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Benefits of blockchain in limiting counterfeit drug distribution

European Pharmaceutical Review

Benefits of blockchain technology in the pharma supply chain Blockchain technology can address these issues in the pharmaceutical supply chain by providing timely data and increase shared data’s authenticity, integrity , and invariability. This can reduce the willingness for counterfeit and less accurate data, according to the review.

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Smart pharmaceutical and healthcare labels: Lets trace medicines from its origin

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It is worth noting that smart labels contain a transponder code which can be read by sophisticated devices, including radio frequency identification device (RFID) tags and near-field communication (NFC) chips. While most smartphones can read NFC chips, RFID tags can only be read by specialized receivers.

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Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies in Healthcare

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Examples of such technologies include DNA Taggants (a unique DNA tag used in the product / packaging that can be scanned using a designated instrument / equipment), invisible printing technologies, digital watermark technologies and hidden markers / print technologies.

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NICE reaches a deal with Roche on access to oral SMA drug Evrysdi

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Roche’s oral treatment Evrysdi for the rare genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will be made available on the NHS in England, after NICE reached a three-year access agreement with the company. million price tag make it is the most expensive treatment ever approved for NHS funding.

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Revolutionizing Medicine and Public Health: The Emergence of Big Data in Healthcare

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Big Data in healthcare refers to the vast amount of data that is continuously expanding and cannot be efficiently stored or processed using traditional tools. Within the healthcare sector, structured data includes demographic details, vital indicators (like, height, weight, blood pressure, blood glucose).

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IBM sells off large parts of Watson Health business

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A private equity group has agreed to take over most of IBM Watson Health, seven years after the business was launched with a pledge to revolutionise healthcare data analysis. For its part, IBM has said that the Watson for Oncology product has been improving year-on-year as the AI crunches more and more data.

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Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Due to the high price tags associated with these speciality medicines, innovators have naturally favoured big markets with high GDP such as the US and EU-5 (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK). The challenge of providing adequate access to the peripheral EU markets is quite evident. Europe’s forgotten territories.