The pharmaceutical industry in Spain is making profits. But there are also some side effects related to health and economy that do not help society. Okomeds lists 5 side effects of pharmaceutical industry due to the current Spanish model for managing it. Outrageous prices The business...
In translation you get what you pay for. You aim and want quality? So hire the services of a professional medical translator - the future of your company will be grateful. If not, if you prefer to contract a bad medical translator for paying less...
Do you think that you know everything about translators? Even what they do when they are working at home and no one is seeing them? For better translating, medical translators have their own habits or manias while working. Medical translators get used to do certain...
Are you running an international company? If so, you might ever thought about widening it. Those companies related to medicine or healthcare are constantly requiring a medical translation for certain documents. But which kind of documents are the most subject to be translated? Here is...
Translating is a multi-task job. Any translator must read up on much information, so resources are key for carrying on a good medical translation. In Okomeds, we previously wrote about this issue; but now we are widening the number of resources that any medical translator...
A new scandal is shocking the United Kingdom. A pharmaceutical giant plotted to destroy cancer drugs for increasing prices up 4,000%. An investigation has been revealed and some leaked internal emails have been key for proving that the pharmaceutical planned to destroy stocks of life-saving...
The translation of anything related to drugs must always be carefully done. PIL - Patient information leaflets - medical prescriptions...
Are you thinking about translating you healthcare website with Google Translate? You should definitely not because not all that glitters is gold. Google Translate can be really tricky because its mistakes and bad translations may result in a complete different meaning. Sometimes, they even offer...
Today, we are interviewing Iolanda, a professional medical freelance translator who gives us her point of view about medical translation. What is the major medical translation problem you have ever faced? Terminology is a big issue, especially that one related to specialised surgical instruments. Sometimes, you...
Have you ever thought about the possibilities of medical translation in ophthalmology? Eyes are highly subject to be translated - figuratively, of course. Here, in Okomeds, we are listing some of the possibilities of medical translation and interpreting for the welfare of eyes. [Sharer] Eyes are...