According to a white paper just published by a blockchain development company, LedgerDomain, preliminary testing of a blockchain-based network, called KitChain, met or exceeded the expectations of the pharma companies and service providers who joined in the effort. The goal […]
Read More
“Patient centricity” is the current theme of most pharma companies; however, both now and increasingly in the future, patients will go first to patient organizations rather than pharma for information, financial and emotional support. That’s the overall theme of this […]
Read MoreAs is becoming better understood daily, individualized treatments like cellular and genetic therapies (CGTs) require close collaboration across healthcare: from clinics and hospitals, to pharma manufacturers and back, with logistics providers, blood centers and other participants along the way, the […]
Read MoreUPS has announced that it is forming a subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward Inc., and applying for FAA Part 135 certification, in order to provide commercial-scale, revenue-generating drone deliveries within the US. Part 135 certification, among other things, allows for providers […]
Read MoreAs of mid-year, the National Council for Prescription Drug Plans (NCPDP), a standards-setting organization for pharmacy-related practices, is halfway to its goal of attaching a unique code to nearly all US patient identities, the “universal patient identifier” (UPI). (As of […]
Read MoreLast month, Signals Analytics, an Israeli firm that has provided business intelligence resources to pharma for several years, announced a new version, called the Pharma Playbook. According to Shlomi Madar, VP healthcare solutions at the firm, the announcement represents an […]
Read MoreThe pharmaceutical industry is focused on developing new drugs as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. A frequent frustration is the delay between regulatory approval and payers’ coverage decisions. You may wonder why the same randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) that […]
Read MoreIn an anticipated move, Dassault Systèmes, a French enterprise IT firm (its better-known aviation business is a separate company) will acquire Medidata Solutions, at a 17% premium over the stock price it had before rumors began circulating this spring. Medidata […]
Read More
At this year’s BIO Convention, Syneos Health Consulting unveiled its annual Dealmakers’ Intentions Study, a forward-looking survey of industry expectations for the full year. While 2018 set a host of new records, it appears as if 2019 will continue to […]
Read MoreThe business of digitizing patient records for billing, practice management and (sometimes) better patient care is important to the life sciences industry because prescription choices flow out of the data and represent an important touchpoint for drug marketers. According to […]
Read More
