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Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps, large study shows

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Researchers used the medical records of 10 million Korean and 12 million Japanese adults to see whether those who had Covid were more likely to be diagnosed with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, or AIRDs, in the year following infection. Read the rest…

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Pfizer is first big pharma to tap Truveta’s real-world data platform

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Truveta’s platform is based on electronic medical record data – updated daily – for more than 50 million people in the US, harvesting anonymised patient care information from tens of thousands of clinical care sites across 42 states.

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NHS app downloads spike after COVID jab status update

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On 17 May, the app started allowing people to record their COVID-19 vaccinations in order to generate a QR code that could be used for international travel or to sign into entertainment or sporting events like the Euro 2020 finals. Users can also record the results of any recent coronavirus tests.

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2021 market access prospects for Germany

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Early in 2020 a law was passed in Germany which reaffirmed the ability of Gemeinsame Bundesausschuss (G-BA), the Federal Joint Committee, to require the collection of Real World Evidence (RWE) from launch for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). Such deals are not national but can be agreed at the insurer level.

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Inside the European mass shift to data-driven health solutions

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In a few weeks, the EU-funded research project Darwin EU will announce its first batch of data partners for the ambitious real-world data -driven Horizon 2020 project. EHR , or electronic medical records (EMR), have been adopted in multiple countries worldwide over the last few decades.

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COVID drives a customer experience shift in life sciences CRM

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Virmani notes, for example, that Omnipresence has invested in several of the areas highlighted by Gartner’s 2020 Market Guide for CRM in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology , including AI-decision support tools, hyper automation, or self-service portals – and has found them incredibly useful for optimising omnichannel and customer insights.

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The tech revolution reshaping European healthcare

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In the European hospital setting, the first to digitise were the picture archiving systems (PACS) in radiology departments then electronic medical records (EMRs), patient administration systems and departmental IT flow work solutions (eg, laboratory information systems and radiology information systems).

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