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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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In order to effectively combat the problems related to counterfeit medicines, several companies have come up with innovative technologies to provide the necessary tools to manufacturers, healthcare professionals and patients to authenticate pharmaceutical products.

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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. IBM said it “remains committed to Watson, our broader AI business, and to the clients and partners we support in healthcare IT.”

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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. Types of Big Data in Healthcare Structured Data: Structured data is quantitative data in the form of numbers and values that can be processed, stored, and retrieved in a fixed format.

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

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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.

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Risk-sharing agreements are growing at a rate of 24%

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This is not the first treatment to come with a high price tag. Partly in response to such drugs, risk-sharing agreements (RSAs) have increased in popularity and aim to mitigate the risks of including high-cost drugs on reimbursement lists and healthcare plans.

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