What are your thoughts around this effort Travelbug? In the...

What are your thoughts around this effort Travelbug?

In the Philips announcement there was not much around the detail of what Janssen were looking into, although from Janssen's end it is spelt out.

How could this help in the GP practice and the community mental health care sector?


http://www.janssen-emea.com/node/1308

Collaboration with Philips for new schizophrenia diagnostic


Royal Philips (“Philips”) from Amsterdam entered into an agreement with Janssen to develop a novel point-of-care diagnostic device. As a result, clinicians will have an additional tool to treat schizophrenia patients through better informed decisions.

The device will help determine in 10 minutes from a single drop of blood, along with clinical judgment, the nature of a patient’s psychotic symptoms. In patients with new or worsening symptoms, healthcare providers have difficulty determining the cause of these symptoms as well as determining the optimal dose to balance efficacy and tolerability. With the new device some blood analysis results will become available more quickly and thus strengthen clinicians’ abilities for rapid diagnosis.

Deterioration of symptoms is strongly linked to relapse and hospitalisation. The information from this diagnostic tool may allow earlier intervention to improve outcomes for patients with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

The initiative underscores Janssen’s commitment to develop innovative solutions for patients suffering from schizophrenia and the physicians who care for them. Moreover, the initiative addresses the current and future demands of the healthcare environment to deliver improved patient outcomes by providing value “beyond the pill” with precision medicinal solutions for complex diseases like schizophrenia