Reece Armstrong speaks to Paul O’Donohoe, Scientific Lead, eCOA and Mobile Health at Medidata about how digital technologies are affecting clinical trials throughout the pharmaceutical industry.

Ian Bolland is joined by Carolyn Crandall from Attivo Networks to discuss where companies operating in the healthcare and medical device space are most vulnerable, and what they need to do to guard against cyber threats.

Reece Armstrong speaks to Cathal Friel, chairman and co-founder of Open Orphan, about the company's involvement in setting up the first human challenge study model for Covid-19 and the importance of studying the virus during the pandemic.

Ian Bolland sits down with Nick Lansman and Neeraj Shah from the Health Tech Alliance where they discuss the organisation’s vision, the challenges of technological adoption in the NHS and the effects that COVID-19 has had on attitudes to technology.

For UK diabetes week, Ian Bolland is joined by James Richardson, medical lead for BGM mature markets, and Athar Siddiqui, global head, digital connected solutions, AscensiaDiabetes Care to talk about how patients can manage their condition, Ascensia’s work in the area and the digital tools that are available.

Ian Bolland is joined by Giles Sanders and Steve Gowers, life sciences consultants from TTP. They discuss the company’s relationship with multiple stakeholders, the prominence of certain technologies in life sciences as well as what the future will hold for medtech as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ian Bolland is joined by Dr Anne Blackwood from Health Enterprise East to discuss equality and diversity in medtech. This includes research showing how wider representation at board level can lead to better-informed decisions, how representation can improve and why the pandemic could be a catalyst for a culture change

Ian and Reece discuss getting the COVID-19 jab, the status of vaccinations and emerging variants in the UK, a plan for social care, as well as a review of “The Digital Pill: What everyone should know about the future of our healthcare system.”

Med-Tech Innovation News editor Ian Bolland is joined by Liz Ashall-Payne, founding chief executive of ORCHA. They discuss how ORCHA came about, its role in bringing digital health innovations to market, the acceleration of digital use as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its report highlighting solutions that can help treat symptoms of long COVID.

You can read ORCHA’s report into apps that can help with COVID symptoms, here: https://orchahealth.com/health-apps-for-long-covid-self-management-report/

Ian and Reece are joined by Joe Barnes, Brussels correspondent from the Daily Express as the trio discuss the latest developments in the ongoing dispute between AstraZeneca and the European Commission over COVID-19 vaccines.

As well as differing approaches to procurement to the UK, they touch upon the approvals process, promises from manufacturers supplying vaccines going forward and the merits of so-called “vaccine passports.”