Janssen Korea becomes yet another drugmaker to shut its Hyangnam plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, by 2021, stranding an uncounted number of employees.
96-week data on doravirine, Merck’s HIV drug, was posted by the drugmaker recently. Merck expects it to outrun drugs like Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Sustiva in combination regimens and antiretroviral drugs from AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson in viral suppression.
The opening of a new Biomedical Blockchain Research Center was announced by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Institute for Next Generation Healthcare which aims to solve healthcare and medical science issues with new technologies and data.
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and integrated health services provider Geisinger are partnering to create an app suite, which by connecting to electronic health records (EHR) aims to upgrade asthma care.
In the United States alone, there are an estimated 20,000 people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called as Lou Gehrig's disease. The fatal disease destroys the nerve cells which control breathing, walking, and eating. Very few people survive more than three years after being diagnosed.
Cerner and Lumeris have brought together their technologies to result in EHR agnostic. The Kansas City, Missouri-based Cerner specializes in EHRs and other IT solutions whereas the St. Louis, Missouri-based Lumeris’ technique involves value-based care.
Ambient Clinical Analytics, the remote patient monitoring firm which became independent from Mayo Clinic in 2013, has elevated $1.5 million in a round led by Noaber Ventures. Noaber Ventures is the extended investment arm of Noaber Foundation and the company’s first European investor. The already existing investors such as Mayo Clinic, Bluestem Capital and Social Capital have also contributed to the round.
The continuing increase in life expectancy, as one of the most important factors of development in societies, indicates the increasing focus on health and its ever booming market, with an estimated average return rate of 18 percent.
The New York-based startup is aiming to digitize the equipment and to make the process easier through the ePrescribing platform. That way, the hospital doesn't spend time on faxing to communicate the order, and the patients and healthcare suppliers can get it quicker than they might have otherwise.
Lou Gehrig disease which has no cure is finally seeing a ray of hope by Tel Aviv University researchers. The disease also called Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a neurodegenerative issue which causes muscles to atrophy and produces permanent disability in patients. The investigators say they may have found the basis of what could become a treatment for the devastating disease.
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