Health

Learn about the roles open source technologies and communities are playing in international health and humanitarian efforts.

Drug companies try sharing

The multi-billion-dollar drug sector has endured a decade of under-performance. "Pfizer’s ( PFE), Eli Lilly’s ( LLY), Merck's ( MRK), and Bristol Myers Squibb’s ( BMY) stock…

Pharma: Start your engines!

In a rare but interesting example of pharma's willingness to look outside its own industry for innovation, GlaxoSmithKline is teaming with Formula 1's McLaren Group in effort…

Digital disruption in pharmacology

Imagine you could take your prescription pill with a microchip attached. And when ingested, the chip sends wireless signals through your body and transmits not only ingestion…

Open source health IT

Healthcare IT is experiencing a revolution, and open source is driving change across the industry. Fundamental principles underpinning the growth of open source from…