Sanofi and Google will establish a new virtual Innovation Lab with the ambition to radically transform how future medicines and health services are delivered by tapping into the power of emerging data technologies. The collaboration aims to change how Sanofi develops new treatments and will focus on three key objectives: 
GPs and other prescribers have been prompted more than 5 million times in the last 12 months to encourage patients to take action to look after themselves, rather than relying on medication from their doctor.
A national analysis of how practices in two thirds of England’s CCGs use a prescribing decision support technology called OptimiseRx found that thousands of professionals had been acting on the alerts, helping prescribers to comply with self-care prescribing guidelines from NHS England.
IMS MAXIMS has formed a partnership with Better by Marand to become a reseller for its e-prescribing system, OPENeP. The move gives NHS trusts that want to progress their digital maturity the option to buy an e-prescribing system that integrates seamlessly with the MAXIMS software suite. 
Opinion Article by Richard Turner, Executive Director, Change Healthcare
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, will showcase its latest scalable and interoperable health information management portfolio at the HIMSS and Health 2.0 European Congress, taking place June 11-13 in Helsinki, Finland. Philips integrated solutions, enhanced by adaptive intelligence across key areas of health information management, Delegates at the UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) will be able to engage with global healthcare technology specialist Change Healthcare in June, around some of the biggest challenges facing diagnostic imaging and radiology in the NHS.