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In-house articles and guest articles
In-house articles and guest articles
Wednesday 11.5.2022
Automating the reconstitution process can have a significant impact on the overall safety and efficiency of antibiotic compounding in hospitals. What is compounding? In simple terms, compounding […]
Wednesday 5.5.2021
The most common question we receive when discussing the IV ICON Twins compounding system is whether it can prepare other compounded sterile products besides antibiotics. The answer […]
Monday 30.11.2020
In Sweden, hospital digitalisation projects are progressing by leaps and bounds. Development work based on digitalisation has also opened up discussion of the possibilities of automation in […]
Monday 9.11.2020
NewIcon has had fruitful co-operation with Israeli company Gotect since 2013. Everything actually started by accident – like good things often do. Living in Finland at the […]
Tuesday 9.6.2020
Denmark’s hospitals have been undergoing massive change in recent years. Via vast reform, Denmark is aiming at better and more cohesive patient treatment, improved patient safety, greater […]
Tuesday 24.3.2020
Working in cleanrooms demands precision and accuracy – especially when we are talking about the sterile preparation of medicine. Even though it’s not your traditional heavy work, […]
Monday 20.1.2020
In the Icon News issue 2/2019, Senior Lead Tuula Tiihonen from the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra talked about the digital transformation gaining ground globally, across sectors. In the article, she […]
Monday 18.11.2019
Pharmacy automation is still in its infancy in Indonesian hospitals – only about ten of Indonesia’s 2,813 hospitals* have pharmacy automation equipment. The main reason for the […]
Monday 18.11.2019
In the main article of Icon News 2/2019, Senior Lead Tuula Tiihonen from the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra talks about the heated debate currently on-going in many […]
Tuesday 29.10.2019
While travelling around the world visiting our customers, I have received praise for a few quite surprising things. Surprising because the issues raised are so self-evident for […]
Friday 11.10.2019
Specification of requirements is an important part of the automation system procurement process as discrepancies and misunderstandings are a pain in the neck for both the customer […]
Friday 14.6.2019
The global pharmacy automation market is growing at an exhilarating pace. The market is currently valued at EUR 5.5 billion and predicted to reach around EUR nine […]
Friday 14.6.2019
The OECD* crowned Sweden as world leaders in digitalisation in 2018 – a prize well deserved based on a number of metrics. However, when it comes to […]
Friday 14.6.2019
The most critical factor for the success of pharmacy automation projects is a realistic procurement schedule. Many hospitals set overly optimistic timetables when requesting quotations, and up […]
Thursday 7.2.2019
The fundamental purpose of our work is to make our customers happy. We have noticed that the best way to create happiness is to create quality, which […]
Tuesday 26.6.2018
In early 2018, we reached a turning point in the decade-long history of our company. Our investments in internationalisation finally paid off as our export sales exceeded […]
Monday 28.5.2018
Back in 2009, the theme of the second day of the Hospital Pharmacy Days held in Kuopio was “Technical applications as promoters of medication safety.” This was […]
Monday 20.11.2017
Research shows that research, development and innovation activities improve the expertise and networking in society. They affect the national economy on an extensive basis, increasing prosperity, employment […]
Monday 20.11.2017
At the time of the publication of this article, Finland is getting ready to celebrate its centenary as an independent country. Compared to many other cultures in […]
Friday 2.6.2017
Ten years ago, NewIcon was born like the Phoenix rising from the ashes. My first automation business had run into financial difficulties in 2006, and since entrepreneurship […]
Thursday 21.4.2016
Social media conversations often indicate that many people have a rather outdated view of pharmacies. For example, few people know that pharmacies are among the leaders of […]
Thursday 21.4.2016
It is great to be the third Finnish company, not to mention a health technology company from Kuopio, to have met the strict financing criteria for the […]