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Why is Big Data Dominating Business?
Big data is ‘a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications.’ It refers to a large volume of data that is analysed...
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Haemophilia Prophylaxis
Haemophilia is a bleeding disorder where an individual does not have enough clotting factor and can bleed for a longer time. Since 1965, the introduction of factor replacement therapy (cryoprecipitate and later clotting factor concentrates) has enabled the substitution of the...
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The Internet of Medicine: Implementation in Healthcare
Three words define everything the Internet of Things (IoT) stands for: Convenience, Efficiency and Automation. IoT is a gamut of game changing technology interventions that has created a buzz in almost every industry; but, has it found acceptance in healthcare?...
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A Brief Insight Into Von Willebrand Disease
A nurse was juggling several topics in her mind when sauntering to the neonatal ward to perform a blood test to check a newborn’s glucose levels. The infant’s mother had developed gestational diabetes during her pregnancy. The nurse visited the...
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Universal Health Coverage: Why is it Important?
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane. Dr. Martin Luther King Health is a fundamental human right. If you believe everyone should be able to access health care service irrespective of their...
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An Insight into Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
Many discoveries in medical science happened by chance. In the middle of the twentieth century, two French haematologists, Jean Bernard and Jean-Pierre Soulier, diagnosed a young male patient who had a severe bleeding defect with a prolonged bleeding time and...
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Key Opinion Leader Management as an ROI Tool in Pharma and Life Science Companies
Who is a Key Opinion Leader? Douglas Adams indicates that not all opinions are equal in one of his famous statements. A few outlooks are stronger in logic and argument than others. Key opinion leaders, also known as KOLs, spread...
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Does India need a Health Technology Assessment Model? Which is the most appropriate one?
An overwhelming 70% of all healthcare expenditures are met out-of-pocket in India, which is impoverishing a considerable number of its citizens. The government is paving a roadmap towards an improved healthcare scenario to upsurge the healthcare spend (% of GDP),...
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Pharma 3.0: Origin and Evolution
The present day pharmaceutical industry has earned a new dimension compared to its previous counterparts. The emergence of rapidly changing technology and new processes are changing the overall picture of the pharmaceutical industry, and the change is mostly for good....
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Corporate Consolidation and Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical companies are being driven towards mergers and acquisitions because of the increasing costs of drug development, tightened regulatory approvals, and some of the bestselling products going off patent. The pharmaceutical industry uses M&As as a strategic growth option to...
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Nonadherence to Medication: a Worldwide Concern
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines patience adherence as the ‘the extent to which a person’s behavior – taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes – corresponds with the agreed upon recommendations from a health care provider’. Good...
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3D Printing Technology: a View from the Pharmaceutical Perspective
What Is 3D Printing and How Does It Work? 3-Dimensional (3D) Printing is a digital process that generates 3D objects, layer over layer, using a variety of polymers. It is also known as Additive Manufacturing (AM). Objects are composed using...
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The Global Healthcare Cloud Computing Market
Cloud computing is a ‘platform that delivers services or shares resources, software, and information via the internet. The information is stored on a physical server maintained and controlled by a cloud computing provider or vendor. The users can easily access...
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Acquired Haemophilia
A middle-aged man while watering plants noticed a bruise on his hands. In the next three days, the bruising became extensive, involving both the arms and hands. He decided to visit a physician. His medical history showed that he was...
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Nanotechnology – Applications in Healthcare
Nanotechnology has a vital role in the healthcare sector - to develop novel drug carriers and specific at-targeted delivery towards tumors. Nanomedicines are carried by small devices at a range of 1-100 nm. Such small devices can be highly beneficial...
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The Benefits and Challenges of Patient Organization Collaboration
Patient organizations educate people about living with their conditions, raise awareness on screening and prevention, provide emotional support, helplines, and access to treatment. People can meet each other in a forum and share their experiences. This provides on-going support for...
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The Impact of GDPR on Clinical Studies – Limited or Substantial?
GDPR stands for ‘General Data Protection Regulation’. It is a new set of guidelines that safeguards the personal data of the EU citizens. It enforces stringent rules to control and process personally identifiable data. GDPR came into force on May...
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Healthcare Industry Democratization via Connected Health
The healthcare industry is experiencing a revolution by connecting patient access with personal health information and it’s improving lives. The democratization of the healthcare industry is a popular topic and one that signifies the transition of knowledge about medicine from...
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Comprehensive Care: A Key to Management by Haemophilia Experts
A team of haemophilia experts should adopt a holistic approach to provide better health and quality of life for patients. Haemophilia is a chronic and inherited X-linked bleeding disorder that requires lifelong medical care. This rare genetic condition is much...
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The Role of Rare FIX Inhibitors in Haemophilia B
John was diagnosed with severe haemophilia B when he was just a year old. He then began primary prophylaxis with plasma-derived FIX concentrate (pdFIXC). Tests for inhibitors were repeatedly negative, and John lived a normal life until he was 10....
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