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The Brief
Knowing that you are making a contribution to curing cancer, that's a very motivating reason to get out of bed
Mark Yunger
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Head of IT, Servier Pharmaceuticals
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COVID-19 punched the healthcare industry in the face. It punched the world in the face – and nobody had a plan
Bart Valdez
CEO, Ingenovis Health
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BY THE NUMBERS
33% 33%
of deaths in the United States are as a result of cardiovascular disease
Craig Cooper
CEO, CardieX
Doctor Conneryd-Lundgren on digital healthcare at Kry
Kry, Europe’s largest digital healthcare provider, enables patients to consult with a healthcare professional in minutes via a smartphone and through pay-as-you-go healthcare for patients.
Craig Cooper, the CEO of CardieX, shares his journey into the healthcare sector and how it was born out of a personal interest in wellness.
CardieX’s healthcare technology is stopping heart disease
Rob Milnes, CEO of viO HealthTech, gives people information on growing their family, showing them which technology can support them in this adventure.
Jennifer Jones-McMeans advancing health equity with Abbott
Global healthcare leader Abbott helps people live life to the fullest. As Abbott’s divisional Vice President of Global Clinical Affairs for the healthcare company’s vascular arm, Jennifer Jones-McMeans is part of a team of 113,000 employees working across 160 countries.
With a Doctorate in exercise physiology from the University of Maryland College Park and a three-year post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Division of Hypertension at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, Jones-McMeans has also conducted clinical trials for hypertension and cardiovascular disease in communitybased research that sought to educate local community leaders.
From Jones-McMeans’ perspective, the future of healthcare is evolution, progress and upending the medical status quo.
“The work we're doing with the clinical trials and diversity inclusion fits right into Abbott's sustainability campaign. Our 2030 goal is to treat about three billion people, with a clear commitment to the patients, physicians and healthcare workers,” said Jones-McMeans.
3M Material science innovator 3M has announced that it will build a global healthcare technology company to focus on biopharma filtration and technology. 3M chairman Mike Roman believes that the decision will support the healthcare industry.
AIDOC Aidoc utilises the best of AI in order to reduce healthcare disparity and support the healthcare labour shortage. Aidoc’s AI healthcare solutions have been built to ‘empower physicians to expedite patient treatment and enhance efficiencies’.
THE WORLD HEPATITIS ALLIANCE 28th July was World Hepatitis Day. For the World Hepatitis Alliance, it was an opportunity to discuss how to fight viral hepatitis in the face of a new outbreak in children.
NHS The UK’s National Health Service is in a critical condition. The pandemic has exposed weaknesses such as understaffed wards, overworked staff, long waiting times, healthcare workers facing racial discrimination and rising medical negligence claims.
