Alcivax #22 – July 30, 2020: Alcimed’s weekly digest of coronavirus news. This week, Alcimed takes a stroll down memory lane to see where we might be better and worse off than we might have expected in this COVID-19 crisis.
With MEDICEN and in collaboration with numerous players from the health sector, Alcimed has identified 7 key and structuring learnings for the health sector after the COVID-19 crisis. This work points out well-known reflection, however the crisis gave them a new dimension. Among other things, we can mention the extreme fragmentation and segmentation of the health sector which would benefit from developing the synergies of the multiple health projects and players, and the lack of national and European sovereignty in terms of the production of health products.
Alcivax #21 – July 23, 2020: Alcimed’s weekly digest of coronavirus news. This week, Alcimed focuses on the creation of COVID classifications based on symptomology as a huge step in getting a handle on how to treat patients effectively and improve patient pathways.
Position paper ‘Food : the consumer guide in 2050’ (in French). At Alcimed, we have identified the major and emerging trends that are shaping our way of consuming and imagined how they will impact our food on the horizon of 2050 around 3 major questions: Which products will be consumed? How will food products be procured? How will we consume them?
The soft drinks market is one of the most innovative food markets, driven by new consumer demands who are attentive to the quality, naturalness and nutritional profile of products, and the integration of new raw materials. Alcimed provides you with its view of this sector, as major industrialists and start-ups are bursting with dynamism, like cross innovations at SIAL and beyond.
BIOMIMICRY & SMART MATERIALS SERIES (3/3): Smart materials are so-called “intelligent” materials that are designed to be sensitive, adaptive and scalable to their external environment through low intensity stimuli. Biomimicry is one possible approach to designing them with inspiration from nature. The self-healing teeth of squid have inspired self-repairing materials in wet environments. This opens up opportunities for new technical textile fibers. Alcimed’s Chemicals-Materials team takes stock of this promising technology for several sectors.
The data accumulated by the French health system are representative of care usage in a developed country and can be further valorized. With the launch of the Health Data Hub, a platform for sharing French health data, the government aims to facilitate and encourage their use. Alcimed deciphers the promise of opportunities that this new player in the health ecosystem offers to the pharmaceutical industry to foster innovation in health.
Alcivax #20 – July 17, 2020: Alcimed’s weekly digest of coronavirus news. This week, Alcimed evaluates the end of the fiscal year and why COVID may be an opportunity to put public debt to maximal use: building a resilient healthcare system.
With the development of electromobility and the growing number of electric vehicles on the road, many questions arise about the impact of recharging them on the electricity grid. Indeed, the simultaneous recharging of a large volume of vehicles could disrupt the power grid, especially if the maximum power available locally is exceeded. Solutions are emerging to counterbalance the impact of their recharging, or even to take advantage of their assets, in particular their storage capacity. Alcimed takes stock of one of these promising technologies, the vehicle-to-grid.
BIOMIMICRY & SMART MATERIALS SERIES (2/3): When intelligent materials and biomimicry meet, new technological breakthroughs are born. Smart materials are materials that are able to adapt to their environment under the influence of external stimuli. The study of certain mollusks has led to the development of photo-curable adhesives, a promise of systems that can be activated easily and at low cost. At Alcimed, our Chemicals-Materials team takes stock of this promising technology which allows us to envisage applications in the medical field.
