healthcare, it is betting heavily on the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Chihiro Sasaki, healthcare division manager in the region, explains the company’s footprint in MEA, its efforts to help the region combat chronic diseases through innovative…
Artificial Intelligence Digital health deal values in biopharma jumped to USD 6.4 billion in 2019, largely thanks to software company Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.’s USD 5.9 billion acquisition of health tech company Medidata Solutions, according to analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. “Traditional investors in the digital health startup space have generally…
Artificial Intelligence With so many wild predictions being bandied around about AI’s potential to radically transform healthcare for the better, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that materialization of that dream will be far from easy. Indeed, the task a hand can seem quite formidable. Most pharma companies’ existing…
Artificial Intelligence As data and information proliferate at an exponential pace, many industries have turned to artificial intelligence to make sense of this information and deliver meaningful insights that can enhance performance. This is certainly the case for the healthcare sector, where the technology augurs nothing less than a paradigm shift towards…
Artificial Intelligence On the supply side, AI appears to herald the prospect of de-risking the drug discovery process and doing away with many of the traditional time-consuming approaches at a juncture when drug development had been becoming financially unsustainable and clinical research organisations (CROs) had been systematically failing to improve operational efficiency.…
Artificial Intelligence The AI in Life Sciences Market was valued at USD 902.1 million in 2019 by Mordor Intelligence and is projected to expand at an impressive 20 percent compound annual growth rate in the period 2020 to 2024. Yet despite the massive hype and enthusiasm around artificial intelligence’s propensity to positively…
Artificial Intelligence IBM Watson Health’s Director for Global Life Sciences & Go-To Market Leader for Europe & Asia Pacific Christina Busmalis gives her insights into how AI and greater utilisation of real-world evidence is shaping the global biopharmaceutical industry, including the tangible results she has seen so far, and the lengthy path…
Europe Awareness is growing of the dangers of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Europe, and conversations are beginning to taking place around how to leverage data to combat these infections and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A panel of experts from diverse backgrounds at the European Health Forum Gastein put their heads together to…
China Geoff Kau, Co-GM and CSO of Ping An Smart City, introduces the breathtaking breadth of the Ping An healthcare ecosystem, and the interesting projects his subsidiary, Ping An Smart City, is working on to promote efficiency and efficacy within the healthcare system for patients, payers and providers. He shares a…
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