A couple of weeks ago our COO, Dr Elizabeth Fairley took part in a panel discussion about the feasibility of MedTech in the developing world and whether it can be a sustainable model.2 We represent a different proposition to the other panellists, their experience is...

The understanding of mental health has accelerated over the past decade, with the stigma slowly fading away. In the past year alone there has been a substantial shift with the government directly addressing the scale of the issue through making a £5 Million budget...

In the last weeks and months, we have seen real evidence that COVID-19 is around for good and that it is not just as the brief flu-like illness that we initially thought it was. Though it is true that most people only experience COVID-19 short term, it has become...

Today marks the twentieth World Heart Day (WHD). What is it and why is it so important? Established by the World Heart Federation (WHF), World Heart Day is all about bringing the cardiovascular community together to educate and inspire people all around the world to...

We are in a period of limbo, having apparently weathered phase one of the Corona Virus wave. Now as autumn arrives we are bracing to see if we can avoid another peak over winter. Many of our past activities have resumed; we are back in bars, restaurants, gyms and...

What is a counterfeit medicine? A counterfeit medicine is a medical product which is substandard or falsified and therefore hasn’t undergone evaluation by any regulatory authority before making it to the correct patients. The WHO estimate that 10% of all medicines in...

The improvement of tools to access information about diseases and treatments as well as the development of social media, is leading to more informed patients that want to be involved in their care. With an increasing number of patients with chronic conditions sharing...