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Relative importance of pharmaceuticals on health outcomes: 1990-2015

Healthcare ECONOMIST

reduced smoking rates) is having an impact, but another key key question is, what is medical technologies are driving these gains? Is it new surgical techniques, better diagnostics, improved medical devices, or new pharmaceuticals? Across all 8 diseases 56% of the relative value came from pharmaceuticals.

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SoundHealth Launches First-Ever Real-Time Personalized Allergy Forecast

HIT Consultant

The wearable utilizes advanced Acoustic Resonance Therapy (ART) to deliver a non-pharmaceutical treatment for rhinitis, providing relief that is comparable to or better than nasal corticosteroids, without known side effects. What You Should Know: – SoundHealth, Inc.

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Philips Appoints Charlotte Hanneman as New CFO, Succeeding Abhijit Bhattacharya

HIT Consultant

Hanneman brings over 20 years of experience in the MedTech and pharmaceutical industries. She joins Philips from Stryker, a global medical technology company, where she currently serves as Controller and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis. Hanneman’s Bio/Background Ms. Prior to Stryker, Ms.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Replicate The Human Touch in Healthcare Provision?

HIT Consultant

AI also has the potential to identify, and even design, up to 50 new therapeutic drugs in the next decade, representing a $ 50 billion opportunity for the global pharmaceutical industry, with a 20-40% reduction in pre-clinical costs. IvorIvor has been in a candidate search for more than 30 years.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

That a pharmaceutical company executive is speaking on the main stage at CES speaks to digital health’s mainstreaming beyond elite athletes and smartwatches that track activity.

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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

Health Populi

This capability is attracting pharmaceutical and life science companies, health care providers and research organizations to take a closer look at Seqster’s offering. Takeda is one of the organizations that has implemented Seqster’s solution, leveraging real-time data for research and patient services.

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CPQ: Optimizing MedTech Operations and Sales to Accelerate Cash Flow

HIT Consultant

These inconsistencies and inaccuracies tend to compound in medical device and medical technology organizations where product portfolios are continually evolving, pricing fluctuates and quotes have to be configured to meet the specifications of each customer. But there are also some precautions to take with CPQ software.