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COVID 19’s Effect on Healthcare in Japan: Inadequacies, …

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Life Sciences: The New Frontier in AI Disruption

WebIn terms of global market size, AI in life sciences is forecast to grow nearly 30% annually to reach $12.7 billion by 2030, according to Straits Research. Though the term is commonly used and its implications frequently discussed, AI is not easy to strictly define. It is commonly defined as the ability of digital devices to think and carry out

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Is Japan Finally Ready to Embrace Digital Transformation

WebIf we are in fact currently experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, then a core element of it is digital transformation (DX or DT). Determining whether such shifts are as seismic as they seem, and the names by which they will eventually be known, usually requires the perspective of time.

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Healthcare: a Recession-Proof Job Market in a Jobful Downturn

WebRecessions, depressions, downturns: drops in economic activity have come in various forms, lengths and intensity over the years. But one consistent feature is that they have been accompanied by major job losses and corresponding rises in unemployment. A global slowdown may be on the cards, and may already have begun. There are more …

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Spring Hiring: How Global Trends Will Affect The Japanese Job …

WebAs Japan and the rest of the world gradually inches out of the pandemic that has dominated life and business for more than a year, for many, a new start in spring 2021 will be more welcome than ever. Many of the shifts being seen in the global job market will make their presence felt […]

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The Robots are Coming!: to Save Your Life and Keep You Healthy

WebA robot designed by researchers at John Hopkins University recently performed complex soft tissue surgery on a pig without being guided by a doctor. This brings closer the day when AI-controlled androids perform operations on humans.In the meantime, robot-assisted surgery is already here and primed for exponential expansion. Robotic …

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Generative AI Pushing Life Sciences to New Boundaries

WebO n February 22 the Nikkei 225 index finally surpassed the peak it reached at the height of the bubble economy in 1989, making headlines and provoking analysis in Japan and around the world. One of the major drivers of the current buoyancy in global equities is optimism around how the spread of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will …

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A foreign perspective: Japanese work-life with Covid-19

Web2020. It’s the year we can’t wait to end. As we look forward to the coming year, it’s a good time to reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected business here in Japan. A year of changes for Japanese business This year was devastating for the world economy. Every industry in Japan felt the negative […]

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Female IT Engineers to the Rescue

WebTwo fields in which Japan is seen as behind the curve are workplace equality and the IT sector as a whole. Against such a backdrop, a sharp rise in the number of female software engineers in Japan seems an unlikely phenomenon. And yet that is exactly what has been happening in recent years. Issues such […]

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Slate Fuse, Author at Slate Executive Search

WebFollowing a pandemic-induced lull in 2020, M&A roared back last year and cross-border deals hit all-time record levels. Japanese firms have long been known for their overseas acquisitions, but a combination of shifts in the corporate landscape, succession issues and the current weak yen are making inbound deals more attractive and feasible than ever. …

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CAR-T Cancer Therapy: Hope For Patients and Healthcare Industry …

WebIn March, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Breyanzi CAR-T cell therapy for certain types of lymphoma cancers, making it the third such treatment to have received approval in Japan. The huge domestic healthcare market, totalling approximately 43.4 trillion yen ($398 billion dollars) in FY2018, is …

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AI Set to Be Rocket Fuel for HR Tech

WebFrom the launch of new platforms, to the latest fake image that fooled tens of millions online or calls for control in order to safeguard the future of humanity, AI is rarely out of the headlines these days.One of the few consequences of the rapid progress of this technology that can be confidently predicted is that it will be disruptive. AI and the big …

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Drug Price Revisions to Shake Up the Pharma Sector

WebThe biggest pricing cuts are on Pfizer products, with 75% reductions for its two expensive heart treatments Vyndaqel and Vyndamax. Chugai Pharma’s osteoporosis treatment Edirol will see its price cut by 38.6%, while US firm Eli Lilly will have prices reduced on two of its drugs by 34.5% and 26.2%. Other companies facing significant …

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