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To help solve patient distrust in pharma, industry collaboration is key

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The UK pharma sector should emerge from COVID-19 with a great deal of goodwill in the bank, especially after rapidly developing vaccines that are helping to steer the world out of the pandemic. There are plans by the UK health sector containing bold proposals to modernise patient information storage.

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Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

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Despite this, pharmaceutical companies have not won over public trust. A recent study found that only 48% of participants expressed trust in pharmaceutical companies. This lack of trust in such a crucial industry can lead to decreased compliance, poor treatment adherence, and negative health outcomes for patients.

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Leveraging augmented analytics to drive better business decisions

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In early 2020, health officials were cautious about forecasting a COVID-19 vaccine timeline to the public, as vaccine discovery was a historically laborious process that took years (if not decades). Yet a successful COVID-19 vaccine gained emergency approval in just 11 months, a blistering pace that likely saved millions of lives.

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Could virtual reality become an essential tool for healthcare education?

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Practical examples of this include healthcare professionals using VR to learn various medical procedures or for the technology to be used to teach broader society about public health issues, such as the importance of vaccination. When both ‘treatments’ were combined, the vaccination intention increased even further. The more you know.

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Steep drop for UK industry clinical trials between 2017 and 2021

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The number of industry clinical trials initiated in the UK, per year, fell by 41 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to the latest annual report on clinical research from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ( ABPI ).

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Patient centricity and the changing pharmaceutical vista

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Having previously spoken with Dr Mullen three years ago when she was country medical director for the UK & Ireland at GSK – on the topic of patient centricity and embedding that focus within the core of a pharmaceutical company – our recent interview provided some interesting insights into the changing landscape of the industry.

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AI’s infiltration of pharma: How COVID-19 accelerated change

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The pharmaceutical industry has sometimes been a laggard in terms of digital maturity, but the COVID-19 crisis has provided companies the impetus to rapidly implement the most cutting-edge technologies. There are exciting developments happening for AI in healthcare – from drug discovery to diagnostics and care delivery.

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