THE BLOG
ASCO 2020 clinical advances of the year
ASCO has published their annual report on progress against cancer - the report highlights the most important clinical research advances of the past year and identifies priority areas where ASCO believes research efforts should focus moving forward. this year the...
biosimilars can significantly reshape access to innovative cancer therapies
world cancer day #iamandiwill
this year marks the 20th celebration of world cancer day - it began with six cancer experts who convened in paris in 1999. with the year 2000 imminent, the group was determined that the global challenge of cancer would not be forgotten in the new century. as we...
can real world evidence [RWE] really transform healthcare
with a growing burden of disease, an ageing population, increased cost and capacity challenges, and increasing drug prices- there is an urgent need to remove inefficiencies to improve the delivery of care and patient outcomes. real world evidence could significantly...
canadian institute for health information [CIHI] publishes drug spending statistics
last december, the canadian institute for health information published statistics on drug spending, finding that in 2018 approximately 40% of drug spending was spent on 2% of beneficiaries. of this 2%, three out of five individuals used a drug therapy that cost...
the future of healthcare is personalized.
rapid advances of the molecular pathways that underlie cancer combined with an expansion of the tools at our disposal to diagnose and treat based on these specific genomic features has paved the way for precision medicine in cancer and other diseases. and as we...