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The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is Different

  • June 26, 2023
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Last November, FDA inspectors found almost farcical conditions when they inspected an Indian manufacturing plant that supplies medical drugs to the United States. The plant, owned by Intas Pharmaceuticals, had hardly any working systems for ensuring the purity or sterility of its products. And its employees were trying to conceal evidence of these problems by […]

Air taxi eVTOLs star at Paris Air Show’s first aerial mobility section

  • June 26, 2023
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The Paris Air Show broke all records for attendance with its habitual large-draw long-haul passenger planes and military jets, but the main stars of the 2023 biannual event were arguably the next-generation electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis making their first appearance. The Paris Air Show closed its doors at Le Bourget yesterday, with […]

Tesla Cybertruck showcases rear-wheel steering inside parking garage

  • June 26, 2023
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Tesla Cybertruck has showcased its rear-wheel steering by maneuvering inside a parking garage in a new video. Rear-wheel steering, or four-wheel steering, is the ability to steer the rear axle, generally to a smaller degree than the front wheel, and to create a tighter and more precise turning radius. While the feature was originally introduced […]

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Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Had Surgery for Breast Cancer

  • June 26, 2023
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Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and ex-wife of Prince Andrew, the disgraced son of Queen Elizabeth II, underwent a single mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis, she said during an episode of her podcast that was released Monday. She received the diagnosis after a routine mammogram, she said during the episode of “Tea Talks […]

Health

U.S. Vaccine Program Now Flush With Cash, but Short on Key Details

  • June 26, 2023
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Efforts to develop the next generation of Covid vaccines are running up against bureaucratic hassles and regulatory uncertainty, scientists say, obstacles that could make it harder to curb the spread of the coronavirus and arm the United States against future pandemics. The Biden administration, after months of delay, has now addressed at least a shortfall […]

Health Technologies

NHS England publishes £35 million tender for privacy enhancing tech – htn

  • June 26, 2023
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NHS England has opened a tender worth an estimated £35 million to procure privacy enhancing technology (PET) “to provide robust protection and deliver a standard approach to support safe data use”. The technology is to be initially deployed for the federated data platform (FDP) programme and will potentially include cloud-based software as a service solutions […]

5G: Transforming the healthcare industry

  • June 26, 2023
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The healthcare industry worldwide is on the cusp of transformation, huge leaps in technology are impacting it at every level. Alongside scientific and medical research and breakthroughs, this includes deploying technology in new ways to automate healthcare operations and delivery of care. Connectivity is the major influence that is transforming the healthcare industry. 5G technology […]

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HTN Now: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS on EPR implementation with Civica’s Cito solution – htn

  • June 26, 2023
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At HTN Now we were joined by Richard Yaldren, head of EPR programme at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV). He shared with us his team’s experience in EPR implementation over the five years since the projects’ inception using Civica’s Cito solution. Where the journey to EPR implementation started Richard talked about […]

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How the Shortage of a $15 Cancer Drug Is Upending Treatment

  • June 26, 2023
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Tony Shepard learned he had vocal cord cancer this spring, but he was encouraged when his doctor said he had an 88 percent chance at a cure with chemotherapy and radiation. That outlook began to dim in recent weeks, though, after the oncology practice he goes to in Central California began to sporadically run out […]