Healthcare

Ida Tin leads the femtech revolution with health app Clue

Through the wildly popular app Clue, Ida Tin is revolutionising the femtech space, heralding a healthier future for women everywhere

Care package: vHealth keeps Aetna International customers connected

The international private medical insurance market must step up and deliver a fully connected service to meet the demands of an increasingly global world

Clinigen: partnerships key to preventing drug shortages

Clinigen is committed to making medicine accessible wherever it’s needed. Through partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, it’s delivering on this promise

Using data to deliver personalised, affordable, convenient healthcare

President Richard di Benedetto explains Aetna International’s digital transformation successes

How stem cell treatments can make medicine effective and affordable

Throughout history, healthcare has gradually transformed from a mystical art into a defined science. While there are still challenges to be faced, life-saving stem cell treatments are revolutionising the industry

Artificial intelligence is helping the fight against cancer

Evaxion Biotech’s machine learning technique is creating cancer immunotherapies that are personalised down to the genetic level

Fear, judgement and a lack of understanding: why mental health stigma still exists at work

Understanding of mental health in the workplace is still very poor; many employers do not understand it and many employees do not feel comfortable discussing it

Laser therapy for cancer may promote better immune response

Clinical Laserthermia Systems CEO Lars-Erik Eriksson explains immunostimulating interstitial laser thermotherapy

BioLingus breakthrough to trade injections for sublingual delivery

Biotech CEO Yves Decadt explains the innovative technology that takes injectable medicines and transforms them into pills

Aspen Healthcare believes a focus on improving quality can not only help healthcare providers meet compliance targets, but also protect their business

Beyond compliance: Aspen Healthcare strives to be the best

Healthcare provision is a process of constant evolution and improvement. The best firms strive not only to improve their clinical offering, but also their internal processes and business structure

Plastic surgery: ‘the ultimate expression of art and science’

Cosmetic surgery is a complex field, with patient expectations often going beyond the limits of what doctors can control. However, new research is slowly bringing the reality in line with perceptions

Paracelsus has done much to improve the mental health of addicts with its stunning facilities and world-class therapies

Paracelsus Recovery helps addicts through person-centred solutions

Although much of the addiction treatment industry has been slow to evolve, Paracelsus Recovery has demonstrated that personalised treatment is the future of the field

Vectura results beat view; will up R&D by 10%

Inhaled-drug specialist Vectura Group posted a 29 percent rise in full-year revenue, helped by milestone payments from its partner Novartis, and said it had three new products in development. The British group is developing a generic steroid treatment for asthma and two speciality products: an inhaled anti-fungal treatment for lung-disease sufferers and a product to […]

German court overturns Glaxo’s patent on Advair

A German court ruled a key patent on GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s lung drug Advair is not valid, dealing a blow to the top-selling lung drug in Europe’s biggest market. Glaxo said on Thursday it would consider an appeal to a higher court, adding there were still obstacles to generic companies launching cheaper copies of the inhaled […]

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