Digital health solutions and personalized medicine are increasingly promoted as pathways to improve health care delivery in low-resource settings, including Ghana. Drawing on insights from our examination of the published literature and our engagement with digital health research in this context, we present a scholarly viewpoint on how digital health has been positioned in relation […]
Verily Health simplifies medical jargon alphabet soup with AI-powered app in new campaign
The company highlights the features of its AI-powered Verily Me app in two 30-second spots that launched across national TV, audio and social channels.
Cochrane review dismissing amyloid drugs draws immediate backlash
A new report trying to settle a decades-old debate about Alzheimer’s disease has reached a dramatic conclusion: Antibody drugs that target sticky amyloid beta proteins in the brain simply don’t work. The meta-analysis, which compiles …
Roche to start a new Phase 3 trial for Elevidys
Roche said it will run a new Phase 3 trial for the controversial Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys in another attempt to win approval for the therapy in Europe and other regions. The
Two-Factor Authentication Breaks Free from the Desktop
Threat actors know how to bypass security systems outside of traditional IT environments. Implementing 2FA could provide a needed extra security barrier in the physical world.
MeiraGTx buys back gene therapy from J&J; Storm brings in $56M Series C
💰 MeiraGTx buys back eye gene therapy from J&J for just $25M: The gene therapy, known as bota-vec, failed a Phase 3 study for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) last year. But physicians and patient advocates …
Microsoft’s Original Windows Secure Boot Certificate Is Expiring
The Secure Boot refresh is one of the largest coordinated security maintenance efforts across the Windows ecosystem, Microsoft said. Update those PCs soon.
Artificial Intelligence for Identifying Patient-Reported Outcome and Experience Measures in Oncology: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study Using ClinicalTrials.gov
Background: Traditional health care systems have evolved to increasingly recognize patients’ perspectives as key to improving the quality of care, especially in oncology. Hence, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) can enhance patient–health care provider communication while facilitating individualized care. This tailored approach improves patient outcomes and highlights the need for research […]
Blurring the lines of healthcare AI
If you asked me a year ago to break down the different areas of healthcare AI we’re covering, it might’ve looked like scribes, clinical decision support and a whole lot of administrative use cases, like …
Lift for UK healthtech as fund bags £100m from national bank
A new Apposite Capital fund has been set up with £100m to provide much-needed scale-up funding for UK biopharma and healthtech companies.
Using versus selling lucrative PRVs: Moderna’s cautionary tale
As the prices paid for priority review vouchers (PRVs) have crept up over the past year — the last two have sold for at least $200 million each — companies now have to make difficult decisions on …
MSF says Gilead’s lenacapavir supply ‘not nearly enough’; PolyPeptide’s strategic review
Plus, news about Grand River, syringe stockpiling in South Korea and Cellares: 💉 MSF criticizes Gilead’s lenacapavir supply: Gilead is expanding supply of the HIV prevention injection to an additional one …