Mount Sinai’s medical school opens blockchain research center
The Center for Biomedical Blockchain Research will explore technology's application to healthcare and industry partnerships.
A universal flu vaccine could be on the horizon
This year’s flu vaccine has proven to be an unfit match to the prominent strain. It’s unfortunate, but it has happened before. But what if there was a universal influenza vaccine that could just take care of business once and for all? Researchers at McMaster University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, […]
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Hospital bottom lines: Why clinical trial enrollment is abysmal
To help reshape the severely flawed U.S. clinical trial system (see above), physicians need better incentives to enroll their patients, said Dr. Roxana Mehran, a cardiology professor hailing from Icahn School of Medicine. Here’s why: Fifteen percent of clinical trial sites don’t enroll patients at all, Mehran said at this week’s AdvaMed conference in Chicago. On the flip side, […]