Healthcare and Life Science
Breathing space: asthma & the NHS
Asthma accounts for 5,000 NHS Emergency Department visits every month, with a dramatic 149% increase in admission for children, costing the NHS more than £3bn in 2022. ...
Unique new technology enhances mobile functionality in healthcare
Cambridge based health tech company, electronRx, has developed an API solution for mobile phones that will be a step change in healthcare. The technology extracts five key health metrics via sensors already present in modern smartphones to empower patients, improve health...
AstraZeneca demonstrates scientific leadership with compelling new data at ESC Congress 2023 on the interconnections across chronic diseases
Wealth of heart failure data supports medical guideline updates and underscores commitment to improving patient outcomes. ...
Lightcast Discovery secures $49 million in Series B financing to commercialize its single-cell platform for functional analysis
Cambridge, UK - Lightcast Discovery Ltd., a life science tools company developing a novel single-cell functional analysis platform, announces the completion of a £38M (c. $49 million) Series B funding round, led by M Ventures. Current investors joining the round include ARCH Venture Par...
The power of contact lenses: drug delivery to the eye and more
Jaynell Ng, Graduate Electronics and Software Engineer, shares her experience living with Myopia and discusses how there is more to contact lenses than meets the eye. ...
Medical affairs evolution
Consultants from CRA’s Life Sciences Practice conducted a survey with n=50 leaders in Medical Affairs to learn from their perspectives on trends and challenges in the industry. When asked which market factors are pushing their team to evolve, respondents ranked patient centricity,...
Outlining the need for early reimbursed access to curative therapies
Early access to curative therapies is vital to support the clinical benefits they can provide to both patients and healthcare systems. Early access programs (EAPs) are a mechanism to facilitate faster patient access to curative therapies. ...
Cleopatra Pal joins Salus Wellness Clinics
Salus Wellness Clinics writes...we are very pleased to announce that Cleopatra Pal has joined Salus Wellness this month. ...
Multiple organ functions of the yolk sac revealed by early human development map
The role of the human yolk sac in supporting early embryonic development and the first wave of the prenatal immune system has been mapped in a study published today (17 August) in Science. ...
Ready to control nitrites?
The ever-changing regulatory environment around nitrosamine contamination in pharmaceutical products means manufacturers face the complex task of controlling nitrosamine levels within their product lines. One of the most effective ways of managing nitrosamine formation is to control the...