Chinese pharma starts to narrow the gap - SWI swissinfo.ch. But it represented another step forward for one of several experimental medicines that the company - backed by Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man - is developing in China.
With a market capitalisation of just £550m, London-listed China MediTech - known as Chi-Med - is not going to shake up “big pharma” overnight. However, it is part of a growing Chinese life science sector that the authorities in Beijing hope will become a force in drug development. “China realises that innovation is what matters in pharma,” says Christian Hogg, Chi-Med chief executive. “There are already some big Chinese drug companies, but to get to the next level they have to innovate.” Beijing has made faster development of research-based pharmaceuticals a national priority - both to serve the growing health demands of Chinese society, and to challenge the dominance of western drugmakers globally. What Medical Students Should Know about Social Media. Posted by appsoftdev on June 24, 2014 Nothing has revolutionized communication over the past few decades like social media.
Not only has it changed the way friends meet and stay in touch, it's also changed the way prestigious schools choose students and the way hospitals and other medical services providers choose new hires. So, it's important that both prospective and current medical students understand what's at stake each time they post on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other social media sites. Consider the statistics affecting prospective students applying for acceptance to prestigious medical schools. Romanian pharmaceutical market drops by 4% in first quarter.
Medicine sales in Romania at distribution prices dropped by 4% (to 668.8 million euro) in the first quarter, compared to the same period of 2013, on the background of a winter season warmer than usual, Cegedim data show.
“The evolution was below expectations in the first quarter, on the background of a warmer winter which led to the market drop at the level of the last 12 months. For 2014, when the list of compensated medicines has not been updated yet, we review the annual forecast from rising +2.7% to a slight drop of -0.3% in lei,” the general manager of Cegedim, Petru Craciun declared in a press release. The drop of the first quarter was 1.5% to 3 billion lei. In the period analysed retail sales dropped by 3.9% to 580.6 million euro, and in hospitals it dropped by 4.9% to 88.2 million euro. Tao WellShell: A Smart Fitness Tracker With Isometric Resistance Training. 1inShare Tao Wellness, a brand owned by EZD Productions, a Mountain View, CA based intellectual property company, has launched an activity tracker called Tao WellShell that can create isometric resistance for users to exercise on the go.
Users of the Tao WellShell burn calories by squeezing on the device using their palms or any other part of the body, in repetitive patterns of approximately 10 seconds each. This exercise device, that can be used while flying on a plane and reading a book at the same time, provides users with audio coaching and encouragement based on their squeezing pressure and number of repetitions. The Medical Doctor iphone and ipad medical app review. Purpose of App Review How useful is this app as a pocket reference tool for medical professionals?
Introduction Many medical students and residents carry various mini-booklets in their pockets to reference while on the wards. Many of these reference booklets, like Maxwell Quick Medical Reference, include basic information such as normal lab values, the glasgow coma scale, and sample notes. The Guide to the Future of Medicine: Download the White Paper with Infographic. Being a medical futurist means I work on bringing disruptive technologies to medicine & healthcare; assisting medical professionals and students in using these in an efficient and secure way; and educating e-patients about how to become equal partners with their caregivers.
Based on what we see in other industries, this is going to be an exploding series of changes and while redesigning healthcare takes a lot of time and efforts, the best we can do is to prepare all stakeholders for what is coming next. That was the reason behind creating The Guide to the Future of Medicine white paper which you can download for free. Please use the Twitter hashtag #MedicalFuture for giving feedback. Human Body: An Interactive Anatomy App for Kids. 9inShare Tinybop, a maker of educational iOS apps for kids based in Brooklyn, New York, has recently released its first product – the Human Body, a highly visual, interactive anatomy app designed to stimulate children to learn about the human body.
The app contains interactive animations for the skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems. The First Ever "Dear Doctor" Letter Regarding a Mobile Medical App Recall. When I wrote the Pharma Marketing News article "Some Unregulated Physician Smartphone Apps May Be Buggy" back in January 2012, I reported that Pfizer "recalled" its Rheumatology Calculator app because of "a bug in the app ... gives wrong results.
" Doctors Community, Forums and Doctors Networking. Why Health, Medical & Pharma Can No Longer Afford to Be Antisocial. How the medical industry is using (and could use): Pinterest. The medical industry has developed a certain comfort level with the first generation of social media sites: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn. A second wave – including Pinterest, Google+ and StumbleUpon – offers hospitals, medical device and pharmaceutical companies a new set of tools for building a social media strategy. The picture-driven Pinterest made Internet history recently by rocketing to 10 million subscribers in just under two years, and has already surpassed all of the original four except for Twitter for referral traffic. Going from a need to an app – an interview with creators of ACS Trials. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), encompassing ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and unstable angina (UA) represent commonly encountered events, and often require prompt diagnosis and management strategies to prevent associated morbidity and mortality.
Fortunately for physicians and patients, an abundance of outstanding, well-conducted clinical trials have guided appropriate, evidence-based recommendations to aid the management of patients with ACS. However, this abundance of clinical trials can also make it difficult for healthcare providers to keep the conclusions and caveats of each trial straight. This interesting challenge is well-known to pretty much every physician and medical student. iPhone / iPad App for Better Burn Injury Management. Chris Seaton, PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Manchester and a former captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, has developed an iPhone / iPad app to improve the immediate medical management in burn injuries.
Having been in the field himself, he has seen some horrific burn injuries in fellow soldiers, and the former army man decided to build an app to improve treatment. The software enables a quick, accurate calculation of the amount of fluids to be administered after burn injuries. Fluid management is a crucial factor in improving the chances of survival. Using the touchscreen on either the iPhone or the iPad, one can color the burnt areas on a computer model of a torso. Additionally, the app also requires the burn victim’s age and weight. Research results from a test conducted by a team at Manchester showed that the app reduced errors compared to pen and paper by a third. Announcement by University of Manchester: Burns app could save lives at the touch of a button.
The darker side of mobile medical health - the doctor is never "out" In the excitement of having mobile access to all our patients’ data, are we doctors giving up the last shreds of that non-renewable resource – our free time ? Dr. Wes asks this important question in his recent blog post titled “When the Doctor’s Always In“. Psychology. Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About - David Dis. Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Several great psychology and neuroscience studies were published in 2009. Below I’ve chosen 10 that I think are among the most noteworthy, not just because they’re interesting, but useful as well. 1.
If you have to choose between buying something or spending the money on a memorable experience, go with the experience. Psychology studies relevant to everyday life - PsyBlog.