Digital Health

Real-World Evidence Takes Courage: A Conversation With IQVIA’s Nancy Dreyer

The 21st Century Cures Act’s call for the use of real-world evidence (RWE) is slowly moving toward reality. But hurdles abound, warns IQVIA’s Nancy Dreyer. For instance, the FDA–which is behind the EMA in this area–appears split. Privacy concerns and lack of interoperability hinder progress. Learn why this sometimes-muddied distinction between randomized clinical trial data and RWE is so important, and find out RWE’s role in label expansions.

February 11, 2019

Telehealth, Wearables and Apps – Report 3

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> Reckitt Reaps ROI Reward In Geo-Targeted Symptoms App Promoting Mucinex, Delsym
> Biogen CMO Notes iPhone’s Potential For Early Detection of Alzheimer’s
> Interview: Philips Plugs Into Patient Connectivity

December 1, 2017

Engaging Patients and Navigating Laws: What To Consider When Developing Health Apps

Victoria Hordern and Amy Merrick discuss initiatives in the EU to help app developers navigate the unclear rules on mobile health and explain why engaging patients during product development is key.

February 5, 2018

Pharma Intelligence Report Store Article Collection Digital Policy & Regulation Report 1

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The digital medtech sector is growing fast. As new companies enter the space, they are going to face oversight from a slew of government agencies and statutes.

March 31, 2017

Interventional Neurology: Cerebral Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation Systems

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This medical market and technology report provides a comprehensive discussion of the global market for neurointerventional cerebral aneurysm and AVM embolization systems. This market comprises the following product segments: endovascular coils, liquid embolics, stents for stent-assisted coiling, flow diversion and flow disruption systems, and other novel/emerging embolization devices. Markets covered by this analysis comprise the US, Japan, the five major European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK), and the rest of world (RoW) markets. The forecast range for this report is 2020–25.

December 16, 2021

Biogen CMO Notes iPhone’s Potential For Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

Biogen’s chief medical officer says iPhone technology should in future be used for early warning diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Biogen CMO Alfred Sandrock has told a London neuroscience forum that constraints impeding CNS drug development include the fact diagnosis needs to be done earlier but that barrier could be mitigated in future by digital health solutions such iPhones used as “early warning” diagnostics, notably in Alzheimer’s Disease.

February 5, 2018

Special Report: The Intersection Between Tech and Pharma (Part 1. Google)

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In January 2015, Fortune reported that at $2.9tn, the state of the US healthcare industry is very strong and continues to grow.

January 2, 2016

Telehealth Reforms Praised At Senate Hearing

Insurers and a neurologist testifying at a May 16 Senate Finance Committee hearing on the CHRONIC Care Act praised the bill’s telehealth provisions. Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says he plans to mark up the bill, which has been under development for two years, this week.

February 15, 2018

The Intersection Between Tech and Pharma Special Report (Part 3. Intel, Samsung, IBM, and GE)

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The Intersection Between Tech and Pharma Special Report (Part 3. Intel, Samsung, IBM, and GE)

January 22, 2016

Behind The Scenes Of Digital Health: Medtech Players And Partners

The digitalization of health care has been much talked about over the last decade or so. But activity among the medical device manufacturers and service providers has only just recently accelerated as they start overcoming barriers and resistance to this new way of delivering health care.

February 5, 2018

Philips To Create More Context, Connectedness And Continuity And Shift Sick Care To Health Care

Connected care technologies play an important role in disease prevention, but are still not used as widely as they should be. Philips’ second Future Health Index study surveyed 33,000 participants in 19 countries to compare perceptions and experiences of healthcare users across three areas – access to care, integration of health systems and adoption of connected care technologies.

February 15, 2018

Data in Healthcare: Underpinning the Shift to Value

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Data plays a key role in healthcare systems’ shifts towards value-focused outcomes. Such data includes outcomes and cost data, adherence data, and increasingly, patient-reported data, behavioral and social media data.

November 23, 2016

Serious Skin Reactions Reported with Ibuprofen Use in Europe

The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee advises ibuprofen manufacturers to add warnings on patient information leaflets concerning acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with use of the drug. HBW provides details about the skin reaction being noted and the informational changes required.

September 2, 2019

Going ‘Beyond The Pill’ – Sanofi To Partner With Digital Health Start-ups In Europe

Sanofi and the Plug and Play venture fund are teaming up to explore digital technologies in the areas of nutrition and allergies. HBW Insight takes a deeper look at this partnership, as the pharma giant looks to take a lead role in European digital health innovation.

January 24, 2019

Virtual AI Nurses And The Future Of Chronic Disease Management

What’s in store for chronic disease management in the future? Tap into this informal discussion with health entrepreneur Julia Hu, founder of Lark Health, for a look at her views of what’s to come, including the use of artificial intelligence nursing.

March 6, 2019

US Zantac Sales And Distribution Continue As Sanofi Tests For NDMA

Sanofi plans to continue distributing Zantac OTC heartburn remedy in the US while conducting its own tests to determine whether levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in the active ingredient are above safe levels, Novartis AG, which licenses OTC Zantac, has said it stopped distribution worldwide.

August 2, 2019

Abbott Launches New App To Keep Heart Failure Patients Out Of The Hospital

Abbott’s Merlin patient care network works with the CardioMEMS HF sensor system. The Merlin 10.0 update to the network allows physicians to share custom messages directly with their patients. Medtech Insight looks closer at the software and its intended benefits.

September 2, 2019

Telehealth, Wearables and Apps – Report 2

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> Behind The Scenes Of Digital Health: Medtech Players And Partners
> Philips To Create More Context, Connectedness And Continuity And Shift Sick Care To Health Care
> New Data Gives Adherium Fuel To Accelerate Digital Tech Adoption in Drug Sector
> Siemens Healthineers To Launch Digital ‘One-Stop-Shop’

December 1, 2017

Pharma Intelligence Report Store Article Collection Innovation, Data and Machine Learning Report 1

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Real-world evidence promises to solve many problems inherent in getting a drug to patients at a good price. It could slash development costs and help make the reimbursement case to payers. But there are challenges for companies that want to exploit real-world evidence to get their drug to patients in Europe.

November 22, 2016

Pharma Intelligence Report Store Article Collection Digital Policy & Regulation Report 2

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Funding is taking a long time to come through for the UK NHS’s digital health care transformation, but as the national provider’s head of technology strategy, Dr Paul Rice says, “We can’t afford to remain non-digital.”

July 21, 2017

Pharma Intelligence Report Store Article Collection Digital Patient Management

The digitalization of health care has been much talked about over the last decade or so. But activity among the medical device manufacturers and service providers has only just recently accelerated as they start overcoming barriers and resistance to this new way of delivering health care.

April 25, 2017

Pharma Intelligence Report Store Article Collection Innovation, Data and Machine Learning Report 2

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OTC drug firms should offer more digital tools that guide consumers in product purchases, says a health care marketing executive. The American Pharmacists Association suggests firms also strengthen outreach with pharmacists.

March 16, 2017

Pharma Intelligence Report Store Article: Collection Cybersecurity

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Preventing cyberattacks on medical technology occupies the waking thoughts of device software manufacturers, but the global ransomware episode in mid-May shows that companies must also be alive to threat posed to their provider customers.

May 19, 2017

Market Intel: Needle-Free Glucose Monitoring, Digital Solutions Are Game-Changers In Growing Diabetes- Monitoring Market

The continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) segment of the diabetes management market is exploding, while big names in the blood glucose monitoring (BGM) sector are facing increased competition from lower-cost developers and related innovative diabetes-monitoring products. Examine the competitive landscape for CGM and BGM in this informative Medtech Insight article.

December 6, 2018

Burt’s Bees Hopes Third Time’s A Charm For Toothpaste, This One With P&G

Burt’s Bees is making another foray into the toothpaste category with a line for adults and children and a strategic licensing partnership with Procter & Gamble, makers of Crest. Discover the details of this third attempt to successfully enter the oral care space by the Clorox-owned Burt’s Bees.

January 5, 2019

Telehealth, Wearables and Apps – Report 1

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> Engaging Patients and Navigating Laws: What To Consider When Developing Health Apps
> Telehealth Reforms Praised At Senate Hearing
> Philips’ Survey Highlights Gaps In Perceptions Of Health Care
> Game On For Akili’s Cognitive Control Tech

December 1, 2017

Next-Generation Roche: How Data Analytics Will Keep It In The Lead In Oncology

At Roche’s on-site investors briefing at ASCO in 2018, company execs unveiled the oncology leader’s strategy for staying ahead in the market: heavy investment in digital and personalized healthcare. Read more about the company’s plans in this illuminating article from Scrip.

June 8, 2018

Wearables are Transforming R&D and Care Delivery

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Wearable technologies have the potential to transform medicine and the delivery of healthcare more significantly than any other component of the digital revolution – or indeed than many other scientific advances.

June 6, 2016

Technology Gap Separates OTC Drug Firms From SelfCare Sales Growth

OTC drug firms should offer more digital tools that guide consumers in product purchases, says a health care marketing executive. The American Pharmacists Association suggests firms also strengthen outreach with pharmacists.

February 15, 2018