Applying outside innovation to healthcare

http://www.pharmaphorum.com/articles/applying-outside-innovation-to-healthcare

Companies with new technologies and approaches are entering healthcare, and challenging pharma's traditional dominance in the sector. Today we are already seeing pharma companies such as Merck (through its patient engagement platform, Merckengage) and AbbVie (with a video solution for the management of Parkinson's Disease with Karolinska University Hospital) making initial steps towards offering a range of basic services that support important areas such as patient compliance, adherence or interdisciplinary collaboration. In this article, the authors explain why the world can expect many more innovations to be applied to healthcare by pharma companies.

Applying outside innovation to healthcare

http://www.pharmaphorum.com/articles/applying-outside-innovation-to-healthcare

Companies with new technologies and approaches are entering healthcare, and challenging pharma's traditional dominance in the sector. Today we are already seeing pharma companies such as Merck (through its patient engagement platform, Merckengage) and AbbVie (with a video solution for the management of Parkinson's Disease with Karolinska University Hospital) making initial steps towards offering a range of basic services that support important areas such as patient compliance, adherence or interdisciplinary collaboration. In this article, the authors explain why the world can expect many more innovations to be applied to healthcare by pharma companies.