Operations

While poking around the infoverse early this AM, I came across several little gems of information for Oracle EPM folks that you may be interested in. The Oracle Learning Library is pretty vast. One recent addition is a video titled, “Exporting Financial Management Data into Essbase Using Data Management.” Here’s a URL that “shortcuts” to […]

  Turing Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Daraprim, a drug that treats toxoplasmosis (a parasitic disease), increased the cost of each tablet from $13.50 to $750. That’s right – more than a 5,000% increase. 

                        When the word “bank” is used as a noun, it is referring to either an institution that manages financial transactions or the building that houses the institution. As technology moves forward, the term bank is becoming less and less synonymous with an actual physical […]

In this six-minute video, Perficient’s Cloud ERP practice leader, Samantha German, covers the critical five steps to begin a successful cloud implementation. The first of a five-part weekly series. Watch it and share.

  These days, it appears as if most of the big contract research organizations (CROs) are using Siebel CTMS, Oracle’s clinical trial management system. In June of this year, I wrote about Quintiles’ use of Oracle Health Sciences applications, including Siebel CTMS. Now we’re talking about PPD, another top-5 CRO. 

  We often hear the term “rare disease,” yet many of us still wonder exactly how “rare” is defined. In a recent blog post, Dr. Jonathan Goldsmith, the FDA’s Associate Director for Rare Diseases, shared some staggering statistics, as well as insights into how the FDA is making it easier to develop drugs for unusual […]

Over the last few years, we’ve learned that one of the greatest appeals of the move to the cloud is that the providers’ capital expenditures enable users to focus their budgets on operational expenses. After all, a standard on-premise approach can require you to purchase, install and maintain the software and hardware, while also spending […]

  Life sciences organizations are in the business of developing drugs and medical devices. Hitting key milestones and moving trials to the next phase has always been a priority. Throughout this entire process, the collection and analysis of clinical and safety data is essential in taking products to subsequent stages, and ultimately getting them approved […]

  As many of you know, Perficient has a practice devoted to Salesforce.com solutions. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that a bunch of my colleagues are at this year’s Dreamforce event and furiously blogging about what they’re hearing. One of the posts that caught my attention was from Mike Porter, who sat in Dr. […]

  Keith Lovell just left Shazam, the company behind the popular app that magically tells you the artist performing the song playing in the background at Cheesecake Factory. With almost a decade as the company’s CFO, he chose to join TrialReach, a technology company focused on helping patients find the clinical trials they’re eligible for, based on […]

  This is fascinating on many levels. On July 31, 2015, the FDA has approved – for the first time in history – a drug that is developed on a 3-D printer. Not a medical device or a toy figurine; a drug. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals is the maker of SPRITAM, which is designed to treat seizures […]

  Over time, the concept of Quality Control has evolved to become Total Quality Management (TQM). According to Wikipedia, the concept of TQM “…consists of organization-wide efforts to install and make a permanent climate in which an organization continuously improves its ability to deliver high-quality products and services to customers.” Since a CAPA system is […]