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“My proudest achievement was right in the midst of joining Moderna, we were pretty optimistic about the potential of MRMA”

Barbara Salam

VP of Digital Commercial, Moderna 

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“Together with other professional leaders, we mobilised a national movement around large tech, small tech, clinicians, academics and patients”

Martin Curley

Director of Digital Transformation and Open Innovation, HSE 

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of children worldwide are exposed to air that doesn't meet minimum WHO standards

Safeguarding hospital data with Iron Mountain

There is a massive volume of hospital data. At Iron Mountain, the challenge is managing it in a secure way.

Telehealth providers moved quickly to increase access to remote mental healthcare, something many people were previously able to put off, say MultiCare and Valera Health

Telehealth services supporting mental health patients

PlanetWatch’s technology offers clean air & health equality

High-tech environmental service PlanetWatch has used the COVID-19 pandemic to expose the dangers of air pollution and the desperate need for clean air

Creating supply chain solutions in oncology with Servier

For Eric Lemay, Head of Global External Manufacturing at Servier, the COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on the importance of the supply chain.

Servier’s Operation Warp Speed saw collaboration between private business and public governments to speed up vaccine development, creating 300mn COVID-19 vaccines.

“It was a really phenomenal programme,” said Lemay.

The downside of that was, in putting vaccine development ahead of everything else, oncology medicines were deemed less essential. Lemay spoke with his industry peers, where he was able to discuss the challenges of prioritising COVID-19 vaccines, especially for those fighting cancer.

“At Servier, we understand the importance of getting lifesaving medicines to the patients who need it,” said Lemay. “Within my role in manufacturing and supply chain, it's about ensuring that our patients get the medicines and that they never miss a treatment.”

 FLAIR FLAIR uses data to protect ethnically marginalised employees in healthcare from discrimination. While there has been progress, inequities exist and there is a need to build inclusive workplaces for the benefit of patients and staff.

 PAYMENT OF APPRECIATION TO AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE WORKERS The Australian state of New South Wales has thanked its healthcare workers for fighting COVID-19 with a payment of AU$3,000. It is hoped that this will also help to retain talented staff.

 E-SCOOTERS As the transport sector works to become more sustainable, e-scooters offer a long-term solution for congested cities. But while e-scooters do lower air pollution, they also increase road accidents – causing a headache for the healthcare sector.

 INFERTILITY STIGMA Africa’s First Ladies and The Merck Foundation stand together against genderbased violence and infertility stigma. Together, they call for girls education The Merck Foundation, the philanthropic sector of Merck KGaA Germany, held its 4th Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative this month, to call for an end to the social stigma caused by infertility.