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26 March 2020
Market value growth of diagnostic imaging devices expected during Covid-19 outbreak
CT systems remain the gold standard for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory diseases. With the increasing prevalence of Covid-19, the global market value of diagnostic imaging devices will grow as physicians...
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25 March 2020
As US Covid-19 confirmed cases continues to surge, are ECMO facilities prepared?
As the number of Covid-19 cases in the US continues to surge at 41% each day, GlobalData estimates that up to 12,000 patients may require extracorporeal machine oxygenation (ECMO). Over...
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24 March 2020
Healthcare professionals impacted by Covid-19
As healthcare professionals are on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic, it is no surprise that this is one of the most at-risk groups for exposure to Covid-19. Before...
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17 March 2020
Can car manufacturers help with the need for ventilators in the UK?
The UK Health Secretary has called for British companies from the car and defence sectors to start making hospital ventilators, which provide lifesaving intervention to failing Covid-19 patients. This seems...
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11 March 2020
Biotechs continue to favour US despite China IPO reforms, say experts
Despite attempts to make listing in China more attractive, the country still has a way to go if it wants to seriously compete with NASDAQ for biotech Initial Public Offerings...
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11 March 2020
Urgent need for reliable Covid-19 testing in the US
Accurate testing is critical to stopping an outbreak. When one person is confirmed positive for the disease, they can be put in isolation. Then, their contacts can be identified and...
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9 March 2020
US still under pressure to increase Covid-19 diagnostic testing
As of 1 March, the US had tested approximately 470 people for the novel coronavirus Covid-19. This equates to less than two tests per million inhabitants, meaning that the US...
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6 March 2020
US under pressure to increase its Covid-19 diagnostic testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mass-produced a diagnostic test kit for the novel Covid-19 coronavirus in early February. After these testing kits were shipped, however, it was...
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27 February 2020
Declining Demand for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Earlier this month, Ancestry announced that it is letting go approximately 6% of its workforce due to declining customer demand.
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27 February 2020
New standards for advancing AI capabilities in healthcare released
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in the global healthcare industry is growing as the technology is increasingly able to tackle complex problems across diverse areas of the industry. For example, researchers...