This edition of Med-Sci Matters includes recent promising findings with type 1 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and human “healthspan”; the cost-benefit battle with a PCSK9 inhibitor; questions about the rigor of FDA accelerated approvals; and – not for geeks only!... Read More
Hi Vanita! What do you do at inVentiv Health PR? I work across different accounts including BioMarin, Baxalta Oncology, and Ventana/Roche Tissue Diagnostics and help out the Sunovian, Depomed and Gamma Medica teams on projects. I have been involved in...
Who ever said recess wasn’t fun? With summer on its way out, DC is on its way in. Presidential campaigns and debates, FDA approvals and of course, health care reform is starting to come to life. Presidential Update: The...
Google is no stranger to making headlines, but the recent reshuffle to a holding company model – under the Alphabet umbrella – and spinoff of the Life Sciences Unit has no doubt piqued the attention of the health care industry....
Join us on Twitter at #digitalHx. The Fight to be the Epicenter of Digital Health Boston, San Diego, San Francisco…these cities have become synonymous with the digital health movement. But now, Catalyst HTI is bringing together private enterprise...
Communications and complex math are traditionally at odds, but the disciplines are merging now more than ever for healthcare communicators. We are charged on a daily basis with adding creativity and color to often the most banal, icky or complex...
“Are you ok? Where’s your bike?” asked a worried-looking couple. “Oh, I am not biking, I am running,” I replied. “Wait, you did that to yourself running?” they asked. It had been a pretty hard fall. Coming down a rocky...
Nineteen sixty five was a big year: Tom and Jerry aired for the first time on TV, the Beatles performed one of their biggest concerts in Shea Stadium, and Tokyo became the world’s largest city. In our industry, however, the...
In today’s on-demand society, customers expect that services will be provided to them quickly when desired. More and more companies are jumping aboard the on-demand business model bandwagon that has proven successful (think of services such as Seamless, Netflix and...
By now, you have probably heard that an Instagram post by Kim Kardashian, promoting morning sickness treatment Diclegis, has landed drug maker Duchesnay in hot water with the FDA. The company received a warning letter from the FDA for an...
Join us on Twitter at #digitalHx. A Change in the Digital Ecosystem: Mobile Warming? Citing a change in the digital ecosystem, WebMD CEO David Schlanger announced his intent to move WebMD and Medscape content beyond their websites and...
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