During their bi-annual meeting, Germany’s Expert Committee for Prescription was set to discuss a move from prescription to OTC status for hydrocortisone 1% for external use, and combination ibuprofen and phenylephrine hydrochloride. Get the details of the proposal with reporting from HBW Insight.
A digital video game developed by Akili Interactive Labs for treating cognitive disorders has demonstrated in a pilot study its ability to improve cognitive control test scores of neurotypical children and children with sensory processing dysfunction (SPD).
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.
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.
The US Food and Drug Administration is considering how to respond after a contaminant was found in drugs containing, ranitidine, the active ingredient in Sanofi’s Zantac OTC heartburn remedy and multiple generic equivalents. HBW also looks at similar investigations in Europe
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.
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.
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.
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.
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