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An app can never replace a doctor

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million doctors, nurses, and midwives expected by 2030. According to the Lancet, a medical journal, the incidence of depression and anxiety has soared in the pandemic—by more than 25% globally in 2020. In October 2020, hackers who had breached Vastaamo, a popular Finnish startup, began blackmailing its users.

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No digitization with HCP’s is not permanent

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IN SUMMARY : When patients return to doctor’s offices will HCP’s have time to go online with every drug company that requests an online detail? Will patients be happy with telehealth once they feel it’s safe to return to physicians’ offices? As for patients?

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Telehealth will be worth about $25 billion in 2021

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SUMMARY: Deloitte predicts that the percentage of virtual video visits to doctors will rise to 5% globally in 2021, up from an estimated 1% in 2019. billion doctor’s visits, worth a total of approximately US$500 billion. The most time-consuming task is to make an appointment with your doctor just to ask for a new Rx or an Rx renewal.

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Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

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Do patients care? Do patients care? 85% of accelerated approvals from 2010 to 2020 were for oncology indications. If you’re a cancer patient and your oncologist is prescribing a drug approved via accelerated Approval, are you going to refuse treatment? The post Do patients care about accelerated approval drugs?

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Novo’s obesity drug has serious warnings and barriers to overcome

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SUMMARY: The media headlines promise weight loss for diabetes patients, but Norvo’s new drug is in the same class as other drugs and carries many warnings. Can diabetes patients really stay adherent to a drug for 63 weeks in which 85% of patients report GI side effects and will insurance cover the cost?

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Is DTC effective?

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DTC marketers who believe that DTC is essentially the same as before the pandemic are failing to recognize significant shifts in patient behavior regarding prescription drugs. In an era of a pandemic, are psoriasis patients really going to ask for a drug that may compromise their immune system? What are other patients saying about it?

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Mental health apps can be useless

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According to the Lancet, a medical journal, the incidence of depression and anxiety has soared in the pandemic—by more than 25% globally in 2020. In October 2020, hackers who had breached Vastaamo, a famous Finnish startup, began blackmailing its users. But are they safe and effective? And then there are the pesky privacy issues.

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