Covid changed things for medical affairs teams at pharmaceutical companies, causing was a fundamental shift in the way they worked and functioned. The role of the medical science liaison—a key member of the medical affairs team—has also evolved.
Faculty Opinions brings together the comments and opinions of thousands of top researchers in life sciences and medicine. Combined with H1's extensive intel on healthcare providers, the acquisition expands H1's reach and opportunity to impact healthcare by bringing this data under one umbrella, H1 CEO Ariel Katz said.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Continuing its foray into healthcare, Apple announced that it will launch a new Research app and take part in three large medical studies on women's health, heart and mobility as well as on hearing health and what factors affect it.
Lab tests provide impact more than 70 percent of medical decisions and comprise upwards of 80 percent of a patient’s EMR.
While healthcare practitioners ponder the best way to incorporate social media into their lives or practices, Twitter may be a useful tool in gauging both feedback from consumers and for furthering research, according to a recent study. The study, from the University of British Columbia, found that over a six-month period, English-language tweets from a […]
Ever wonder where we direct the most medical research dollars? You guessed right – it’s cancer – as pointed out on blog The Incidental Economist, which lifted a series infographics from a January JAMA article on the “anatomy of medical research.” For instance, in 2013 the vast majority of compounds being developed were for cancer therapy – both chemotherapeutic […]
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
This post first appeared on LillyPad, an official blog of Eli Lilly and Company. For the millions of people nationwide who have diabetes, Dec. 11 looks like just another day on the calendar. But this Thursday is the expiration date for the current continuing resolution – the law that is keeping the government running and, […]
Try an experiment with photosynthesis. pic.twitter.com/G4JfhxfKNT — Karen McGrane (@karenmcgrane) October 26, 2014
Move over, guinea pigs… There’s a menagerie of fauna that has helped researchers gain some novel insight into treating human disease. Here are just a few of these amazing animals: Jellyfish The glow of these brainless beauties has been found to help with tumor imaging – the bioluminescence of jellyfish tentacles has inspired technology that can detect cancer, […]