Introduction The pharmaceutical business model requires pharmaceuticals that are “effective” enough to somehow justify pushing them on patients but not effective enough to actually fix the issue the drug is prescribed for, thus requiring each patient to take the drug indefinitely. Furthermore, the larger the potential drug market is, the more aggressively the pharmaceutical industry… Read More »
We are delighted to announce that talkhealth has been named one of the UK’s top 10 healthcare blogs. The winners are ranked on social sharing, topic-related content, post frequency, engagement, social media influence, traffic and interactivity. Vuelio award the winners of this award by using an algorithm which means that the top 10 blogs are… Read More »
Getting totally rid of the coronavirus isn’t likely, so we humans must accept the fact that SARS-CoV-2 will be endemic. The economic and healthcare system impacts of this were explored in the Post-Covid Healthcare Landscape, delivered by Fitch Solutions’ Jamie Davies and Beau Noafshar, leaders in the Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, and Medical Devices groups. I welcomed… Read More »
Dive Brief: About half of physicians and even more patients said the U.S. healthcare system discriminates against people a great deal, a good amount or somewhat, according to a survey out Tuesday from the nonpartisan research group NORC at the University of Chicago. Patients’ trust in their primary doctor rises with age and income, though… Read More »