Gamification of health education – A systematic review

There is a worldwide shortage of health workers, and this issue requires innovative education solutions. Serious gaming and gamification education have the potential to provide a quality, cost-effective, novel approach that is flexible, portable, and enjoyable and allow interaction with tutors and peers.   Objective   The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate […]

Gamification in medical – How can it improve patient adherence

Gamification in medical can be used to encourage better medication management as a method to save the global healthcare industry billions every year. The cost of people failing to take their medication isn’t a small one or an issue that’s restricted to certain countries. In the U.K., it’s estimated that £300 million is wasted on […]

Gamification for patient care – medical education, and virtual engagement

Gamification for patient care uses extrinsic and intrinsic rewards to motivate users to change their behaviours. It may be helpful (together with other tools) for preventive medicine by encouraging things like smoking cessation, healthy sleep habits, good nutrition, weight management, and health literacy.   Employers have the opportunity to take this type of gamification to […]

Quality Manual – what is it and what should it contain?

Quality Manual, continuous improvement, and overall customer satisfaction, you need a quality management system (QMS). An effective pharmaceutical quality management system promotes a customer-focused culture, encourages employee involvement, and incorporates other QMS principles for highly regulated industries. Here are eight things you should include when building your quality management system.   Organizations succeed when they […]

Life Science Marketing Challenges of mergers and acquisitions – Understanding the impact

Mergers and acquisitions are with few exceptions organizationally complex and emotionally demanding. Not only is there uncertainty among employees about the future but the passion and purpose of the work is an intrinsic motivator that most often stops with limited warning. “It can be like having trained for a marathon and arriving at the race […]

Rebranding of sanofi for pharmaceuticals – All tightened up for rolling out a new logo and purpose

Rebranding of sanofi which include some of the sub brands like Sanofi Pasteur and Sanofi Genzyme will be united under the Sanofi brand. Internally staffers will continue to work under one of four global business units: Pasteur is the vaccines business unit and Genzyme is the specialty care business unit. The other two units are […]

Pharma 4.0 Technologies – Effective implementation strategy

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering’s (ISPE) Pharma 4.0 Special Interest Group (SIG) has been working since 2015 to translate how Industry 4.0 impacts pharmaceutical regulations and pharma manufacturing’s unique requirements. ISPE elieves moving to Pharma 4.0 Technologies represents a competitive advantage to the extent that not embracing its potential might be a business  risk.  […]

Padma Awards 2022: 10 doctors in list of Padma Shri awardees

This year the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards 2022 including 2 duo cases (in a duo case the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises Padma Vibhushan 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards.  3 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 […]

Freebies to doctors – Preventing tax cut claims by pharmaceuticals companies

The 2022 budget prohibits pharmaceutical companies from claiming freebies to doctors tax cuts under section 37 of the act. This simply means that these expenses are not considered business deductions and  will count as taxable profit for the pharmaceutical industry.    The Memorandum of Understanding explaining the provisions of the Expropriation Bill 2022 states that […]

Indian Union Budget 2022 for the Pharmaceutical sector

The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Sector responded positively to the Union Budget 2022 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While the Union Budget 2022 acknowledged the accelerated improvement in health infrastructure in the past two years, it concentrated on the development of a ‘National Tele Mental Health Programme’ to further strengthen mental health services. In the […]