Posts Tagged ‘biotechnology’

  A 2015 article in The Huffington Post talked about some of the challenges of clinical supply management. The author, Loretta Cipkus Dubray of Global Clinical Connections, listed four issues: counterfeiting, technology, weather conditions, and local government/politics. Naturally, the technology bit caught my attention. 

  Life sciences companies have long relied on paper-based business processes and been slow to adopt new technologies. The move toward electronic ways of doing business, specifically as it relates to clinical data, didn’t start to make headway until the late 1990s with the advent of electronic data capture (EDC) systems. It took over a […]

  According to Google, people are now performing more Google searches on their mobile phones than on their computers. This statistic reiterates the fact that all life sciences companies should ramp up their mobile initiatives to reach subjects and patients through the channels they use most. 

  Let me preface: this is just me playing devil’s advocate. To be fair. To give a different perspective. There is an exorbitant amount of conversation going on about the sharing and publication of all clinical trial data, good or bad. The reason? To help others out. To advance science. To save lives. 

  A few weeks ago, an opinion piece was featured on the international public broadcaster Deutsche Welle’s website. In her article, the author shared the “unfair” standards by which pharmaceutical companies are frequently judged. 

  Data privacy across all industries continues to be a big concern for everyone. When it comes to the life sciences and healthcare industries, patients are especially worried. They simply are afraid of being identified. In a recent Scientific American article, Adam Tanner discussed the business of buying and selling health data. Health data brokerages […]

  Most digital transformation initiatives begin with customer journey mapping, a process that helps fully understand the dynamics of your target customer and their behavior. Journey mapping connects the dots from your customer’s initial interaction with your brand, through their entire experience with your brand via multiple channels (e.g., website, mobile app, phone call, direct […]

  Outside of work, it’s obvious that we have become a digital society. We use mobile devices to guide us through rush hour traffic, to find a great new spot for lunch, to research recipes for dinner, to do our shopping, to track our exercise, to entertain our children (and ourselves!), to connect with friends […]

  According to Dr. Stephen M. Ostroff, FDA Acting Commissioner, and Dr. John K. Jenkins, Director of the Office of New Drugs in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, over 40 novel drugs were approved in 2015. The FDA’s website indicates the exact number as 45, which is slightly higher than the previous year and […]

  Everyone loves lists, so here’s another to add to this year’s collection. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the most prestigious management consulting firms, released the results of its 10th annual global survey on the state of innovation. 

  In an article from Clinical Leader, Chief Editor, Ed Miseta, and Bayer Healthcare’s VP Global Strategy & Development Advisor, Johann Proeve, discuss using electronic health record (EHR) and electronic data capture (EDC) systems to lower the overall costs of running clinical trials. 

  Gordon Ritter, co-founder and general partner of Emergence Capital, wrote an article in TechCrunch the day after Thanksgiving in which he spoke about the prowess of “industry cloud companies” – companies that develop software for specific verticals. “These companies might not be well-known outside specific industries, but ask anyone within an industry vertical and […]