Posts Tagged ‘Life Sciences’

  It’s that time of year again. The event for industry thought leaders and decision makers is just around the corner, and we’re hoping you’ll attend. Even if you can’t attend, we’re still giving you the opportunity to enter to win a SONOS wireless speaker…just because we like you. 

  On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, after being very ill for several days, I asked my husband to take me to the emergency room. I had been unable to keep food or drink down, and I had a very painful swollen mass in the right side of my neck/throat. In the ER, they determined that […]

A recent study published in American Academy of Pediatrics found that providing Asthma patients with medication before they left the hospital reduced ER re-admission rates, as opposed to the standard method of relying on patients to fill their own prescriptions. Medication adherence is a topic that we talk a lot about because of the significant impact […]

  In less than a month, Oracle will be hosting Oracle Health Sciences Connect Europe, a free event that is geared towards users of Oracle’s life sciences applications, as well as partners of the software company. The one-day meeting will take place on March 22, 2016, in London and will provide information on product roadmaps, […]

It’s not easy to sift through and make sense of the vast amount of data posted each day by patients or their caregivers via social media. When it comes to unstructured data (e.g., abbreviations and acronyms), it’s even more difficult. However, it’s critical to evaluate the constant chatter to help detect or prevent possible issues, […]

  Similar to many industries, but arguably one of the most challenging, the life sciences sphere undergoes regulatory and compliance changes. Each country, group of nations, and regulatory body proposes different guidelines at different times. And, even though it could take several years for the changes to go into effect, when they do, you’d better […]

  Dr. Robert Califf, a cardiologist who has spent most of his career at Duke University, was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 2016, to be the next FDA commissioner, following President Barack Obama’s nomination in September 2015. 

  A little over a year ago, I wrote about AstraZeneca’s road to becoming a digital transformation leader. With CIO David Smoley at the helm, the pharmaceutical giant is known to have been an early adopter of many cloud solutions, including Box, Salesforce, and Microsoft Office 365. While Smoley’s cloud-first mentality has helped save a […]

  Key findings in a new Gartner report showed that cloud computing is likely to grow 16.5% in 2016, reaching $204 billion in spending. According to Sid Nag, director, cloud technologies at Gartner Research, “The market for public cloud services is continuing to demonstrate high rates of growth across all markets and Gartner expects this […]

  If you’ve been waiting to implement Argus Safety 8.x or upgrade your existing environment, the wait is finally over. While the new version was released last year, it takes several months to build a comprehensive validation suite, and I’m happy to announce that Perficient’s life sciences group has completed that task. On top of […]

  Following an 18-month-long investigation by the United States Senate Committee on Finance, Gilead’s pricing and marketing strategy for its hepatitis drugs, Sovaldi and Harvoni, was deemed one that chooses profit over patient access. In order to appropriately shape policy related to these findings, the Committee has written a letter to the healthcare and patient […]

  Last year, I wrote about Proteus, the company behind the FDA-cleared ingestible sensor that helps monitor patients’ adherence to medication. At that time, the company was running clinical trials in the US, whereas in 2012, the company’s platform was already deployed in the UK.