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Australian Catholic University to develop digital nursing education platform and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The potential of AI in medical and biotech research is huge. One of the first projects to use the new supercomputer is a collaborative study by ACAMI and The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health on Niemann-Pick disease type C, a type of childhood dementia.

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23andMe announces major Workforce Reduction amid Financial Struggles

Digital Health Global

These challenges underscore broader obstacles faced by biotech companies, especially those dealing with sensitive personal data and relying on one-time purchase business models. This risk brings concerns about the future of the genetic data it holds for millions of customers.

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A cure for what killed Doc Tom! Can people afford it?

Society for Participatory Medicine

It was licensed by Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson and developed by Legend Biotech, a China-focused drug company that is now based in New Jersey. It was called ciltacabtagene autoleucel or cilta-cel for short. The treatment was sold under the brand name Carvykti. This CAR-T immunotherapy was tested in both China and the US.

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. In pharma and biotech, those “experts” would be scientists doing R&D and those folks who understand the data underneath the discoveries.

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Americans’ Trust in the Healthcare System Low Compared to Rest-of-World’s Health Citizens

Health Populi

Biotech is roughly tied for second place with consumer health, dropping also by 7 points. There’s another piece of math worth doing here: a chasm between biotech and pharma of 17 percentage points worth of trust — that is the difference between the 55% of American trusting biotech versus 38% trusting pharma.

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February 2024: selected Women’s Health updates

Digital Health Global

A Stanford University School of Medicine-led study shows why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease and why it has gone unnoticed for a long time in research. Meanwhile, innovations like Hera Biotech’s non-invasive test and Ziwig Biotech’s saliva test offer hope for a quicker diagnosis.

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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., Pharmaceuticals garner the lowest score at 57, compared with biotech and life sciences at 64. over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance.

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