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Climate change: The elephant in the waiting room of health

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Pharma has both an opportunity and a responsibility to do its part in tackling climate change – and the time to act is now, according to speakers at a recent event. Changing attuites. Basically, climate is the elephant in the waiting room – it is the greatest social determinant of all.”. Amanda Barrell reports.

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Economist Impact: World Cancer Series – pharmaphorum in attendance, day one (part ii)

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After all, the EU Beating Cancer Plan was initiated before the pandemic and the tools that exist now – precision medicine, high-performance computing, AI – all of these are essentials for equitable access and innovative medicine. However, experience of the healthcare system differs between regions. They have to consider social impact.