CRISPR-based innovations drove $21 billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

CRISPR-based innovations drove  billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

London: The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a notable uptick in licensing agreements for innovator drugs incorporating clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based technology over the past five years. These agreements, primarily concentrated in oncology, immunology, and central nervous system therapeutics, have collectively accumulated an impressive $21 billion in deal value. Furthermore, the period from … Read more

India is going to be at the forefront of solving some of the larger healthcare problems: Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS – ET HealthWorld

India is going to be at the forefront of solving some of the larger healthcare problems: Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS – ET HealthWorld

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS, to figure out how AI applications will accelerate the future of healthcare. AI in healthcareAI can have everything from macro applications to micro applications in healthcare. Let me just pick on some of the micro ones because they are pretty important too. One really important … Read more

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI) can help combat systemic challenges pressing globally Systems of health with AI-powered diagnostics, infectious disease intelligence and clinical trial optimization showing the most potential, a new study said Monday. The report published by the world economic forum (WEF) cited several case studies, including one from India, to highlight the transformative … Read more

Explained | Will new drug slow progress of Alzheimer’s?

Explained | Will new drug slow progress of Alzheimer’s?

Image for representation purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: At the end of November, the news of the success of a drug in reducing cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease Explosion on the horizon with all the promise of being a silver bullet. The drug, lecanemab, co-developed by pharmaceutical … Read more

Commercial Weight-Loss Program May Outperform DIY Approach

Commercial Weight-Loss Program May Outperform DIY Approach

A widely available commercial weight-management program led to greater weight reductions than an unstructured do-it-yourself (DIY) approach, according to new data recently published in Open JAMA Network. In a randomized clinical trial that included nearly 400 adults from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, participants who were assigned to WW, formerly known as … Read more

Digital healthcare is here to change the healthcare ecosystem – ET HealthWorld

Digital healthcare is here to change the healthcare ecosystem – ET HealthWorld

By Mascot honest Every industry in today’s world is touched by technological advances, and healthcare is no different. The healthcare industry has changed significantly over the years, most of it due to technological advances. When considering all sorts Digital Technology application in healthcare, which has six categories broadly Telehealth, Artificial intelligence And Machine learning (AI … Read more

Even Moderate Exercise Offers Strong Shield From COVID-19

Even Moderate Exercise Offers Strong Shield From COVID-19

Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance at Medscape’s coronavirus resource center. A large study, the first to directly measure physical activity in its participants, has provided further support for the benefits of regular exercise in reducing severe outcomes from COVID-19. The researchers identified 65,361 members of a private health plan in South … Read more