Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut down around the world in response to the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid and stop-work orders. In Uganda, the National Malaria Control Program has suspended spraying insecticide into village homes and ceased shipments of bed nets for distribution to pregnant women and young children, … Read more

CURO Biosciences Secures ₹16 cr for advancing saliva-based cancer detection tech – ET HealthWorld

CURO Biosciences Secures ₹16 cr for advancing saliva-based cancer detection tech – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi : CURO Biosciences Private Limited, operating under the name ErlySign, has raised ₹16 crore in pre-Series A funding from investor Ashish Kacholia. The funding, facilitated by DerivativeSaint, a private equity and venture capital advisory firm, highlights the company’s focus on early cancer detection. This development positions CURO Biosciences to contribute to the global … Read more

Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant – ET HealthWorld

Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines. “We’ve got … three humans with Neuralinks and all are working well,” he said during a wide-ranging interview at a Las Vegas event streamed on … Read more

CRISPR-based innovations drove $21 billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

CRISPR-based innovations drove  billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

London: The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a notable uptick in licensing agreements for innovator drugs incorporating clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based technology over the past five years. These agreements, primarily concentrated in oncology, immunology, and central nervous system therapeutics, have collectively accumulated an impressive $21 billion in deal value. Furthermore, the period from … Read more

Ayurvedic products not part of India-U.K. FTA dialogue

Ayurvedic products not part of India-U.K. FTA dialogue

Sarpagandha (rauvolfia serpentine) medicinal plant. File. | Photo Credit: K. Ravikumar NEW DELHI The U.K.’s policy towards Ayurveda products is not part of negotiations on the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), The Hindu has learnt. The U.K. grants Traditional Herbal Registration for herbal or homeopathic medicines that are used to treat minor health conditions. But … Read more

India is going to be at the forefront of solving some of the larger healthcare problems: Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS – ET HealthWorld

India is going to be at the forefront of solving some of the larger healthcare problems: Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS – ET HealthWorld

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS, to figure out how AI applications will accelerate the future of healthcare. AI in healthcareAI can have everything from macro applications to micro applications in healthcare. Let me just pick on some of the micro ones because they are pretty important too. One really important … Read more

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help fight systemic challenges straining global healthcare systems with AI-driven diagnosis, infectious disease intelligence and clinical trial optimisation showing the highest potential, a new study said on Monday. The report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) cited several case studies, including one from India, to highlight the transformative … Read more

Digital healthcare is here to change the healthcare ecosystem – ET HealthWorld

Digital healthcare is here to change the healthcare ecosystem – ET HealthWorld

by Shuvankar Pramanick Every industry in today’s world has been touched by technological advancements, and healthcare is no different. The healthcare industry has transformed significantly throughout the years, with much of that change owing to technological advancements. When considering all types of digital technology applications in healthcare, there are broadly six categories including telehealth, artificial … Read more

Clinical Trial Upgrades Will Open Care Up to More People

Clinical Trial Upgrades Will Open Care Up to More People

May 26, 2022 – Trishna Bharadia has multiple sclerosis and works as a patient engagement consultant and is often asked to take part in clinical trials. Mostly, though, she turns them down. She has to: A resident of rural England, Bharadia lives hours away from most clinical trial sites. Even if one were closer, the … Read more