The quest for new cancer treatments could be revolutionised by advances in technology that can visualise living cells and tissues, scientists claim. Leading edge imaging techniques will make it easier to identify which are the most promising new drugs to take forward for patient testing, a review of the technology suggests. Applying such techniques early in the drug discovery process could improve the success rate of new medicines by helping to rule out drugs that are unlikely to work.
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that Denmark has decided to provide access to Elsevier's ClinicalKey to more than 19,000 healthcare professionals across the country. The Danish Regions and Denmark's Electronic Research Library (DEFF) chose to provide ClinicalKey, Elsevier's innovative online search tool, to make electronic medical information available to healthcare professionals in a cohesive, simple way.
4 - 5 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
HIMSS Europe and the Turkish Ministry of Health have announced a five-year partnership designed to open the country's hospitals to the very best in terms of health informatics best practice. It is no surprise that HIMSS Turkey Conference programme has attracted some of the leading lights in healthcare in Turkey.
6 - 8 May 2014, Berlin, Germany.
More than 350 exhibitors will be displaying their latest products and services at conhIT in Berlin. Many of the companies have developed products which they will showing to the public for the first time at conhIT. The publication entitled 'conhIT trade fair highlights' lists 32 exhibitors who have provided texts and images describing their latest, most interesting and innovative IT products, which they will be showing to trade visitors at Europe's largest event for health IT.
Carers UK and Tunstall Healthcare UK have announced an exciting new partnership - with a forward thinking programme to make life better for carers. The partnership brings together 100 years combined experience of supporting families caring for loved ones and will be focused on providing innovative, technology based solutions for a growing social issue.
The Personal Connected Health Alliance, an international non-profit organization established by Continua Health Alliance, mHealth Summit and HIMSS to represent the consumer voice in personal connected health, formally launched. PCHA will build upon the global reach, leadership and resources of its founding organizations, to ensure that personal connected health technologies, such as smartphones, mobile apps, sensors and personal health tracking devices, are user-friendly, secure and can easily collect, display and relay personal health data.
Rhenovia Pharma, a biotechnology company specialized in the application of biosimulation to the research and development of new medicinal products, today announces that its SMARTT e-Patch project has won an award at the 'World Innovation Challenge'; founded by the President of France to identify future champions in the French economy.
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHIA) reports that healthcare comparable sales showed a 2% decline year-on-year. Home Healthcare Solutions posted mid-single-digit growth, while Customer Services and Patient Care & Clinical Informatics achieved low-single-digit growth. Imaging Systems recorded a double-digit decline. In growth geographies, comparable sales showed a mid-singledigit decline.
5 - 6 June 2014, Paris, France.
Doctors 2.0 & You, the international healthcare social media conference, and SoPe, the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, a global biomedical and healthcare innovation network to accelerate medical innovation for patients, have announced their partnership to communicate to physician entrepreneurs about the opportunities in digital health.
6 - 8 May 2014, Berlin, Germany.
Like no other event, mHealth Summit Europe provides international thought leadership on how we can fulfil the mHealth promise. The event addresses opportunities and challenges, as well as strategies for taking mHealth from pilots to true implementation. mHealth Summit Europe brings together global leaders in government, the private sector, industry, academia, providers and not-for-profit organizations from across the mHealth ecosystem.