The Top 10 Trends Shaping the Future of Pharma

The drug sends a message to a caregiver after the patient swallowed it. The doctor prescribes virtual reality treatments for migraines. Do you think it is science fiction? You are mistaken. Just let me familiarize you with the top 10 trends shaping the future of pharma. I gave a speech recently to an audience of professionals working in healthcare regulation for the invitation of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association in Washington. After the keynote, a guy raised his hand and asked me the following: how can a regulatory agency keep up with the speed of new technologies in pharma? I get a lot of questions like this one. The medical community gradually acknowledges the importance of digital health, but they don’t yet embrace it enough or cannot get behind it with such a speed as it would require. For doing so, the first step is always getting to know what’s coming. So, here are the trends changing the pharmaceutical industry in the near future. 1) Have patients in the advisory board of pharmaceutical giants! As patients take their health and through that their own future into their hands with the help of digital health, they also should be treated as equal partners in the hospitals, pharmacies – and even pharma companies. I believe that drug producers should have an advisory board including patients who have experience with the given company’s products. It would be easier to develop new products if the exact needs of the customers are well-known. Only with their...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Future of Medicine Future of Pharma 3d printing artificial intelligence augmented reality digital health gc4 Innovation nanotechnology Personalized medicine pharmacies pharmacogenetics pharmacology virtual reality VR Source Type: blogs