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UN official, tech leaders tout the power of data, AI to improve global health, sustainable development

Fierce Healthcare

NEW YORK CITY—Advances in technology innovation and artificial intelligence can help accelerate global sustainable development efforts to combat hunger, poverty and climate change and improve healt | Advances in technology innovation and artificial intelligence can help accelerate global sustainable development efforts to combat hunger, poverty and (..)

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Policies need to address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance

PhRMA

Today, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will be holding a hearing on the growing public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites develop the ability to survive against the drugs designed to kill them.

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Opinion: The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

STAT

has implications for the global pace and direction of innovation. Drug policy changes are being influenced by perceptions of the value of novel medicines relative to their budgetary impacts, with some believing that many medicines may not be worth their cost, creating an important role for health technology assessments (HTA).

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STAT+: Assistants, not replacements: How AI can accelerate research and health care

STAT

At a panel at the Milken Institute 2024 Global Conference Monday, Bastani and other health care leaders addressed the rapidly growing applications of AI in science and health care. Collectively, they acknowledged that developers and health systems have to think critically about AI’s limits to avoid harm to patients.

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WHO recommends second malaria vaccine, hoping to address supply issues

STAT

Just two years after the World Health Organization’s historic recommendation of the first malaria vaccine, the global health agency on Monday recommended a second , seeking to broaden access to a tool it hopes can save lives.

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The Global Vaccine R&D Pipeline and Delivery Implications

PharmExec

The current vaccine pipeline brings promise of significant global health advancements—yet development gaps remain, and the future delivery challenges must be considered.

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STAT+: Life science leaders on how to make drug development less expensive, slow, and risky

STAT

Drug development is essentially a long, expensive bet: 90% of drugs fail during clinical trials, goes one of the life science industry’s most oft-quoted statistics. But they cautioned that the pace of future successes will depend on whether the industry can streamline and rethink drug development.