June, 2022

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Digital health is overrated but there is a future

World of DTC Marketing

The continued emphasis on digital health is overrated but digital health will become an integral part of total patient care. To become a vital part of patient care, digital health providers need to provide the medical community with studies that show their value to patient outcomes. The rapid advancement in the digital healthcare field brings many advantages and a few problems that shouldn’t be ignored.

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Pfizer: Pharma needs a business strategy for a digital world

Dominic Tyer

Chief digital and technology officer Lidia Fonseca gives a fascinating insight into how the pharmaceutical companies has been transforming itself.

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Impact of Marketing Strategies in Healthcare Systems

Medico Reach

One of the essential parts of exponential growth in the healthcare emporium is effective marketing strategies. Furthermore, with the increment in the need for hospital beds, healthcare systems are in dire need of such approaches. Like any industry, a relevant marketing strategy can help healthcare practices rise effectively. Additionally, approximately 88% of the population looking for medical information turns to the internet.

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How to find the right journal for your research (using actual data)

Clarivate

Want to help your research flourish? We share tips for using publisher-neutral data and statistics to find the right journal for your research paper. The right journal helps your research flourish. It puts you in the best position to reach a relevant and engaged audience, and can extend the impact of your paper through a high-quality publishing process.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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How health systems can successfully manage and grow their provider networks with an EHR

MedCity News

Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the preferences and expectations of healthcare consumers have […].

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Greece slaps Novartis with €214 million bribery suit

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Greek state has filed a lawsuit against Novartis , asking for € 214 million in compensation for non-pecuniary damages* the country may have suffered due to alleged illegal payments to government officials and healthcare providers. Commenting on the lawsuit , Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris, stated that the country is seeking compensation for the damage it has suffered “from the actions that Novartis itself has admitted to in the USA that concerns payments to doctors.”.

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Eisai’s brain health tool NouKNOW used in Tokyo dementia project

pharmaphorum

Eisai’s digital tool to allow self-assessment of cognitive performance – NouKNOW – will be used in a Japanese project aimed at improving the management of dementia. The smartphone app – which uses a cognition-checking algorithm developed by Australian digital health company Cogstate – will be deployed in Bunkyo City, Tokyo in a dementia monitoring programme.

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Biotech spotlight: Twist Bioscience aims to remove limits on drug discovery with DNA synthesis platform

PharmaVoice

As ‘the Amazon of DNA,’ Twist CSO, Aaron Sato, discusses the company’s breakthrough approach to DNA production and its expansion into drug development.

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Journal Citation Reports 2022: COVID-19 research continues to drive increased citation impact

Clarivate

Today we release the 2022 update to the annual Journal Citation Reports (JCR). This year’s release demonstrates the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on scholarly publishing. We also identify and define a new type of anomalous citation behavior: self-stacking. The annual JCR release enables the research community to evaluate the world’s high-quality academic journals using a range of indicators, descriptive data and visualizations.

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Why obesity intervention needs to be a bigger part of chronic disease care

MedCity News

Obese patients are more at risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and mortality than patients who maintain a healthy weight, and obese patient who develop these chronic conditions usually have more complications. That is why providers and payers must integrate more weight loss strategies in chronic condition care, panelists argued at a Tuesday panel hosted by the Chamber of Commerce.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Takeda’s Peter Schnack on digital’s role in driving innovation and improving patient outcomes

Dominic Tyer

Why digital and data should be available to everybody in a pharma commercial organisation

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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

Advanced economies typically spend about 10% of GDP on keeping their citizens in good health, a share that is rising as populations age. America’s profit-riddled healthcare-industrial complex consumes 17% of GDP, equivalent to $3.6trn a year. That is unsustainable. However, changes are slowly being implemented that could lower healthcare costs.

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Merck launches accelerator programme for AI startups

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Merck & Co is looking for startup companies applying artificial intelligence , machine-learning and other digital approaches to drug discovery and development for a new accelerator programme. The big pharma – known as MSD outside North America – is initially offering support to 12 companies though the newly-formed Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) and is now taking applications from would-be participants.

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'Nobel Prize of pharma' helps put Huma's digital health platform on the global map

PharmaVoice

The company’s CEO explains how its Prix Galien award-winning app bridges patient care, treatment support and clinical research.

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Optimizing Clinical Supply Strategy: Navigating Challenges & Finding Your Ideal Model

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Journal Citation Reports 2022: A preview

Clarivate

Each year, the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) release provides a summary of the network of scholarly citations from the prior year of Web of Science coverage. It is a snapshot of the continually evolving research landscape. “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”. Baseball player Yogi Berra. As we approach this year’s JCR release at the end of this month, we reviewed factors that may affect the published metrics.

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Episode 91 – Your MedTech Social Media Reputation

Medical Device Success

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes. You would not want this to happen to your company. The motivation for this episode came to me as I read a post in a medically oriented private Facebook group where a doctor very professionally took a MedTech company to task for poor service. When I share more of the details in a moment, you will be as shocked as I was.

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Telehealth visits for mental health continue to rise despite dropping in every other specialty

MedCity News

Mental health is bucking the overall trend in telehealth utilization. A new report found that telehealth accounted for 87% of mental health appointments booked last month. That percentage is continuing to climb, despite virtual care visits declining across all other specialties.

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Insurance companies putting profits ahead of patients

World of DTC Marketing

Five of America’s largest health insurers reported more than $11bn in profits in the second quarter – a decline from the same period last year when the Covid-19 pandemic helped drive sky-high profits yet they are having more of a say on patients’ treatments even when HCPs disagree. A vibrant 83-year-old man hurt his back while gardening. His neurologist diagnosed the problem as a disk issue that could be fixed with surgery.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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GSK hepatitis B hope bepirovirsen heads for phase 3 test

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An antisense drug in development at GSK has shown further activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a mid-stage trial, setting up a phase 3 assessment next year to see if it could offer a “functional cure” for the widespread disease. Interim results from the phase 2b B-Clear showed that bepirovirsen reduced levels of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV DNA after 24 weeks’ treatment to below the lower limit of detection in people with chronic hepatitis B, raising hopes

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Recruiting and Retaining Talent Is the Biggest Challenge Facing the Pharmaceutical Industry

PharmExec

Recent increases in employee burnout and turnover must be addressed.

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Smart Jumpsuit Tracks Motor Development in Children

Medgadget

Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland created a smart jumpsuit that can track toddler movements. The idea is to closely monitor motor development and identify any issues early, allowing for earlier interventions. Issues with motor development can be related to wider neurodevelopmental problems, and so tracking a young child’s activity can provide a window into their overall development.

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Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes

Pharmaceutical Technology

Approximately 75,000 enzymes are thought to exist in the human body as vital catalysts for biochemical reactions or conversions. For hundreds of years, we have found myriad uses for microbial enzymes in manufacturing – from food, drink, and household products to a range of industrial applications. The pharmaceutical industry often relies on enzymes to perform a process known as biocatalysis, which facilitates the cost-effective and sustainable production of small molecule drugs at scale.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Metaverse in healthcare

MedCity News

Dr. Mona Flores, Global Head of Medical AI at Nvidia, will deliver the keynote talk kicking off the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference, scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, in Dallas and presented in collaboration with Health Wildcatters. Register today.

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Uniqueness if pharma DTC

World of DTC Marketing

Pharma DTC marketing is unique, and drug marketers need to think more about the journey from awareness to requesting an Rx. In addition, the patient journey is different for each product category and audience. Some will lead to more online research, while others may not. The hottest pharma product is Lilly’s diabetes drug, hyped by the media as helping patients lose weight.

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FDA rejection of Spero’s tebipenem ‘raises resistance threat’

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The FDA’s decision not to approve Spero Therapeutics’ oral antibiotic tebipenem Hbr for adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) further increases the threat of antibiotic resistance, according to a GlobalData analyst. The FDA delivered a blow to Spero’s hopes of bringing the carbapenem to market in a complete response letter (CRL) delivered this week, which said another trial would be required to support approval.

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How Programmatic Advertising Allows Pharma to Execute Targeted Ad Campaigns

PharmExec

While the pharmaceutical industry has historically lagged behind other industries in the overall shift to programmatic advertising, the pandemic accelerated this transformation to emerging channels like connected TV (CTV).

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist

What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.

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The Creative Floor Awards Announce the 2022 Finalists

PM360

The Creative Floor Healthcare Awards has announced this year’s finalists. Entries have come from the U.S., South America, UK, EU, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, China, and the Middle East. The finalist companies include: Shaheed Peera, Founder of the Creative Floor Healthcare Awards said: “From the bottom of my heart and everyone at The Creative Floor, thank you to everyone who supports this amazing award show.

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University of Strathclyde develops 3D breast cancer screening tool

PharmaTimes

Pre-clinical screening technology could increase cancer test numbers by 50 times

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How health tech can improve the patient and provider experience [Sponsored]

MedCity News

Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.

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The importance in health insurance in retaining employees

World of DTC Marketing

Sixty percent of employees in a recent survey reported experiencing healthcare cost increases that outpaced inflation in the past three years, and 63 percent expect that trend to continue, signaling potential cost challenges in the future. Right now, annual raises are being neutralized by increasing healthcare insurance premiums. If pharma wants to retain people, they may have to develop a solution to lower healthcare insurance premiums.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten