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10 August 2020
Covid-19 testing still matters
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, testing remains the most important way to monitor its reach. Testing provides necessary information for countries to act on in...
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5 August 2020
IMU-838 could be alternative treatment option for RRMS patients ineligible with mAbs
A clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Immunic, with a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies aimed at treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, announced positive top-line data from the Phase II EMPhASIS...
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31 July 2020
AstraZeneca’s Breztri Aerosphere Finally Receives FDA Approval for COPD and Will Later Address Unmet Need in Asthma
On July 24, AstraZeneca’s Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate) was finally approved in the US for the maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), almost ten months after...
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31 July 2020
Mobile Health Apps: Timeline
mHealth apps are almost solely used at the end users/payers stage by hospitals, medical offices, and patients. Clinical trials are also starting to use mHealth apps to help collect and...
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30 July 2020
Mobile Health Apps: Regulatory Trends
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic governments in different countries have recognised the importance and benefits of mHealth apps and encouraged development of new mobile health technologies. In March...
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30 July 2020
Even after Covid-19, the pandemic’s health effects may linger
We have all dreaded it, and far too many of us have experienced it. Coughing, shortness of breath, fever. These are all symptoms of the most important health crisis of...
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29 July 2020
Mobile Health Apps: Macroeconomic Trends
Mobile health applications proved to be essential and promising tools in a fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Assessment apps using advanced artificial intelligence tools, remote patient monitoring and mobile screening...
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28 July 2020
Covid-19 pandemic likely to accelerate the development of at-home healthcare technologies
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced healthcare providers to consider using alternate methods to continue to treat populations that should currently avoid visiting clinics or hospitals. Devices that allow remote patient...
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28 July 2020
Mobile Health Apps: Technology Trends
As mobile devices continue to become more prevalent and technologically advanced, innovators also continue to develop more mobile applications, or apps. Apps can be highly complex, leveraging the power, popularity,...
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28 July 2020
Robotics: Regulatory Trends
Robotics within healthcare is entering the space by passing through current regulatory frameworks that were put into place for medical devices. However, as these robots become prominent, specific regulatory frameworks...