Canada Jan Hux is the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Canadians have been at the forefront of tackling diabetes since the discovery of insulin. Now that the disease has become an epidemic, measures must be put in place to tackle it at a population level.   If diabetes prevalence were…

USA David H. Crean, PhD, Managing Director for Objective Capital Partners, a leading investment banking advisory firm examines the venture investment activity in life sciences for the past year.    In order to have a successful life sciences R&D program, biotech and pharma companies must develop game-changing therapeutics, companion diagnostics and personalized…

Genomics Aditya Bhattacharji manages Eurasia Group‘s healthcare analysis and Kevin Allison is the director of geo-technology. Together they look at last week’s shock revelation of two CRISPR* babies who were born in China and the added tensions this might cause with the USA.    Aside from the immediate implications for US-China strategic competition, the…

USA With an increasing number of NFL players relying on potentially dangerous prescription painkillers, does the league need to relax its attitude to medical cannabis?   The US National Football League (NFL) is a juggernaut. Even with decreased television ratings in 2017, the league’s revenue was up. Each of the NFL’s…

USA Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr, the President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) discusses the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act (CREATES) and how it will improve access to medicines and restore healthy competition to the market.    American taxpayers, along with millions of patients, will benefit…

Mexico Cristobal Thompson is the Executive Director at AMIIF (Asociacion Mexicana de Industrias de Investigacion Farmaceutica). The AMIIF represents more than 60 global companies with the aim of contributing to improving health in Mexico through innovative medicine. Here Cristobal discusses Mexico’s regulatory landscape and the countries advances in healthcare.    Mexico has…

Innovation Joonho J. Lee is a CEO and CoFounder of Cognita Lab INC developing risk management framework around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare and financial services industries. Here he discusses the use of blockchain in the healthcare industry and the need to remain “cautiously optimistic.”   Many people asked whether I…

Innovation Meghann Chilcott, Senior Vice President of OrderInsite, looks at how new technology is being applied to improve accuracy and efficiency in pharmacy accounting. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put the cost of billing and payment errors in 2017 at $36.21 billion. Pharmacy accounting and bookkeeping is a challenging necessity.…

Innovation Carla Smith, Executive Vice President of The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) discusses the need to adopt innovation and retrain the workforce to provide healthcare without walls. If we are short-sighted and base our future workforce projections upon outdated models, we will experience a significant shortage in the…

Canada Brian Hilberdink, President of Novo Nordisk Canada, calls for collaboration between government and industry to ensure that Canadian patients get swift access to the best treatments.    As a Canadian who spent several years working globally for a biopharmaceutical company, I saw firsthand how pricing and investment decisions can be made…

USA David H. Crean, PhD, Managing Director for Objective Capital Partners, a leading investment banking advisory firm examines the healthcare market for 2018.     Following a decade high of VC invested in 2017, and on a record pace again in 2018, valuations continue to move higher across all stages within…

Canada John Fowler founded 7ACRES, a licensed producer of cannabis, in 2013. In 2014, 7ACRES went over to become part of The Supreme Cannabis Company, which today stands as a unique business model in the Canadian medical cannabis sector.   Indeed, The Supreme Cannabis Company operates as a wholesaler, a decision…