Women’s History Month: Recognizing Women Research Pioneers in the Health Sciences
Today in the world of medicine we are accustomed to hearing about breakthrough contributions in the health sciences from scientists and researchers of all genders, but for much of the past century this wasn’t the case. While many women have played an important role...
What Does Stress Do To Our Body?
This article is part 1 of a mini-series focusing on how the body reacts to stressors. This installment looks at the physiological reaction to stress and how this can impact a person’s overall health. Have you ever thought about what stress could do to your body? You...
Women’s History Month: The Importance of Inclusive Clinical Trials on Care and Society
With March being Women’s History Month, we remember that women have historically been marginalized in areas such as clinical trials, and how important it is to work towards women’s empowerment. Activists like Margaret Sanger, who popularized the term birth control,...
Women Lead The Way For CSOFT Health Sciences
In celebration of International Women’s Day, CSOFT Health Sciences is bringing together three women leaders who are committed to building a healthier world. By sharing their perspectives, they will impart wisdom and explain their passion for bringing treatments to patients around the world to improve their lives.
Happy International Women’s Day
CSOFT joins the Health Sciences industry in recognizing International Women's Day, Women’s History Month and the important contributions women make to society. The FDA recently released the 2019 Drug Trials Snapshots Report. This report summarizes the demographic...
Communicating Public Health to Multilingual Populations: The Example of Singapore
With the ongoing global COVID-19 outbreak, public health policy is being put to the test. To educate people and modulate their health, sanitary, and hygienic behavior, it’s crucial that policymakers communicate effectively. Public health guides inform and protect...
China Creating a Framework on Real-World Evidence
Purpose of Real-World Evidence/Real-World Data Real-World Evidence is critical for designing more effective treatments. For example, to test new treatments, pharmaceutical companies adopt a method called "Randomized Controlled Trial" (RCT). There are two design groups...
A Step Forward in Personalized Care: Translational Research and Precision Medicine
Our healthcare system, including translational research and precision medicine, has come a long way over the past decade. Targeted vaccine breakthroughs and ongoing improvements in cancer treatment have transformed our ability to survive and recover from health issues...
Assisted Reproductive Technology: Creating Life with ART
ART and Society For some, having children is an ultimate goal in their own life-progression. For those unable to become pregnant naturally, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) can bring hopeful parents the successful pregnancy they desire. ART takes many forms,...
Covid Spreading at an Alarming Rate
Where it is originated from? In December 2019, Covid appeared in a seafood market located in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province. Researchers traced back to the first patient and he did not come into contact with the seafood market. Up until now, the...
A Look Back: New York’s Learning-by-Doing Response to a Pandemic
With thoughts of the latest pandemic on so many of our minds, it can be useful to look to history for context and reassurance as we try to understand our current predicament. Often, it is easy to become lost in a vague picture of the developing world as the sole...
Covid: Calling All Heroes
Language’s fix to a world problem In dedication to Dr. Li Wenliang As a sudden outbreak with untold global health implications, the 2019 Coronavirus exemplifies a crisis scenario where the quality and character of the immediate response has the power to shape future...
China Finalized the Trade Agreement for Patent Drug with the U.S.
Trade Agreement On January 16, 2020 the U.S. and China finalized the trade agreement that specifies the patent protection rules for drugs. Under the patent protection, biopharmaceutical companies can fill out an application and the term of each new patent is 20 years....
Tracking the Coronavirus With AI: How JHU & BlueDot are Leading Pre-vaccine Outbreak Response
To understand and control the spread of the latest coronavirus (2019-nCOV), a vast array of artificial intelligence and natural language processing tools have been deployed, giving those watching from the Health Sciences field good cause to be optimistic about recent...
The New Science of Arthritis
“Arthritis” does not stand for one single disease, but multiple joint pain or joint diseases. Arthritis is one of the leading diseases that caused physical deformities and disabilities. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis that affect tens of millions of people from…
HEALTHY 2020 We Are One World
CSOFT celebrates the year of the Rat Now that 2019 is behind us, we have an opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come. As we leave behind a year of drastic change, innately global issues continue to challenge us, for example, the Coronavirus. This virus has caused...
Raising Awareness of Mental Illness
Overview of Mental Health Mental illness is a medical condition that affects changes in emotion, thinking, and behavior. Mental disorders can affect anyone regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, and race. Also, it can happen at any age, but the most...
Beigene, the First Pharma Company to Receive FDA’s Approval for Brukinsa
On November 14, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave approval to BeiGene Ltd's lymphoma treatment, Brukinsa. BeiGene is a Chinese biopharmaceutical company that focused on cancer treatments. The treatment "Brukinsa" has been tested on 118 patients with...
China’s National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL)
What is NRDL? The National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) was introduced in 2000 to support medical healthcare and providing patients with basic medical treatments. Between 2000 and 2017, the NRDL has been updated twice, but the reimbursement process is poor. The...
China Introduces Structural Changes to Pharmaceutical Regulations
Beginning of Changes China revised its pharmaceutical regulations by releasing the second draft of the Drug Administration Law of the People's Republic of China (DAL) to the Committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPC) for discussion. The first draft...