Blue Steens in August 2019
Check out the new monthly newsletter! It contains my last vlog, summarises Blue Steens’ latest posts and showcases some informative online content that I haven’t released elsewhere. Click to read >>>
Those with a finger on the pulse of the US Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) will have heard from all rooftops by now that FDA has granted all pharmaceutical Trading Partners a 12-month Stabilization Period. If you're one such Trading Partner don't lean back to relax just yet! There's [...]
Read MoreThis is a brief animated summary of one of my own blog articles. It explains why trusted issuer lists are important for electronic credential verification. https://youtu.be/G0UejSAoVP0 Music: "Francisco" by Michael Ramir C. (https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/rock/) Find even more background info at: OCI: https://www.oc-i.org/ Spherity: https://www.caro.vc/ Related ATP check video Disclaimer: At the [...]
Read MoreCheck out the new monthly newsletter! It contains my last vlog, summarises Blue Steens’ latest posts and showcases some informative online content that I haven’t released elsewhere. Click to read >>>
In my first ever vlog I give you a bit of background on myself and Blue Steens’ current incarnation. By the way, I am totally out of my comfort zone in front of a camera. Nothing like […]
If current organ donation systems don’t adapt, alternative solutions to the global organ shortage will hopefully emerge from biotechnology. Making organ donation work? Organ shortage is costly in terms of human lives, public expenditure and lost productivity […]
This is a comment on the following publication: Erik Malmqvist (2019) “Paid to Endure”: Paid Research Participation, Passivity, and the Goods of Work, The American Journal of Bioethics, 19:9, 11-20, DOI:10.1080/15265161.2019.1630498
Futures contracts for donations after death appear to ease major ethical concerns in the debate about payment for human organs. Yet, such proposals are incompatible with current law.
It has been argued for decades that meaningful incentives are needed for substantially more individuals to donate organs. Existing and hypothetical approaches to improve organ supply are outlined below.
Thanks to ever increasing medical capabilities, organ transplantation has become an established life-saving therapy. However, demand for organs exceeds supply because altruistic donations are the only legal source in most countries. This means that in this chain […]
Planning and financing healthcare is a challenging task for individuals, private insurance providers and governments. Public and private insurances must cater for a vast number of people ideally equally across all income classes. Indeed, increased healthcare spending […]
NASA did it again. They came to beautiful Scotland to inspire the next generation to take up STEM subjects. Luckily, grown-ups were allowed in as well.