Author: Healthcare Propulsion Staff

India’s largest drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has reportedly signed an agreement with the US government to extend affordable medicines to American patients.US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Richard Ascroft, CEO North America of Sun Pharma, during an announcement on Healthcare Affordability in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 31, 2026. (AFP)According to a report by news agency PTI, the Mumbai-based pharma company entered into a deal to provide ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) pricing to state Medicaid programmes in the United States. Under the MFN pricing, a buyer can avail the lowest price possible…

Retaining female talent in healthcare IT requires more than basic networking events. It demands practical skills, global perspectives, and direct access to leaders who have survived large-scale transformations. At HIC2026 in Sydney, Australia, I sat down with Anita Ghose, CEO at InventiveX and Program Lead and Facilitator – 2027 Women in Digital Health Leadership at Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), to discuss her work. We explored how this specialized program prepares women for the realities of digital health leadership and tackled the broader AI challenges facing the Australian healthcare market. Core Insight: Practical Experience Over Theory. Effective leadership programs…

Researchers at VIB, VUB, and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UK) have discovered a hidden feature of human sperm cells. Using advanced imaging technologies, they discovered specialized compartments within the sperm nucleus packed with proteasomes, which are responsible for breaking down and recycling proteins. The findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, offer an unprecedented look inside sperm cells and could open new avenues for understanding male fertility. In human sperm cells, DNA is packed more tightly than almost anywhere else in nature. Yet the researchers found that the nucleus of these cells is not as…

ALKU has acquired rockITdata, expanding its capabilities across artificial intelligence, digital transformation, data analytics, healthcare IT and specialized federal health projects. rockITdata is a technology consulting company that specializes in AI, digital transformation and data analytics for enterprise and public-sector customers. The acquisition combines rockITdata’s technology solutions and project delivery expertise with ALKU’s specialized staffing platform and access to AI and data engineering talent. ALKU plans to remain focused on its core specialized staffing model while using the acquisition to broaden the range of technology solutions it can provide to customers. The combination is expected to enable more complete end-to-end…

Why does coffee appear to have different links with Parkinson’s risk from one person to another? A study of more than 435,000 people points to the interplay between caffeine metabolism, genetics, and sex. Study: Coffee and Parkinson’s disease: associations by CYP1A2 genotype and sex in UK Biobank. Image Credit: Valery Evlakhov / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal npj Parkinson’s disease, researchers investigated whether the cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) genotype and sex modify the association between Parkinson’s disease (PD) and coffee consumption. PD is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that manifests with non-motor and motor symptoms, which impair the…

For more than two decades of Janet Leung’s life, hunger replaced her joy.After losing her father, endless food maths filled her head, drowning out other thoughts. Her anxiety around eating kept others at a distance.Miserable as she was, Leung could not give up this distraction; it offered an escape from the sideways glances and judgment that she endured in her youth. Hidden inside the grown-up was a 16-year-old girl, stuck in an environment that demanded perfection.Patching a ‘broken window’One Hong Kong night, when she was 14, Leung woke to a world without her father.Her mother had roused her after an…

Patients with type 2 diabetes who have high blood glucose levels, low body weight, or a history of ketoacidosis are at increased risk of developing this serious condition when treated with so-called SGLT2 inhibitors. A study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet also shows that the risk persists throughout the entire course of treatment. SGLT2 inhibitors are a class of medicines used to treat type 2 diabetes and can also reduce the risk of heart and kidney disease. At the same time, they are associated with an increased risk of ketoacidosis, a rare but serious condition in which a lack…

Researchers followed children through a critical period of early development to investigate whether a simple maternal health behavior before pregnancy was linked to how they later navigated social and behavioral challenges. Association between preconception folic acid intake and behavioural problems in children aged 2–8 years: a prospective cohort study. Image Credit: Taras Grebinets / Shutterstock A prospective study published in the European Journal of Nutrition found that maternal preconception folic acid supplementation was associated with a lower risk of problematic peer relationships in offspring, but no association was reported for the other major behavioral difficulties assessed. The fully adjusted analysis…

Keith and Sue Andrews first met when they were 15, and they’ve been married for 57 years.Sue’s condition has deteriorated so much that she now lives in a home. Keith says they had to wait almost a year for a diagnosis, which was difficult.He says life became more maneagable, once they knew for sure. “I won’t say it’s easy, but you know where you’re going, and you know where you’re heading and you feel a lot more confident in what you’re doing. “Because you know you’re doing the right thing, but before that diagnosis, you don’t know if you’re doing…

More than 300,000 cystoscopies are performed in the UK each year and there are significant waiting lists in some areas.While the urine test is not a replacement for cystoscopies, it could help doctors identify patients at greater risk who should be prioritised for urgent ones rather than wait.This NHS trial found that the Galeas urine test identified 92% of bladder cancer cases.A negative result meant there was more than a 99% chance that the patient did not have bladder cancer.It checks for any genetic material shed into the urine by bladder cancer and was originally developed by the University of…