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Oct 25, 2024 | 
labpulse.com | Will Morton |Brian Casey |Emily Hayes |Joseph Constance
The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) encourages all medical laboratory professionals to take action to secure support for the Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2024. The measure would add medical laboratory professionals to the National Health Service Corps and provide grants to accredited institutions to train more clinical lab staff, according to the bill's sponsor Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC).
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
labpulse.com | Matt Limb |Nick Paul Taylor |Elissa Wolfson |Joseph Constance
As clinical laboratory testing sheds light on the effects of popular new drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, biomarker testing and tissue imaging are already revealing how the drugs change body composition. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison looked deeper than weight and waist circumference to focus on certain biomarker measures related to cardiometabolic risk.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
labpulse.com | Matt Limb |Leah Sherwood |Joseph Constance
Medtech firm Leuko has received a $4.5 million Small Business Innovative Research phase IIB award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute to advance the development of PointCheck, its noninvasive at-home white blood cell monitoring device. White blood cell monitoring is critical to detect and avert infections, particularly for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and other treatments that lead to a compromised immune system.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
reutersevents.com | Joseph Constance
An effective omnichannel strategy should focus on giving customers what they want, specifically when they want it By on Generating a constant seamless positive customer experience across all channels while simultaneously increasing sales across multiple platforms is the goal of a successful omnichannel strategy. Digitization, artificial intelligence, apps, and social media are among the ways an omnichannel strategy can improve a company’s reach into the marketplace.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
reutersevents.com | Joseph Constance
Empowering the community with omnichannel ViiV Healthcare received the Pharma EU Award for Most Valuable Digital Patient Engagement By on The more successful omnichannel strategies focus on the patient-consumer. These approaches meet patients’ needs and address their real health issues. They also empower them to have a voice in their own healthcare. At Pharma Awards Europe 2024, ViiV Healthcare shone forth on this front.
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May 22, 2024 | 
labpulse.com | Matt Limb |Leah Sherwood |Joseph Constance
Nanopath has announced that it has been awarded two grants worth a total of $4 million in federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The Cambridge, MA-based molecular diagnostics firm was awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support further research and development of the company's point-of-care diagnostic platform for pelvic and gynecologic infections.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
labpulse.com | Matt Limb |Nick Paul Taylor |Elissa Wolfson |Joseph Constance
QDx Pathology Services, an independent anatomical, molecular, and clinical pathology laboratory, is working with digital pathology software firm Proscia to deploy Proscia's software in its Edison, NJ, laboratory. "Proscia's software makes it easier for our pathologists to do their best work, empowering them to optimize for speed and precision.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
labpulse.com | Emily Hayes |Joseph Constance
Quest Diagnostics announced the availability of a consumer-directed blood test for exposure to PFAS "Forever Chemicals," synthetic chemicals that are present in consumer and commercial products, and in the environment in some industrial areas. Researchers often use people’s blood PFAS levels as a proxy for exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
reutersevents.com | Joseph Constance
Success with omnichannel depends on having the right customer data, analytics, and software. By on Achieving the best omnichannel experience for customers -- physicians and patients -- is the goal of many pharma companies. And success with omnichannel depends on having the right customer data, analytics, and software. But customer data is never static…it’s continually changing. So, maintaining multichannel excellence is an ongoing challenge for companies.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
reutersevents.com | Joseph Constance
Pharmaceutical companies have more real-world data (RWD) than ever By on As health records have gone digital, sensors have enabled round-the-clock patient monitoring, and other changes have increased the availability of RWD, the challenge has evolved from accessing information to turning data into insights. AI offers pharma a way to tame the complexity—if companies can manage challenges related to streaming data into standardised models, data quality, and interpretation.
