Digital Health Views & Analysis

Views & Analysis

The role of data science and text mining in the search for n...

Today, most drug discovery programmes begin with the identification and validation of disease modifying biological targets.

Views & Analysis

Can your typing patterns reveal if you have Alzheimer's?

The neuroQWERTY technology can analyse people’s typing for signs of motor conditions like Parkinson’s disease – and now the team behind it is looking to expand into the notoriously-difficul

Views & Analysis

Rare disease, repurposing and the role of AI

AI is having a productive time in pharma and healthcare

Two years ago the use of AI in pharma and healthcare looked to be quickly heading for what Gartner’s Hype Cycle model would term the Plateau of Productivity.

Views & Analysis

abstract image Light traces. visualization of hacker attacks on information data server

GDPR represents an “urgent threat” to the EU’s research lead...

More than 5,000 collaborative studies were thwarted by GDPR rules in 2019 – but is there a way to protect sensitive data while still allowing international health research to thrive? <

Views & Analysis

COVID heralds a faster future for drug development (if stake...

COVID-19 has been a trial-by-fire showing just how quickly drugs and vaccines can be developed under the right circumstances – but there is much to do to ensure this progress is not lost, s

Digital