Digital Technologies
Some 50 experts and executives in the biopharma sector shared their views on the major trends they expect to see driving change in the clinical trials arena in 2024. Artificial intelligence applied to clinical development, greater use of remote monitoring and increased patient diversity in trials were key themes.
More than 75 industry executives and experts gazed into the crystal ball and shared with Scrip their predictions around transformative technologies. Perhaps unsurprisingly, AI was the dominant theme – but gene editing, cell therapies and new targeting modalities were also among the highlights.
As the COVID-19 graph trends upward in countries like India, preparing for future pandemics is high on the agenda of intergovernmental forum G20. Digital healthcare and governance tools, One Health approach and tackling AMR emerged as focus areas at the recent meeting of its Health Working Group
WW International’s decision to move into pharmaceutical weight management could build commercial momentum for Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Lilly’s Mounjaro.
From synthetic data to real-world data, from patient engagement to patient stratification, from combination trials to master protocols and from fully decentralized through hybrid to onsite trials, the world of clinical development is undergoing major changes. Fifty executives share their predictions around clinical trial trends for the year ahead.
The confluence of data science and molecular biology fuels expectations among biopharma industry leaders for another year of breakthrough innovation in human therapeutics. More than 70 executives and experts reveal what they are most excited about on the technology front.
The former Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin, discusses in an interview with Scrip the US Inflation Reduction Act, telehealth, interoperability of healthcare data, and Mark Cuban’s pharma venture.
Addressing health care inequities, providing a nurturing environment for employees and learning from the pandemic were among the aims expressed by executives surveyed by Scrip.
Digital and telehealth solutions took off during COVID-19 and industry observers expect them to advance still further in the coming year. Coupling enhanced patient experience with rich opportunities to use associated data to enhance product development and health care practice, benefits should accrue to industry, health care practitioners, health systems and patients alike.
The COVID-19 pandemic drove huge shifts in clinical trial practice and the transformation is expected to continue even after the global health emergency abates. Industry leaders sharing their predictions around clinical development homed in on decentralized trials, digitization and data tools as key topics for 2022.
Pharma is switching up its digital marketing playbook to map multiple touch points, including digital congresses and social media chats to deliver not just a product but a better customer experience, executives from Pfizer, Novo Nordisk and ViiV Healthcare say.
Biopharma experts discuss at a summit core issues around ensuring that fast-paced digital acceleration does not jeopardize the overall experience of healthcare professionals. Clarity about customer needs/behaviors, embracing a fail-fast, learn-fast mindset and measuring customer experience were among the aspects touched upon.
Sanofi India managing director N Rajaram and ex-GSK executive Salil Kallianpur discuss with Scrip a range of aspects around pharma’s digitization efforts including getting the "outside" talent mix right, avoiding digital "intrusion" in physician engagement and the impact of the surge in teleconsultation.
Around 100 executives highlight the hot areas to watch on the R&D front in 2021. From cancer to CNS and from regenerative medicine to real world data, expectations are high on many fronts.
Executives share their expectations and hopes around the multi-faceted topic of patient access to medicines. From health inequities to value assessment and reimbursement trends, expectations for change abound.
An artificial intelligence and machine learning deal between BenevolentAI and AstraZeneca struck in 2019 has produced its first drug candidate.
Executives expect the changes wrought by necessity in the face of a global pandemic to have lasting effects, both positive and negative, on the biopharma sector. Here they share their predictions for the coming year.
Leading Indian firms spar over trademarks and domain names with the growing role of telehealth adding a new dimension to such legal disputes.
OPPI director general and ex-MSD India chief outlines how pharma in India is ensuring medicines reach patients amid COVID-19, working closely with various stakeholders. De-risking the supply chain and up-skilling sales forces in view of widespread digital engagement are among the key issues firms are addressing.
Post-COVID, a consumer’s home as point of care has led to greater acceptance for health gadgets while shifting preferences away from injectables, shows a new study, which has pointers for pharma strategy. With anxiety over the pandemic continuing, mental telehealth solutions are ripe for the picking, it adds.