Medical News & Innovators

Biotechnology company PharmaMar develops innovative marine organism-derived anticancer drugs. 

The Cambridge-based startup is aimed at furthering technologies in "immuno-oncology" – drugs that tackle the immune system to better attack cancer cells.

Despite the potential losses from the British departure, leaders in the UK healthcare and technology industries have made it clear that innovation in the field of medicine and healthcare must continue.

The company’s 13,000 employees deliver care such as, home-based recovery and rehabilitation after an injury or surgery, care for patients help manage a chronic disease, palliative care for patients with a terminal illness, or hospice care at the end of life. 

Their volunteer efforts and interactions benefit not only the hospital patients and staff, but the DPR employees themselves, by providing a personal insight into the impact the end results their construction work will have on the hospital.

The hospital’s garden initiative started 5 years ago and has since expanded to 2,200 square feet, producing 1,300 pounds of organic produce per year.

Of 4,400 hospitals surveyed nationwide, UCLA Medical Center, UCSF Health and Stanford Health Care came in 4th, 7th and 14th place.

Humber River Hospital, located in Toronto, has become North America's first all-digital hospital.

At the end of the search, the goal is for patients to feel confident enough in the financial and quality aspects of the provider to book an online appointment through the portal.

The digitized pill looks just like a regular pill, but it carries a tiny sensor about the size of a grain of sand.