China plans for the long march in biomedical, device reforms
21 May 2015
China, the country of 5-year plans, has inaugurated a longer one: 10 years for increased manufacturing, including biomedicine and high-end medical devices. The State Council calls it "Made in China 2025."
Awareness isn't enough: Pharma needs to focus on action campaigns
21 May 2015
May is the most crowded disease awareness month of the year, but a recent paper published in the American Journal of Public Health suggests it's mostly for naught. While "awareness days" do spread the word about a particular condition, the events seem to have little effect on public health.
China scraps 15% drug markup at 100 hospitals, to move nationwide by 2017
20 May 2015
China's State Council plans to scrap a 15% markup on drug sales in major hospital nationwide, kicking into gear a pilot that aims to transform pharmaceutical cost and quality problems over a two-year horizon as part of a major health system overhaul.
FierceDrugDelivery's 10 biggest partnerships in drug delivery
20 May 2015
"Cover all the bases" is the theme of FierceDrugDelivery's annual list of the top drug delivery partnerships. Finding 10 significant alliances that represent the full range of drug delivery advances was a challenge, and there are certainly other deals out there that are both novel and of high importance.
Study Looks at Diagnostic Utility of Clinical Whole-Genome Sequencing
20 May 2015
Whole-genome sequencing continues to show promise for diagnosing genetic disorders in the clinic, according to a new analysis in Nature Genetics, which sifted through factors involved in reliably narrowing in on authentic disease-causing variants from genome sequences for individuals with Mendelian or immunological conditions.
ICYMI: New Oncology Trend Report Highlights the Future Promise of Innovation
20 May 2015
As part of our Healthy Outlook: Conquering Cancer in the 21st Century blog series, we wanted to highlight a new report from IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics that examines the global market for oncology treatment. According to the report, cancer care is evolving and improving as new therapies emerge and innovation continues, underscoring the importantance of a competitive biopharmaceutical marketplace to control costs and push biopharmaceutical manufacturers to innovate.
Want to know a secret? Pharma's patient services are going to waste
19 May 2015
Patient services are apparently one of pharma's best kept secrets, according to a study out today from Accenture. Fewer than one-fifth (19%) of patients surveyed knew about available patient services, such as prescription assistance, support groups, nurse visits, referrals and financial assistance.
19 May 2015
The med tech ecosystem is diverse and teeming with myriad stakeholders, to the point that identifying the customer of a company or device can be challenging.
The top 10 advertisers in Big Pharma
19 May 2015
While the list of the top spending DTC ad spenders changes every year, there are always a few certainties and a few surprises.
Study: Remote monitoring of cardiac device patients results in better survival, less hospitalization
19 May 2015
Tracking patients who have various cardiac devices via a remote monitoring system cuts down on hospitalizations and costs, while improving patient survival. That's according to a 5-year study by St. Jude Medical ($STJ) of more than 90,000 patients with pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices.
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