Digital transformation goes beyond just getting rid of physical paper. It is a driver of change, moving a whole medical ecosystem, including patients, to the digital era. And whether we like it or not, we all are enrolled in it one way or another.
Read MoreIn health promotion, we have to bridge the knowledge gap and seek to find a common identity and solidarity between those sending and those receiving health messages. It goes beyond mere communication.
Read MoreIn times of crisis, messages that are not well understood can have grave consequences. So too can a lack of information. Messages need to be clear and constant, even obvious or – for some – absurd. Clarity is the key.
Read MoreChina’s extreme measures in the battle against Covid-19 led to a 90% decline in new infections within the country.
Read MoreThis article examines the economic impacts that COVID-19 could have on the global economy, including the supply of pharmaceutical products.
Read MoreThis article presents scenarios put forward by epidemiologists about what possible outcomes there are for the progression of the virus.
Read MoreThere are two principal reasons why an outbreak of an infectious virus is worrying. Firstly, viruses spread exponentially. Secondly, uncertainty in a virus outbreak is common, especially in the early weeks.
Read MoreFrom a public health perspective, finding a vaccine is more valuable than developing treatments, as immunisation is a better way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the populations of entire countries.
Read MoreResponding to virus outbreaks is speed-crucial, not only in terms of containment decisions, but also how health authorities communicate health messages to the public.
Read MoreHow was the last decade for us? In terms of the rapid rise in the volume of work that we delivered, the challenges we took on and the purely interesting nature of the projects, it has been an incredible 10 years. This article outlines the projects that stand out as ‘milestone activities’ over the past decade.
Read MoreMore and more Language Services Providers (LSPs) are entering the regulatory area who, in turn, outsource this work to their in-country network. The people who actually do the label review are removed from the pharmaceutical company or CRO by up to four degrees and the end-client has no visibility at all of who is doing this work.
Read MoreThe complexity of the regulatory approval process for labels increases with each clinical phase, as patient numbers increase, from 10-20 patients in Phase 1 to 100-200 people in Phase II, to as many as 10 000 patients in a Phase III trial. As many Phase III trials are conducted across an increasing number of countries, the complexity of dealing with multiple regulatory agencies is magnified.
Read MoreOver two-thirds of clinical studies are carried out outside of the USA. It is not unusual for Phase III trials, in particular, to be carried out in over 30 countries across five continents. More study sites outside of North America and the UK and EU region are being introduced each year, including in countries like Georgia and Guatemala.
Read MorePeople do not live in a vacuum. They are the product of a whole universe of beliefs and cultural values. These beliefs may run counter to the health advice they might receive. A great deal of health promotion activities and patient-centric research, if conducted properly, needs to involve a firm understanding of the health beliefs shared by the target population.
Read MoreConsider the Happisburgh hand axe: a chunk of flint, fashioned into a tool, discovered in 2000 in Norfolk, England. Just by the design of the groves knapped into each side, you intuitively know where the fingers fit around it and where the thumb is supposed to go: a natural, comfortable fit.
Read MoreAt a press conference in May 2017, Jean-Claude Juncker, outgoing president of the European Commission, quipped “Slowly but surely, English is losing importance”, before switching to French for the main part of his speech. Clearly, he was having a dig about the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, which, by 2017, was already proving to be an exhausting, tedious process for all sides.
Read MoreMost of us will agree that there are some things whose importance should transcend politics and borders. There are some basic human rights, such as safety, protection from harm, access to shelter, food, and medicines.
Read MoreThere are some things that most of us take for granted. If we go to the supermarket, we’ll be able to stock up on essentials, such as bread, Irn Bru and, of course, Monster Munch. If we go to a café, we expect to choose and consume any item on the menu.
Read MoreWithin the discipline of nuclear semiotics, there is an assumption that our current languages will have either gone extinct, diverged to the point of unintelligibility or there has been some kind of discontinuity or rupture between our civilizations now and those far in the future.
Read MoreWhat would happen if modern medicine were suddenly faced with dealing with the health needs to isolate people? Which factors would come into play, and how would health professionals go about providing care to a hitherto uncontacted community?
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