Health News
Date: Sep-18-2012
There is no evidence to support the belief that low-level electromagnetic field exposure from electronics, mobile phones and wireless networks are detrimental to health, including the risk of cancer, according to a 200 page study carried out by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. A July 2011 study reported these same findings, suggesting that the link between cancer and mobile phone use is not significant...
Date: Sep-18-2012
Tightening regulations, increasing healthcare costs, ever-growing budget restrictions - these are just a few of the concerns that are raising the attention of key pharma stakeholders throughout the region of CEE, CIS, SEE countries and Turkey. In this new market reality, pharma companies still need to find a way to capture maximum business potential in these key regions. In order to discuss major concerns and overcome challenges resulting from these tendencies throughout the region, Fleming Europe is organizing a brand new conference - Pharma Excellence in the CEE, CIS, SEE and Turkey...
Date: Sep-18-2012
Accessing the market with a product value story With the government trying to cut down the costs on health spending, market access for oncology therapeutics is becoming more complicated and difficult. On the other hand, oncology medications, which are usually considered to be especially innovative, are increasing in demand. There is a need for industry, regulation and payers to find the best way of meeting demands on both sides and create a better and faster way of collaboration in order to meet the ultimale goal - patient access to innovative medications...
Date: Sep-18-2012
Diabetes, Cardiovascular & Renal Complications: Therapeutic targets to reduce cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes The number of diabetics is growing at an alarming rate and the World Health Organisation (WHO) forecast that eight percent of the world's adult population, around 400 million people, will be affected by 2030. This has led the World Health Organization to describe diabetes as a global epidemic...
Date: Sep-18-2012
COPD is a life threatening disease which negatively affects normal breathing. It is characterised by persistent blockage of air flow to the lungs. COPD encapsulates chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The most common cause of patients getting COPD is tobacco smoke. This is either from smoking or from second hand smoke. COPD is not curable and it is under-diagnosed meaning sufferer numbers may be much larger than are recorded currently. COPD cannot be cured, but effective treatment can slow its progress and reduce the numbers of deaths...
Date: Sep-18-2012
SMi's 11th annual Clinical Trials in CNS will take place on the 5th & 6th November 2012 London, will discuss the latest developments in preclinical discover, clinical trial design, clinical trial management and the latest developments in neurodegenerative treatments and will feature talks from top pharmaceutical companies. SMi is pleased to confirm Frank Miller, Principle Statistician and Principle Scientist, AstraZeneca as speaker at the upcoming Clinical Trials in CNS conference...
Date: Sep-18-2012
The Ministry of Health will participate in the 3rd Annual Cold Chain MENA Summit, taking place on 15 - 18 October 2012 in Dubai. With the continued growth in the MENA biopharmaceutical industry, there is a strong need to ensure proper handling, storage and distribution of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. This event will combine Supply Chain, Logistics and Quality leaders from multi-national biopharma companies from the region and around the world, as well as government and regulatory figures to discuss issues and proposed solutions that may occur across the supply chain...
Date: Sep-18-2012
Due to high uncertainty of success and destinations of substantial investments, pharmaceutical development projects tend to be many years in duration. According to this situation and existing challenges such as the effective management of drug development portfolios, the impact of rising R&D costs and falling productivity levels, pharma companies have started paying greater attention to their portfolio strategies, resource allocation and decision making processes...
Date: Sep-18-2012
Pharmaceutical pricing, reimbursement and market access systems differ significantly in the European countries and are nowadays subject of constant interest in the pharmaceutical sector. Our aim is to provide insight into the biggest issues of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, innovations, obstacles and opportunities within a highly proactive environment. This is the main reason why after seven successful events... "I really enjoyed the event and related content...
Date: Sep-18-2012
Modern healthcare systems expect patients to act as consumers. Market principles, competition and choice drive the market encouraging greater public access to medical information and the growth of the healthcare 'lay expert'. According to experts at the IMTEC 2013, greater consumerism and transparency in healthcare is resulting in significant changes in the trends and behaviour of healthcare tourists across the globe. The International Medical Travel Exhibition and Conferences (IMTEC) will take place for the first time on 22-23 March 2013 at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco...