Industry Insights: AI 2nd May
Industry Insights AI: 02/05/25 This week’s insights discuss how AI-powered tools can help improve drug development and healthcare services. AI is technology that can learn, solve problems, and make decisions like a human. AI-driven tools use this to improve tasks, while agentic AI can work on its own and adjust as things change. Pfizer […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 27th April
Industry Insights Healthcare: 27/04/25 This week’s insights post focuses on three of the most recent developments in the healthcare industry. FDA approves new drug for muscle-invasive bladder cancer The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Imfinzi (durvalumab), AstraZeneca’s PD-L1 inhibitor, as the first and only perioperative immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). […]
Industry Insights: MedComms 6th April
Industry Insights MedComms: 06/04/25 In this week’s medical communications post, we discuss three of the latest insights in the world of MedComms. How medical writers use digital tools A recent online survey organised by Monica Nicosia, PhD, CMPP explored the use of software, apps and generative artificial intelligence (AI) apps in medical writing or […]
Industry Insights: AI 30th March
Industry Insights AI: 30/03/25 In this week’s insights, we focus on recent discussions and findings regarding the integration of AI (artificial intelligence) in health services and education. Integrating digital health education into university degrees The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) is collaborating with universities to integrate digital health education into university degrees. This initiative […]
Industry Insights: MedComms 23rd March
Industry Insights MedComms: 23/03/25 This week’s medical communications post focuses on three of the latest insights in MedComms. The role of enhanced publication content (EPC) in engagement with publications In the latest article published in the MAP Newsletter of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), field experts discussed the role of enhanced […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 16th March
Industry Insights Healthcare: 16/03/25 In this week’s insights, we discuss three of the most recent developments in the healthcare industry. FDA approves new antibiotics for urinary tract infections The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved gepotidacin (Blujepa), a class of antibiotics, for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) in females aged […]
Industry Insights: AI 9th March
Industry Insights AI: 09/03/25 This week’s insights focus on recent discussions and findings regarding the potential of AI (artificial intelligence) in improving healthcare services. Agentic AI: a hot topic in healthcare Agentic AI was a key discussion topic at the recent HIMSS25 Global Conference & Exhibition – an annual event held by the Healthcare […]
Industry Insights: MedComms 2nd March
Industry Insights MedComms: 02/03/25 This week’s medical communications post discusses some of the most interesting findings from this year’s MedComms Freelancing Barometer survey organised by Networkpharma.tv. The MedComms Freelancing Barometer 2025 questioned freelancers working in and around medical communications on various topics related to work as a freelance writer. A panel of experts in medical […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 23rd February
Industry Insights Healthcare: 23/02/25 In this week’s insights, we discuss three of the latest pharmaceutical approvals in the healthcare industry. FDA approves the first drug for Niemann-Pick disease, type C The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved arimoclomol (Miplyffa) for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease, type C in adults and children 2 […]
Industry Insights: AI 16th February
In this week’s insights post, we discuss recent news regarding the promise of incorporating AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and telemedicine or telehealth services in patient care. AI and Telemedicine in 2025 Artificial intelligence technologies have already established themselves as promising tools for improving healthcare. In recent years, efforts to integrate AI into telemedicine or telehealth […]
Industry Insights: MedComms 4th February
Industry Insights MedComms: 04/02/25 Our Industry Insights series is back with the newest developments in healthcare, artificial intelligence and MedComms. In this week’s post, we discuss takeaways from the latest issue of Medical Writing, a journal published by the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA). Follow the Sun: a 24/7 writing model An article written […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 22nd November
Industry Insights Healthcare: 22/11/24 In this week’s insights, we discuss three of the latest developments in the healthcare industry. Study discovers genetic factors behind testicular cancer As we head into the second half of November, we turn our attention to the annual Movember activity, which focusses on increasing awareness of various aspects of men’s health. […]
