Vale Dr Michael Hirshorn

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Looking back this now seems antiquated. The novelty of the iphone replacing an expensive medical device. Who would have thought! In this case it was the humble stethoscope - a device normnally costing $100+ being disrupted by a $1.19 app. And no distribution costs or stock and warehousing to worry about.
The sheer number of apps appearing is quite extraordinary. [...]

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I have a confession to make. I have conversations with a friend who is an analyst in the biotech sector and, well, these conversations tend to drag on a bit. We both like a bit of a chat and let’s face it; in the biotech industry there is an awful lot to chat about.

Mind you, [...]

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We have commented previously that the impact of technology and innovation often has unintended consequences. Often these consequences can result in entire paradigm shifts. Shifts that can disrupt and potentially wreck well etsablished exiting business models. Indeed histroy is littered with companies that simply “didn’t see it coming”.
The iphone is having such an impact. Not just in the consumer area, [...]

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Licensing deals can fail, not because of bad technology, but simply because the licensee is cutting costs!

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Bioshares, Australia’s premininet biotechnology analsyst newsletter recently asked Cogentum to comment on the recent fall from grace of a significant Australian listed biotech. You can find the introduction and a link to the article below

The news from Tyrian Diagnostics that it will close down most of its business and lay off all of its staff is another [...]

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“A Dutch research centre has developed a wireless monitor that allows your organs to send alerts to your mobile phone.”

Good lord. Somewhere a medical device company who is in the process or who have already raised a fortune to pay for their proprietary diagnostic technology and device, have just has conniptions!
The ehealth revolution is [...]

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For many thinking that ehealth will the domain of those in the medical industry - take note.
Jawbone, the US based maker of bluetooth headsets is potentially about to radically shake up not just the way data is collected about our health, but also how and where this data is housed.

To add meat to this pitch, [...]

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We love Apps.
One of the core reasons, and there are many, is that Apps are in essence single function solutions. An App focuses only on doing one job, or group of related jobs. Importantly, it does so in the most economical and simplest fashion. As a result , no over engineering, no complexity, no huge [...]

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I am not sure how aware you are of the increasing trend towards crowd sourced solutions. But if not, you probably should be.
The central tenet of the crowd sourced solution is that it provides you access to a wider range of solutions at a lower cost.
Crowd sourcing is an emerging model right across a range of areas. Initially, it [...]

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