QPharma, a leader in Medical, Commercial and Compliance services for the life sciences industry, is proud to announce establishment of Neolytica, a subsidiary that will take healthcare analytics to an entirely different level.

QPharma has been a pioneer in the compliance space for 25 years. It has achieved tremendous successes and traction in recent times, in healthcare analytics — specifically Ti Expert (KOL mapping and HCP targeting) solution and NotifyMe product. This is one of the key drivers behind establishing Neolytica, which will focus on platforms and solutions which will use next generation technologies like NLP, AI, Face recognition, Chat bots to amplify the much-required technology advancement in healthcare community especially for Medical Affairs/MSL insights, Marketing and Commercial teams.

A significant part of QPharma’s growth is an outcome of its ability to identify gaps in the industry and come up with innovative solutions to address them. QPharma’s decision to focus on and invest in data analytics and AI synergizes well with its expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. The outcome: a healthcare analytics focused portfolio of innovative products and solutions. A comprehensive offering that will enable clients get intuitive insights using its state-of-the-art platforms.

“QPharma’s recent successes have been driven by innovations like Sample Direct to Patient, Sentiment Analysis, and NotifyMe that addressed specific gaps during the Covid-19 crisis. This brought into fore the impact QPharma could have in the industry if it focused and invested more on analytics,” said QPharma President and CEO Patrick Den Boer. “QPharma’s health analytics solution has grown at an average of 205% over the past two years. Behind this growth is partnering with 15 out of top 20 pharmaceutical companies and the successful launch of 25 drugs, where QPharma’s role entailed creation of end-to-end KOL mapping and HCP targeting strategies for each launch, including that for the recent Covid-19 antibody treatment,” said Badal Shah, Managing Director, KOL and Targeting Solutions at QPharma. Patrick further added, “Based on recent success of our health analytics solution, we are confident that Neolytica will act as a catalyst in the industry and address its need for insightful platforms and solutions.”

Backed by an award-winning leadership and ably supported by a global team of industry experts, Neolytica’s solutions and portfolio of products will deliver significant value in strategic and operational aspects of Medical Affairs, Market Access, Commercial Marketing and Commercial Sales.

About QPharma, Inc.

Founded in 1994, QPharma is the industry leader in cloud-based software and services for life sciences. Its Commercial Services division provides solutions that include sample management and distribution, product launch management, online training, and HCP/KOL targeting and engagement. Services offered by the company’s Professional Services division include validation services, project management, auditing, and training. QPharma is also a National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Verified Accredited Wholesale Distributor and an approved American Medical Association Database Licensee.

ImpediMed Limited, a global medical technology company using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) to generate powerful data to improve patient health, announced the release of the next generation software for the SOZO® Digital Health Platform. This software release, designated as Version 4.0, adds an intuitive redesign, enhanced security and privacy measures, and personalized data sets to provide clinicians with in-depth, actionable information to maximize patient health.

ImpediMed’s SOZO with L-Dex

The latest update to the SOZO Digital Health Platform provides clinicians with even more power to monitor patient health and make crucial clinical care decisions. Version 4.0 allows care teams to generate personalized patient datasets, compare previous measurements with current ones, and add notes and tags to patient profiles,” said Richard Carreon, Managing Director and CEO of ImpediMed. “At ImpediMed, our mission is to not only develop technologies to help clinicians in monitoring and determining the best course of treatment for their patients, but to advance and adapt our technologies to better suit the needs of the clinicians and their patients.”

The SOZO Digital Health Platform has gained broad adoption worldwide. Over 700 devices are in use by large and small healthcare systems as well as by AstraZeneca in support of clinical trials. The software improvements in this release are supported by clinical experience from over 250,000 SOZO patient tests and extensive human factors testing. SOZO’s cloud-based software solution provides customers with immediate access to updates, which take only minutes to complete.

The SOZO Digital Health Platform Version 4.0 software includes advancements such as a major redesign of the User Interface, making the software even more intuitive and easier to use for clinicians managing multiple patients across a variety of conditions. The visual display incorporates further customization, enabling clinicians to tag measurements and make patient notes supporting clinical decision making while assisting clinicians in the timely retrieval of critical information.

The upgraded software also features new tools to monitor patients’ body compositions. Novel reference ranges have been added to the body composition analysis, combining tissue and fluid analyses into one. An update to the segmental analysis implements the SOZO Digital Health Platform’s new license for measuring composition of the arms and legs. Version 4.0 also includes enhanced privacy and security features such as a hidden patient list, Multi Factor Authentication (MFA), and Single Sign On (SSO) to protect patient data.

The SOZO® device is a noninvasive monitoring tool using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) technology to deliver a precise snapshot of fluid status and tissue composition in less than 30 seconds with 256 unique data points. The FDA-cleared, CE-marked and ARTG-listed digital health platform assists clinicians in the early detection of secondary lymphedema and measures fluid status for patients living with heart failure. It provides a patient’s L-Dex® score, the only non-invasive, reliable, validated tool to help clinicians identify subclinical lymphedema.

About ImpediMed

Founded in Brisbane, Australia, with U.S. headquarters and European operations, ImpediMed is a global medical technology company using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) to generate powerful data to maximize patient health. ImpediMed produces a family of FDA cleared and CE Marked medical devices, including SOZO® for multiple indications, including heart failure, lymphedema, and protein calorie malnutrition sold in select markets globally.

About SOZO Digital Health Platform

SOZO, the world’s most advanced, noninvasive bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) device, delivers a precise snapshot of fluid status and tissue composition in less than 30 seconds. Using ImpediMed’s BIS technology, SOZO measures 256 unique data points over a wide spectrum of frequencies from 3 kHz to 1000 kHz. Results are available immediately online for easy data access and sharing across an entire healthcare system. The FDA-cleared, CE-marked and ARTG-listed digital health platform aids in the early detection of secondary lymphedema, provides fluid status for patients living with heart failure, and can be used to monitor and maintain overall health – all on a single device.

Medtronic plc, the global leader in medical technology, announced the U.S. FDA approval and first U.S. implants of the SenSight™ Directional Lead System used for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy. SenSight is the first-of-its-kind DBS directional lead that combines the benefits of directionality with the power of sensing, allowing physicians to deliver precise, patient-specific DBS therapy for the treatment of some symptoms associated with movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and essential tremor, and medically refractory epilepsy.

“Until now, sensing capability and directional leads have not been available in the same DBS system, so we have had to choose one technology or the other, based on the predicted needs of each patient,” said Kelly D. Foote, M.D., professor of neurosurgery at University of Florida. “Now, by coupling this new directional lead with a pulse generator capable of brain sensing, we are excited to be able to offer our patients the synergistic benefits of both technologies. Furthermore, the ability to continuously record brain activity while affected patients go about their daily lives is a powerful research tool that is rapidly improving our understanding of these brain circuitry disorders that diminish the lives of so many people.”

DBS is a therapy in which a small pacemaker-like device sends electrical signals through very thin wires, known as “leads,” to a targeted area in the brain related to symptoms of certain neurological disorders. A few weeks after surgery, the neurologist will wirelessly adjust the neurostimulator setting to best control symptoms while minimizing potential side effects in a process known as “programming.

For the SenSight directional lead system, Medtronic reimagined how a lead system could be designed, with the patient, neurosurgeon, and programming neurologist in mind. Deliberate choices related to materials and design were made to enhance comfort for patients, allow for more precise stimulation, and streamline the surgical procedure—all while being able to capture objective data for more efficient, informed programming.

SenSight is the first directional, sensing-enabled lead designed to enhance the detection of local field potentials (LFPs), which are brain signals that correlate with the severity of Parkinson’s disease symptoms and are 1 million times smaller than DBS stimulation pulses1. When paired with the Percept™ PC device, SenSight expands on BrainSense™ technology, enabling clinicians to capture and record enhanced, directional LFP information from the implanted lead. When physicians can detect LFPs, they can correlate these brain signals with stimulation and events capturing medication, symptoms, or side effects to deliver personalized, data-driven therapy and adjust this therapy as patient needs evolve.

“We are learning from studies across the globe as well as daily patient care that knowing the absolute best location to implant a lead can provide both very efficient and efficacious stimulation,” said Leonardo Almeida, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at University of Florida. “The more we continue to learn about signals from different diseases and where they are located in relation to where we usually target an implant, the more healthcare teams will be able to refine targeting and accurately plan electrode positioning for each specific patient.”

SenSight directional lead systems were first implanted at the University of Florida, by multi-disciplinary teams in early June, and a full launch in the U.S. will immediately follow today’s announcement. The product also recently received CE Mark and fully launched in Western Europe in March of 2021.

“We are excited to see the clinical benefits that the new SenSight directional lead system will provide to patients and physicians in the U.S.,” said Mike Daly, vice president and general manager of Brain Modulation within the Neuromodulation business, which is part of the Neuroscience Portfolio at Medtronic. “For over 25 years, Medtronic has driven discoveries and advancements in DBS therapy and we look forward to continuing to deliver meaningful innovation to the movement disorder and epilepsy patient communities.”

About Medtronic DBS Therapy
DBS therapy is currently approved in many locations around the world, including the United States and Europe, for the treatment of recent and longer-standing Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, primary dystonia, the disabling symptoms of epilepsy and treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Medtronic was the first in the United States to offer full-body MR Conditional DBS systems for patients to have safe scans anywhere on the body under certain conditions. Since 1987, more than 175,000 Medtronic DBS devices have been implanted worldwide for movement disorders and other indications.

About Medtronic
Medtronic plc, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is among the world’s largest medical technology, services and solutions companies – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic employs more than 90,000 people worldwide, serving physicians, hospitals and patients in more than 150 countries. The company is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to take healthcare Further, Together.

Royal Philips, and Elekta signed agreements to deepen their existing strategic partnership to advance comprehensive and personalized cancer care through precision oncology solutions.

The extended collaboration builds on the two companies’ successful cooperation in the fast-emerging field of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided adaptive radiation therapy. Through deeper cross-portfolio collaboration, Philips and Elekta will utilize their complementary capabilities to further improve patient care.

Benefiting patients throughout the care pathway

Oncology care is transforming, driven by an increasingly precise diagnosis of each tumor, and a continuously expanding range of therapy options. To fully capitalize on these opportunities, healthcare providers require integrated solutions throughout the entire cancer care pathway, from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up.

This integrated approach has the potential to provide:

• Quicker, more accurate visualization of the tumor
• Easier decision of optimal treatment strategy
• Earlier assessment of therapy response
• More effective and efficient therapy delivery

The strengthened strategic partnership intends to further deliver a superior experience in diagnosis and adaptive, personalized treatments for clinicians, shorter treatment times and more precise therapy for patients, and lowered costs of care for healthcare providers.

“To capitalize on the opportunities presented by increasingly precise diagnosis and the fast-expanding range of therapies available for cancer patients, it’s essential to provide integrated systems and solutions that provide the right insights at the right time throughout each patient’s care journey,” said Kees Wesdorp, Chief Business Leader of Precision Diagnosis at Philips. “By deepening our already-successful collaboration with Elekta, we will accelerate towards our goal of providing clear care pathways and predictable outcomes for every cancer patient. Today’s announcement is an important next step in the implementation of our strategy in precision diagnosis.”

“I expect this extended partnership to unlock opportunities that will provide better outcomes for people with cancer,” said Gustaf Salford, Elekta’s President and CEO. “Together, we’ll combine advanced informatics and image-guided radiation therapy solutions to deliver greater precision in oncology. This means easier selection by clinicians of the optimal treatment strategy and more efficient and effective therapy delivery.”

In this preferred, although non-exclusive, partnership, Elekta and Philips will leverage their capabilities to pursue integrated vendor-agnostic solutions, enhancing interoperability between the two parties’ systems and software in order to drive precision in oncology.

About Royal Philips

Royal Philips is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s health and well-being, and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care. Philips generated 2020 sales of EUR 17.3 billion and employs approximately 77,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries.

About Elekta

For almost five decades, Elekta has been a leader in precision radiation medicine. Our more than 4,000 employees worldwide are committed to ensuring everyone in the world with cancer has access to – and benefits from – more precise, personalized radiotherapy treatments. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Elekta is listed on NASDAQ Stockholm Exchange.

Baxter International Inc., a global innovator in renal care, announced the launch of the Sharesource Analytics 1.0 premium module, the next generation of digital health for home-based peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Sharesource Analytics 1.0 is a clinical management resource within the Sharesource remote patient management platform that provides healthcare professionals with a comprehensive dashboard containing simplified trend data from their home dialysis patients’ treatments. Baxter plans on launching Sharesource Analytics 1.0 globally, initiating in the United States, on a rolling basis over the next year and making it available by subscription.

Sharesource Analytics 1.0 delivers intuitive and clinically meaningful data that may be used to identify potentially slow-building issues over the patient’s last 180 days of therapy. This data provides clarity to healthcare professionals around their patients’ adherence, catheter function and therapy fatigue – three issues often associated with therapy dropout.1 It also provides healthcare professionals with evidence-based clinical guidance to aid in making informed decisions to resolve the potential complications their home patients may be experiencing.

“Sharesource remote patient management platform has played a significant role through the COVID-19 pandemic in allowing patients with kidney failure—who often have immune dysfunction—to do their dialysis at home, where they can remain safer by socially distancing,” said Peter Rutherford, M.D., senior medical director, Baxter Renal Care business. “With the launch of Sharesource Analytics 1.0, Baxter is again pioneering the next generation of digital health for nephrology that is designed to further empower remote clinical management of home dialysis patients.”

About Sharesource Remote Patient Management

Sharesource Analytics 1.0 is built on Baxter’s pioneering digital health platform, Sharesource remote patient management. Sharesource remote patient management allows healthcare professionals to monitor their patients’ home dialysis treatments, and then remotely adjust therapy without the need for patients to make unplanned visits to the clinic as a general matter. Sharesource is the most widely used home dialysis digital health platform, used to care for 38% of all patients on automated PD globally, available in more than 70 countries, and it has managed more than 25 million treatments to date.

Supporting the broad global adoption of Sharesource is evidence that the remote patient management digital health platform can assist healthcare providers with early detection and intervention of catheter issues,2,3,4,5 peritonitis,6 and adherence-related complications,7,8,9 which can lead to reduced hospitalizations.10

About Peritoneal Dialysis

People living with end-stage renal disease require dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant to stay alive. PD therapy is typically managed by patients in their home, at a time of day that is convenient for them. It works by cleaning the blood of toxins and removing extra fluid through the body’s peritoneal cavity. Studies show patients and physicians often prefer home dialysis.11 PD patients experience improved early survival, and higher satisfaction rates and quality-of-life measures.12, 13, 14

About Baxter

Every day, millions of patients and caregivers rely on Baxter’s leading portfolio of critical care, nutrition, renal, hospital and surgical products. For 90 years, we’ve been operating at the critical intersection where innovations that save and sustain lives meet the healthcare providers that make it happen. With products, technologies and therapies available in more than 100 countries, Baxter’s employees worldwide are now building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of transformative healthcare innovations.