Germany ranks fifth in the OECD for salaries paid to healthcare workers. The UK ranks 13th. GPs in Germany earn almost £20,000 more annually than those in the UK. Germany invests 11.2% of its overall GDP in its healthcare system, compared to 9.8% in the UK. A comparison of frontline salaries reveals huge failures in […]
One advantage the Chinese have is they can plan far ahead. Their political system does not restrict leadership to envision change in four-year bite sizes. One day the Chinese Communist Party may be replaced by something approaching Western democracy, but until then they have the luxury to think in generational – not election – terms. […]
Four Scenarios For The Global Economy After Covid-19 By ING’s Carsten Brzeski And James Smith ING Authors Carsten Brzeski and James Smith map out the hit to the global economy and possible path for recovery under four different coronavirus scenarios While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19’s public health impact, […]
Coronavirus pandemic pushes pharma sales reps deeper into virtual space NEWS RELEASE: 31st March 2020 As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread globally, virtual platforms will experience an extra boost after already having a transformational impact on the entire healthcare landscape even before the outbreak, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. […]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19 COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will coordinate R&D efforts and remove barriers to drug development and scale-up to address the epidemic SEATTLE, March 10, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard today committed up […]
Bill Gates is well known for his philanthropist work channelled through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Among his multiple social endeavours, improving healthcare worldwide is a primary goal for him. Now that the latest coronavirus COVID-19 has become a global pandemic and threatens hundreds of thousands, he is ready to help as much as […]
As the coronavirus pandemic expands worldwide, governments have had to take extreme measures to stop the transmission. As such, they have put entire cities and countries into lockdown. This directly affects urban economies on a multi-lateral level, including from social and economic standpoints. The need for collaboration is higher than ever -especially regarding health data-, […]
Over a billion students worldwide are unable to go to school or university, due to measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic is expected to have a huge impact on global education. New solutions for education could bring much needed innovation. According to UNESCO, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted over 87% of the […]
Journey sharing app provides easy way for those in need to see the people around them who can help As the government writes to 1.5 million vulnerable people to urge them to stay at home for 12 weeks, the community ethos of the Faxi car pooling app is coming to the fore. Faxi is a […]
Two graduates of the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University are using computational design to quickly discover treatments for the coronavirus. Andrew Satz and Brett Averso are chief executive officer and chief technology officer, respectively, of EVQLV, a startup creating algorithms capable of computationally generating, screening, and optimizing hundreds of millions of therapeutic antibodies. […]