Veras Research

27/12/2017

This New York Times article highlights the complex issue of junk food and diabetes in India. Individuals activists struggling against a rising ride - can only gain limited success... how to create a real movement? Your thoughts?

India is “sitting on a volcano” of diabetes. A father’s effort to ban junk food sales in and near schools aims to change what children eat.

25/12/2017

Best wishes from us for the holiday season!

15/12/2017

Along with Dr Feisul of MOH and fellow co-authors, our team recently published this article on the cost of managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia. For year 2011, we estimated it would cost the nation RM 2.04 billion. However, this cost could be as high as RM 3.52 billion. No small amount. Food for thought.

08/12/2017

Our aim in clinical trials in the final analysis is to help patients. Rare diseases are hard to justify funding for --- if collaboration is possible, as is being supported by the FDA, then more doors could open.

The FDA has outlined how developers of drugs targeting rare pediatric diseases can streamline their clinical development programs by collaborating. Officials want drug developers to consider teaming up to test multiple candidates in single trials, thereby cutting the number of patients who need to r...

28/11/2017

http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_intelligence/the_real-world_data_conundrum_1210697

No matter how we look at it, our approaches towards medicine are changing. This change is affecting all stakeholders. From a drug development perspective, a new data science is driving a paradigm shift in the product life cycle. We can see how manufacturers and healthcare systems are looking at the…

23/11/2017

Things you can do everyday to make your day better

https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/1617-12-things-you-can-do-to-turn-around-a-no-good-day

Remind yourself that certain words have power.

11/11/2017

Interesting finding with impact in cardiac disease management - makes it more important to communicate benefits of procedures to patients. However, note that n=200, a larger study would be worth considering.

Using a stent to reopen a blocked artery in or around the heart can be lifesaving for those having heart attacks or who have developed blocked arteries, called atherosclerosis. They’re also commonly …

05/11/2017

An article on publication of results of clinical trials... what seemed most interesting was this paragraph that said industry sponsored research is more likely to get published than tax-payer funded research: ".... experiments sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry had a much better track record than university experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health or other agencies."

Federal law requires publicly funded medical researchers to promptly report the results of many experimental treatments. But few are doing so, a review shows, and patients may be hurt.

02/11/2017

After meditating, it’s like I’ve reawakened to the world. I’m more aware of my surroundings, recognizing beauty that I had previously been oblivious to. And the rational part of my mind is refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to tackle knowledge work again with clarity, focus, and less internal resista...

20/10/2017

20/10/2017

Contact us to outsource your clinical trial work in Asia or if you wish to collaborate with a CRO with an Asian footprint!