Posted on November 20, 2009 by Albin Paul
“My sales people are wasting valuable time on Facebook and Linkedin when they should be selling”: Now thats what most sales managers would say. I know thats true , I have irritated fare share of my managers by using social media to create and close sales and in lead generation. And I continue to do [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Albin Paul
Did I really read the news correct or was I just plain drunk on a weekend while reading it. Turns out it is true. Just a week after the Novartis CEO has blasted the Indian IP laws, Novartis has announced plans to invest 1 Billion US Dollar in China for Drug Discovery and Developement. The [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2009 by Albin Paul
The moment I learned about this new project started by MIT, I could think of only one thing, I want to be part of it. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have, started a pharmaceutical innovation program to help drug companies adapt some successful approaches now used in aeronautics, like lean management and information-sharing among rivals.
The [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Albin Paul
Intel Corp.’s Digital Health Group has introduced a handheld product to convert printed text to digital text, then read it aloud to the user.
The Intel Reader is designed for persons with dyslexia, other learning disabilities or impaired vision, according to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor. The reader includes a high-resolution camera to point and shoot [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Albin Paul
MUMBAI: A mop left inside a patient’s stomach after a surgery, an expired drug administered to an ailing person or a hospital-acquired
infection-medical errors are a nightmare for both doctors and patients. Such incidents, which are usually swept under the carpet, will now be recorded and reported to an independent body in India. This will be [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2009 by Albin Paul
Upcoming Webcast: Data Management and Integration for the Future of Clinical Trials
Attend this interactive webcast presented by Applied Clinical Trials and Oracle Health Sciences featuring speaker Tom O’Leary, Senior Vice President, Data Management, ICON Clinical Research and Claire Castaings, Vice President Worldwide Director, Clinical Data Management Sanofi-Aventis. This session examines the use of the latest [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2009 by Albin Paul
Since the FDA cracked down on social media marketing and online advertising, drugmakers have been walking on eggshells. A key FDA meeting is scheduled for Nov. 12-13. Read on …
Drug [...]
Filed under: Online Data sharing, six degrees of separation, social Media, web2.0 | Tagged: FDA, social Media | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2009 by Albin Paul
A PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s famed Media Lab, Mr Pranav Mistry, 28, has come a long way from being the president of the Young Scientists Club at hometown, Palanpur, in northern Gujarat, India
‘SixthSense’ is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2009 by Albin Paul
Published in hte Indian Journal of Pharmacology. Edwards B. How should you safely outsource pharmacovigilance to an Indian contract research organization?. Indian J Pharmacol 2008;40:24-7
The articles focus on different types of CRO that operate in India and the concerns western companies should address before deciding to oursource the trial to Indian companies.
exerpts from the article
The [...]
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