An aging population and burgeoning public debt mean the healthcare sector faces a huge economic and social challenge serving the public in the 21st century. Can we have it both better and cheaper? A report from the INSEAD Alumni Healthcare Summit in London.
Can an online medical data-sharing platform accelerate research, improve treatment and create a powerful forum for those with life-changing diseases? Thousands are reaching out to PatientsLikeMe.
Faced with a deadly and expensive diabetes epidemic, Gulf states are looking at innovative business marketing techniques to promote healthy behaviour and keep a cap on spiralling health costs.
Drug companies world-wide are under pressure. The rise of generics, looming patent expirations and the expanding innovation gap are creating cost pressures from every direction. Could outsourcing R&D be one way to ease the pain? One former...
North American online health advice seekers have long been served by WebMD. Now an ex-Google developer is aiming at the rest of the world with Medico.com.
No longer content to be cost and talent arbitrage destinations, emerging markets are becoming hotbeds of innovation, says SD Shibulal, co-founder of Infosys Technologies, one of India's leading IT firms
A type1 diabetic and INSEAD student Kyle Rose (MBA '10D) describes how social media interaction help him manage his chronic ailment.
The emerging markets with their populations in the billions have become a potent source of revenue. The representatives of companies in India, Brazil and China have made it clear they do not plan to leave these emerging markets to the Western...
With ageing populations in the West and with drug targets improving thousandfold since the mapping of the human genome less than 10 years ago, few industries can look forward to the kind of growth expected in healthcare.
Harpal Singh of Fortis Healthcare examines the strengths and challenges in the Indian business arena.
As a leader in executive education, INSEAD seeks to develop business leaders and enhance business leadership. INSEAD conferences, held around the world, bring together diverse viewpoints on global economic and...
INSEAD alumni number some 40,000 men and women living in more than 160 countries around the world and working as entrepreneurs and leaders in business, industry and politics. INSEAD alumni...
As Europe continues to be plagued by myriad economic and political issues, INSEAD has launched a school-wide research and outreach initiative to understand and improve the global competitiveness of Europe-based businesses, and European economic...
Anon - The incredible story of India goes on: I agree with H Singh that India will produce much more...
Anon. - The prime minister of India at the time of economic reforms was MR Narsimha Rao. In spite of not...