Digital Therapeutics: The Future of Healthcare?
Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be done with its rampage, many people still opt to access all kinds of services, including healthcare, from the comfort of their homes. As...
Soaring Healthcare Costs in the USA: Is Greed Winning Over Welfare?
Americans have been struggling with access to affordable healthcare for years, with thousands of stories of an unexpected illness driving a patient to bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the USA spends much more...
Opioid Epidemic in the USA – Is the War to Curb the Crisis Turning Futile?
The opioid crisis in the USA is believed to have begun in the 1990s with the overprescription of pain-relieving medicines. However, the epidemic gained steam recently with the availability of...
Medicine Shortage in the EU: A Deep-dive into Its Causes and Cures
With the proposal of the deeply revamped new EU pharma legislation in April 2023, the EU initiated an attempt to tackle the medicine shortfall that the union has been experiencing...
New EU Pharma Legislation: Is It a Win-win for All Stakeholders?
The revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation represents a major achievement for the pharmaceutical sector within the European Health Union. The European Health Union, established in 2020 as a collaboration...
Scarcity Breeds Innovation – The Rising Adoption of Health Tech in Africa
Africa carries the world’s highest burden of disease and experiences a severe shortage of healthcare workers. Across the continent, accessibility to primary healthcare remains to be a major challenge. During...
Indian Pharma Needs to Reinforce Supply Chain Capabilities
COVID-19 has emphasized the importance of a strong healthcare and pharmaceutical ecosystem for India. The constant demand for drugs and the expectation to deliver them in time put a lot...
The Smoke around Legal Cannabis
Till date, 31 countries and 41 states in the USA either legalized cannabis in various forms, including making it legal for medical or recreational use, or decriminalized it while still...