Sector Verticals

The transformative impact of Generative AI on life sciences 

On average, it takes about seven years to develop a new drug and bring it to market. For ambitious life science businesses, Generative AI’s ability to generate insights and content in a fraction of the time of a human means wiping months, or even...

Cloud-native SOPHiA GENETICS expands liquid biopsy offerings 

SOPHiA GENETICS, a cloud-native software company and a leader in data-driven medicine, announced an expanded suite of solutions under SOPHiA DDM for Liquid Biopsy. The range of solutions, including MSK-ACCESS powered with SOPHiA DDM and custom solutions,...

The drain management solution set to revolutionise post-surgical care 

Invisi-Drain stands as a pioneering solution in post-surgical care, delivering a transformative approach that alleviates the burdens associated with other drain management solutions. It offers discreet functionality, facilitates convenient showering,...

Allied Digestive Health adopts Suki AI solution to improve gastroenterology work 

Suki, a provider of voice Artificial Intelligence-powered healthcare solutions, announced a partnership with Allied Digestive Health (ADH), the third-largest gastroenterology organisation in the US. Comprised of over 200 gastroenterologists, pathologists,...

How the onboarding of technology into UK’s pharmacies will support the wider healthcare ecosystem  

Santosh Sahu, CEO and Founder of Charac, The Pharmacy App, dives into the importance of technology in supporting UK pharmacies.  Today, the UK’s NHS system is overburdened and under-resourced. Across all divisions, there are issues of overwhelm...

2024 healthcare predictions  

As we kick off 2024, Wayne Miller, Director, EMEA Healthcare Practice, Zebra Technologies, tells us the biggest healthcare predictions for the year ahead.  1. The progression of the retail-isation of healthcare    When it comes to the...

Injury experts warn Dragons’ Den viewers to seek ‘professional advice’ before impulse buying on-screen healthcare products 

Following a contestant’s historical result on January 18th, receiving offers from six dragons, Action for ME addressed an open letter to the chairs of two House of Commons select committees regarding the contestant’s pitch. The BBC temporarily...

Searches for ‘enlarged prostate’ explode by 266% after King Charles’ prostate awareness announcement

Buckingham Palace announced in January, that 75-year-old King Charles requires treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King’s upcoming ‘corrective procedure’ has caused a surge in Google searches for prostate checks worldwide.  ...

Pistoia Alliance launches freely available IDMP Ontology 1.0

The Pistoia Alliance, a global not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has published its Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) Ontology 1.0 under an open-source license. The Pistoia Alliance plans to...

NHS staff call for ‘long overdue’ investment in HealthTech 

According to new research from BT, NHS staff have joined a chorus of voices calling for the rapid rollout of digital technology to tackle growing wait times for diagnosis and treatment, as concerns mount around existing targets to reduce hospital waiting...

Leading healthcare organisations unite to improve women’s health equity

Over 40 leading organisations, including Ferring, UCB, Roche, GE Healthcare, SAP, Salesforce, Tech Mahindra and Microsoft, have signed an open letter urging improved gender equity in global healthcare. The letter, which was shared at the World Economic...

At-home app launches as NHS reveals almost 2M hospitalised due to UTIs 

A revolutionary app has been launched to tackle the staggering number of UTI-related hospital admissions in the UK.   The Rightdose Self-Test & Treat App, in collaboration with Newfoundland Diagnostics, empowers individuals to test and treat...