As the Chief Compliance Officer and Institutional Official of Advarra, the second largest company in the US specializing in institutional review board (IRB) and other regulatory consulting services, part of Michele Russell-Einhorn’s job is to review clinical trials and determine whether they are eth
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) will receive a £250 million boost to set up a new National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratory, the Department of Health had announced earlier today. The funding is believed to be part of an ongoing plan to make NHS a world leader in AI. This is
Machine learning (ML) is powerful. It finds patterns and makes predictions from a sea of random data, assisting researchers and medical professionals to perform their job more efficiently. However, ML is also prone to make mistakes and deriving at false positives. Most of the time, algorithms are co
Most artificial intelligence (AI) are very specific. AlphaGO was developed to play chess and is able to beat all human in that area but it knew nothing about the real world. On to the other hand, artificial general intelligence (AGI) such as chatbots, have a relatively wider spread of common knowled
One of AIMed largest events of the year, AIMed Europe 2019 will take place at Shoreditch Town Hall, London between 17 and 19 September. This year’s theme is “Be part of the Revolution: Transforming healthcare with AI”. It reflects AIMed’s continuous effort to gather multi-disciplinary groups of medi
Ipsos, the global market research consulting firm’s Healthcare Service Line collaborates with various pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device enterprises, to uniquely combine therapeutic and market expertise for the creation of customized, evidence-based research approaches that inspire better h
A little late to the game but Shanghai, the largest city and financial hub of China, made it mandatory for her residents to sort their garbage starting from 1 July. Mainly, residents have to separate any unwanted stuff into recyclable, hazardous, wet (perishable) and dry (other) waste before disposa
A new global survey – Wellcome Global Monitor found an overall 72% of people around the World trust scientists and 73% would believe a medical professional more than other sources of health advice including friends, families, religious leaders or famous people. Published this June, the po
11-year-old Bertrand (Buddy) Might was ill. He was down with a mysterious condition which made him unenergetic and confused. His fluid-filled lungs prevented his breathing completely when he was admitted at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama this May. Even though the doctors managed to insert a tube