Healthcare

This Vital Signs issue discusses Sinocare's acquisition of PTS Diagnostics, biosimilar drug pricing, Americans' usage of prescription pain killers, and Takara Bio's acquistion of Wafergen Bio-systems.

This Vital Signs issues discusses generic drug pricing, CRISPR technology, GenomeAsia 100K and large-scale next-generation sequencing projects, and Medicare outcomes target.

As indicated by the World Health Organization, stroke is the second-leading cause of death for people over the age of 60 and is the fifth-leading cause of death for those between the ages of 15 and 59. The incidence of stroke is expected to increase by 25% over the next 20 years. Over 40% of ischemic stroke victims have permanent symptoms and only ...

The US pharmaceutical industry spends approximately $100 billion annually to develop new pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices. Today, a new drug takes approximately 15 years and over $1 billion to bring to market. Product development costs could be greatly reduced by using animal models that more closely resemble humans in their disease states ...

This issue of Vital Signs discusses MDxHealth's launch of the SelectMDx Liquid Biopsy Test in Europe, the FDA's approval of a new treatment for non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations, the clamp down on specialty pharmacies by US drug benefit managers, and BGI's strategy redirection for Complete Genomics.

This issue of Vital Signs discusses the FDA's clearnace of the first 3-D printed prescription drug, Illumina's formation of consumer genomics company Helix, Response Genetics' acquisition of Cancer Genetics, and Roche's acquisition of GeneWEAVE.

A record-high attendance of 1,000 radiology directors and managers convened to the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA 2015) held this year in Las Vegas. Radiology is going through interesting times indeed. Under the coordinated care paradigm that is gradually emerging in the U.S., and with all the changes th...

Sample preparation remains one of the largest headaches and bottlenecks in research, but is crucial to the success of downstream applications. While the market lacks the hype and excitement other hot technologies, the sample preparation market will always be a slow and steady gainer on an already large market size. Automation and application trends...

The U.S. Healthcare Insurance market is undergoing a period of change. There is building momentum among Governmental officials to initiate these changes by implementing new payment models starting with the Medicare system. The goal is to transition from a procedure-based physician fee model to an outcomes-based care coordination team approach that...