All Blogs

Nov 27, 2019

Sickle cell disease is a haematological, genetic disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. According to the NIH, “Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting 70,000 to 80,000 Americans’’. The estimates are somewhat similar to that of CDC’s according t...

Nov 26, 2019

Novartis plans to buy The Medicines Company for USD 9.7 Billion to gain access to a heart drug inclisiran, almost ready to get into the market. Under the terms of the deal, Novartis will pay USD 85 per share to the Medicines Company, a cholesterol drug developer, making the deal up to USD 9.7 Billion. The whole...

Nov 25, 2019

Beta thalassemia, globally affects almost 288,000 people, with an incidence of 60,000 cases every year. A rare monogenic genetic disease, beta-thalassemia is caused by more than 200 mutations of the beta-globin gene (HBB). The Beta-thalassemia pharmacological treatment mainly comprises of regular blood-transfus...

Nov 22, 2019

Biologics are not new drugs, their use as a medicine has been around for over a century. The first use of Biologic drug dates back to the year 1796 when the vaccine to treat smallpox was created.They have been revolutionizing the treatment approaches for the past many years. Hormones, insulin, blood products, cytok...

Nov 21, 2019

Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO) Capital, a London-based healthcare investment firm, has recently netted USD 1.1 Billion to advance European healthcare. The company plans to use the proceeds to invest in healthcare companies. Closure of the second round capped at USD 1.1 Billion (Euro 975 Million) is the l...

Nov 20, 2019

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat. As per the UN estimates, the global trends reveal that each year 7,00,000 people die due to drug-resistance. Moreover, around 230,000 people die due to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The trends in the US depicted an equally disheartening. A report titled...

Nov 20, 2019

World COPD day observed on every 3rd Wednesday of November. This year, on 20th November, we are creating awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. COPD is of two types: Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis. According to a repor...

Nov 19, 2019

Novo Nordisk has announced to enter into a collaboration with Dicerna’s RNAi platform to focus on metabolic and liver-related diseases. The companies will be focusing to advance the treatment landscape of the diseases such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Nordisk will be inv...

Nov 18, 2019

As per DelveInsight’s estimates, total Complex Regional Pain Syndrome cases in the 7MM were found to be 253,603 in 2017. The United States accounted for the highest CRPS prevalent population with 179,441 cases. In terms of European countries, Germany recorded for the highest Complex regional pain syndrome preva...

Nov 15, 2019

Levels of air pollution have risen dramatically over the past years due to increasing outdoor human activities such as industrialization, urbanization and indoor activities like burning of solid fuels, coal, etc. This has contaminated the air we breathe with several harmful substances such as Sulfur dioxide (SO2), ...