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CSOFT’s health blog aims to provide insight into complex diseases, treatment options and regulatory developments, and other prevalent health issues people face today.
Gilead More than Doubles Original Courses Expectation for Remdesivir to Fight Covid
Gilead announced today (6/22) that its expectation for supply of remdesivir to fight Covid increased from 1 million to exceed 2 million by the end of 2020. Remdesivir is on the forefront of fighting the pandemic, helping shorten the length of hospital recovery times...
The Doctor Will See You Now: Delivering Telehealth Solutions Across Language Barriers
As a global crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has called on interpreters and translators to step forward and contribute their linguistic expertise to worldwide aid efforts on numerous fronts, including telehealth. As well as supporting clinical trials, the past several...
Dexamethasone and COVID-19: The Breakthrough Steroid Saving Severely Ill Patients
Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid used to reduce inflammation for patients afflicted with arthritis, asthma, some skin conditions, and more, has been recognized as a breakthrough treatment from severely ill COVID-19 patients. When in use, it has shown to...
Medical Writing: Authoring a Clinical Study Protocol – II
Dr. Nimita Limaye returns to continue answering our guest audience questions in regards to medical writing and authoring a clinical study protocol! This week, she explains the importance of protocol synopsis and ensuring the completeness of the protocol, as well as...
The Need for Culturally Sensitive Medical Interpreters During Covid
Medical interpreters play several important roles in a clinical setting where multiple languages are spoken. Beyond real-time translation, medical interpreters are culturally aware and can communicate important concepts, as well as extract crucial information...
Johnson & Johnson to Begin Human Trials of Covid Vaccine in July
Johnson & Johnson announced today (6/10) that they will be initiating human trials in the second half of July for the Covid vaccine. The trials are expected to last over the course of two months in both the United States as well as Belgium, and will be...
WHO Prequalifies Rituximab Biosimilar for Cancer Treatment
The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified a biosimilar of version of rituximab, which is used to treat certain cancers and autoimmune diseases, created by Celltrion. This drug therapy is the second to achieve prequalification status under the...
Key Factors Driving Medical Writing Outsourcing Strategy – II
CSOFT Health Sciences SVP Dr. Nimita Limaye joins us once again to continue her interview on Key Factors Driving Medical Writing Outsourcing Strategy. This time, she focuses on the importance of alignment in terms of business operations, business models and...
Interviewing Dr. George King, Chief Scientific Officer and the Founder / Director of Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) at the Joslin Diabetes Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School
CSOFT Health Sciences is interviewing Dr. George King, MD at Harvard Medical School’s Joslin Diabetes Center. As the Chief Scientific Officer, a Senior Vice President, and the Founder and Director of the Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI), Dr. King is well...
FDA Releases MyStudies App for Patient Informed Consent
The FDA released the app FDA MyStudies, which can be found in app stores as COVID MyStudies, for patients to provide informed consent for traditional clinical trials, real-world trials, observational studies, and registries. The app is free, as...
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