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Digitalising drug discovery

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The oceans of health data out there can be overwhelming for pharma companies to manage – but if extracted correctly, the prospect to develop drugs from scratch in as little as a year is very real, says Lifebit CEO, Dr Maria Chatzou Dunford. . on Big data: astronomical or genomical? ,

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Drug development and working with specialised Rare Disease networks

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In a recent webinar held by pharmaphorum, in partnership with IQVIA, a discussion was held looking at how to make academic and commercial medical research more efficient, while also looking at the opportunity of genomic data to bring benefits to patients and healthcare systems. The potential to leverage genomic data.

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae told us how his company is being cautious about the hype and finding ways to be financially viable in an emerging space. The genomic medicine journey.

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IBM sells off large parts of Watson Health business

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That is backed up by a meta analysis of its performance published last year in Nature found that the treatment recommendations delivered by the tool were largely in line with human doctors for several cancer types.

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The ‘patient of the future’ is driving radical innovation in healthcare

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The time of individuals relying entirely on face-to-face interaction with their doctors is long past. Although junior doctors may be more digitally native, it is possible that there will be more widespread adoption in experienced medical professionals, because they understand the medical and patient end value better.

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WHO Honors the Legacy and Contribution of Henrietta Lacks

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This included segregated wards at Johns Hopkins containing Black patients with cervical cancer whom white doctors would collect samples from without their knowledge or consent. However, the agreement did not include a share of any profits that researchers or pharma companies may make from use of the cells.

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AI tissue analysis enables rapid discovery of drug candidates

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The potential of the area has motivated an increasing number of companies to emerge in the space, with a greater number of collaborations occurring between these AI-specialists and big pharma companies. Patient focus.

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