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Big Tech’s Foray in Healthcare

By bringing its unique strengths to specific health problems, can Big Tech play a larger role in many facets of healthcare?

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What’s Next for mRNA?

Beyond COVID and cancer: In which indications will we see mRNA technology succeed next? And what technological advances might next-generation mRNA platforms offer over those used in the COVID-19 vaccines?

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The Rise of the Chief Digital Officer in Pharma Companies

Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is the latest title to become a standard within the pharmaceutical company C-suite, with Takeda, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Merck, Sanofi and others all making such appointments in recent years. As we’ve written before, this addition to the pharma senior management team reflects the growing importance of digital to pharma, which encompasses...

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Machine Learning and Drug R&D

We recently wrote about the growing use of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. That blog post talked primarily about the expanding applications of AI in clinical diagnostics, based on AI’s superior abilities in pattern recognition. Within the pharmaceutical industry, however, machine learning technologies hold the most potential for revolutionizing drug discovery and...

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Differentiation Through Digital  

Digital technology is becoming increasingly important in the healthcare space. This was clearly reflected by the growing number of companies and events focused on the digital healthcare sector during JP Morgan/Biotech Week in San Francisco and new conferences dedicated to digital technology applications in health and wellness that have been scheduled for 2019. Uses of...

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Biotech Companies Flock to Newly Liberalized Hong Kong Stock Exchange

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (The Exchange) adopted new rules on April 30 that for the first time enable pre-revenue companies in “emerging and innovative sectors” — including biotechnology — to submit formal applications to list on that exchange. This was the outcome of a careful four-year process aimed at making the Exchange...