Georgia Bio Blog
Driven by Industry Demand, Georgia Bio Reemerges, Rededicates
A New Start Founded in 1989, Georgia Bio has been the entity around which the bioscience and medtech industry in the state, including academia, connects and advocates for its needs. Though recently latent in the visual presence to which stakeholders are accustomed, Georgia Bio has maintained, if not increased, its advocacy for the life science…
Read MoreICYMI: State of Georgia Bio Virtual Town Hall Recording
As many of our colleagues are now aware, Georgia Bio (and the Georgia BioEd Institute) is separating from the Center for Global Health Innovation (CGHI) and adopting a more incremental, industry-focused approach to our efforts. Georgia Bio is recommitting to its core mission of advocating for, connecting, educating and inspiring our member enterprises and stakeholders…
Read MoreState of Georgia Bio Virtual Town Hall: Wednesday, October 18 at 9:00 a.m.
As many of our colleagues are now aware, the time has come for Georgia Bio (and the Georgia BioEd Institute) to separate from CGHI and adopt a more incremental, industry-focused approach to our efforts. Georgia Bio is recommitting to its core mission of advocating for, connecting, educating and inspiring our member enterprises and stakeholders in…
Read MoreThe 2023 Georgia Life Science Summit is Nov. 1, 2023
The state’s premier life sciences gathering for over three decades, Georgia Bio proudly presents the 2023 Georgia Life Science Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at the Sandy Springs Arts Center. The 2023 summit, more concentrated in scope yet expansive in industry inclusion, will be Wednesday, November 1st at the Sandy Springs Arts Center. The…
Read MorePatient’s Corner: Living with Chronic Illness Vol. 2
By Dorothy Leone-Glasser I met Mapillar Dahn and the MTS Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. at our Rx in Reach GA Coalition Capitol Day. She was excited to participate in our event and had a table set to distribute Sickle Cell Awareness material and to engage visitors, attendees and legislators on the challenges of living with…
Read MoreUntangling the Intricate World of Digital Health Regulation-The HSB Blog 6/28/21
Our Take: The current regulatory landscape for digital health tools is complex and doesn’t lend itself to easily determining where digital health tools belong or how they should be regulated. As a result it is not clear how to design these tools within regulatory guidelines and what process they should or may need to follow…
Read MoreVaccines could make big Ebola outbreaks a thing of the past
With approved vaccines and better health-care systems, 2 recent outbreaks in Africa have been managed quickly and with few deaths The era of large and deadly Ebola outbreaks may soon be over, thanks in part to vaccines and improvements in health-care delivery. After lengthy Ebola virus disease outbreaks claimed thousands of lives in both West…
Read MoreHow one medical team is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach Hispanic communities
Unidos Contra COVID totes shots, empathy and facts to Philadelphia’s Spanish-speaking residents In a makeshift tent behind a soccer goal and close enough to a taco stand that the smell of grilling barbacoa and carnitas drifts over, Melissa Pluguez cheerfully asks a man, in Spanish, if he’s right- or left-handed. The man, wearing jeans and…
Read More‘Nobody is catching it’: Algorithms used in health care nationwide are rife with bias
The algorithms carry out an array of crucial tasks: helping emergency rooms nationwide triage patients, predicting who will develop diabetes, and flagging patients who need more help to manage their medical conditions. But instead of making health care delivery more objective and precise, a new report finds, these algorithms — some of which have been in…
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