By: Mohd Haris pm/2014/407 NIPER- Hyderabad

Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) involvement in technology

Introduction • Merck & Co., Inc. d.b.a. Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) outside

the United States and Canada, is an American pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Merck headquarters is located in Kenilworth, New Jersey

• Merck publishes The Merck Manuals, a series of medical reference books for physicians, nurses, and technicians. These include the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, the world's best-selling medical reference.

The iManage Migraine app allows you to:• Track the frequency of your headaches or migraines• Record the migraine remedies or treatments you use• Understand the headache experience, including triggers of migraine, symptoms and lifestyle impact• Be better equipped to discuss your headache or migraine experiences with your doctor• Participate in regular polls, enabling you to share your experience and contribute to the understanding of migraine in Australia.This app is designed for Australia and is being provided by Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, U.S.A., known as MSD outside the United States and Canada.

• This app is a dosage reminder for MSD fertility products which may be prescribed for you by your fertility specialist. It allows you to set dosage reminders, clinic appointment reminders and includes videos and user guides on how to inject the product (s) prescribed for you.

• It enables healthcare providers to enter a patient's weight and calculate the dose of Pegatron required - providing prescription and dosage details

• Also allows the dose to be calculated for a patient requiring a dosage reduction

• Doses can be calculated for the patients on the Pegintron CLEARCLICK or REDIPEN device.

• This Glaucoma Simulator App has been developed by MSD (UK & Australia) in Conjunction with Moorfields Eye Hospital (London) and the International Glaucoma Association (IGA).

• The APP simulates the effects of glaucoma on visual field over time. It also incorporates basic eye anatomy and physiology, and has Sim APP image recording and photographic capability

• patients on VICTRELIS need to take their medication at 7- to 9-hour intervals

• With this app Patients can set a daily dosing schedule, which then alerts them throughout the day when it is time to take their VICTRELIS capsules.

VICTRELIS® (boceprevir) Dose Reminder

• Its objective is to simplify complex clinical trials.

• With SimpliCT, you can have detailed, up-to-date clinical trial information available at your fingertips.

• Key data points are represented in an illustrative manner, which are easy to comprehend

• is the first Android application specifically designed to address challenges faced by people with type 2 diabetes who chose to fast during Ramadan. Also provides info like:

• - Daily prayer, sunset times & Qibla compass

• A blood sugar tracker that allows patients to easily report their glucose levels to their healthcare provider

• Alarm settings for beginning and conclusions of the daily fast (suhr and Iftar)

• Questions to ask your healthcare provider in preparation for Ramadan

• A contraception / birth control options e-information with a pill reminder alarm (only of MSD contraception users)

• helps to track symptoms of patients HIV treatment so it can be shared and discussed them with your health care team.

• set up reminders to take medications

• add the names of the actual medications that you need to take so you can customize your reminders and records.

• Patients use the iChemoDiary app to track their experience during chemotherapy and communicate with their care givers, empowering them to take an active role in their medical care.

• With both quick-entry and expandable options, no details are lost, and multiple reporting options make it easy to share the information with your doctor or nurse.

iChemoDiary