What is the Blueteq high cost drug management system?
In this article, we’ll be sharing four of the best healthcare market research methods, why they’re useful, and how we at GKA are here to help.
4 ways to conduct a successful (& insightful) healthcare market research project
In this article, we’ll be sharing four of the best healthcare market research methods, why they’re useful, and how we at GKA are here to help.
Our approach to qualitative medical market research
With our excellent track record in undertaking qualitative medical fieldwork that stretches back for nearly three decades, GKA is today one of the most trusted names in medical market research. But what should you know about the approach that we take to our qualitative services? This question encompasses not only the various methodologies we use … Continued
Discovering the person within the patient: methodologies for patient market research
Patient-centric research is growing in importance in the pharmaceutical industry. It’s not just about the science behind different illnesses and medications; today, it’s equally important to understand the patient experience of what it really means to live with a condition. As patients become more empowered, take greater control of their health and become key decision-makers in their care, it’s vital that their voice is heard. Not only that, but as the pharmaceutical industry becomes more eager to deliver value by enhancing the patient experience, it’s really important that researchers choose methodologies for patient market research that enable them to discover the person within the patient.
How millennials are reshaping healthcare
Millennials are typically defined as those born between the early 1980s through to the late 1990s. Aged between 22-37 years old, this generation accounts for about a quarter of the world’s population. Most notably, millennials have grown up with the internet. They are used to having information instantly available at their fingertips and were the generation that led the way in terms of social media and using mobile devices to stay in touch 24/7. But what does this mean for the healthcare industry?
Who’s who in cow’s milk allergy?
The lowdown
Cow’s milk allergy (also known as cow’s milk protein allergy or CMPA) is an abnormal response by the body’s immune system in which proteins in cow’s milk are seen as a potential threat. This can cause the immune system to be’sensitised’, which means there is the potential that when cow’s milk is consumed, the immune system remembers this protein and reacts to it by producing allergic symptoms, which can happen immediately after feeding or at a later time (identified as a delayed reaction).