Category: News

With over 3.4 billion active social media users worldwide as of 2019, it is clear that having an online presence and utilizing internet technology is essential for any pharma marketer. Recently, the possibilities for digital pharma marketing have become endless. As the pharma industry establishes an online presence

Only a few decades ago, the idea of altering one’s genes would have been considered science fiction, but today it is an important and promising reality. Gene therapy, the altering of genes in the body to treat or stop illness, is being explored for the treatment of many

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known as HIV, continues to be a major global public health issue. According to the WHO, HIV has infected 70 million people and claimed over 35 million lives worldwide since the pandemic began in 1981. 36.9 million were living with HIV as

The Chinese pharmaceutical market is second in the world, with $145 billion in growth expected by 2022. Through increased spending on research and major reform of the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), China’s increasing pharma influence ensures that the world will be seeing the Made in China

Diabetes plagues about 422 million people worldwide and is one of the leading causes of death in the world, according to the WHO. Fortunately for diabetes patients, September and October were great months for advances in diabetes care.

Drug waste is making the news again with the release of the NPR story Drug Companies Make Eyedrops Too Big, and You Pay for the Waste. The article revives a 1992 American Journal of Ophthalmology study in which researchers determined that eye drops 1/3 – ½ the size

It is October, and in the Americas and Europe, that means pumpkin spice, corn mazes, and Halloween. Halloween is a notoriously dangerous holiday—according to the US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), between 2007 and 2015, Halloween was the holiday with the fifth-highest number of emergency room visits

Automation has already taken the healthcare manufacturing sector by storm—thumb through an issue of Pharmaceutical Technology, and you will see solution after solution, all of which claim to cut costs and boost production rate. With the advent of AI and big data, healthcare automation is becoming faster, smarter,

According to research published in the Journal of Rare Disorders, the mean length of time from symptom onset to accurate diagnosis for patients with rare diseases was 4.8 years. In the meantime, these patients visit an average of 7.3 physicians. Most rare diseases have no cure or treatment,