http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Nigel+Smart Medical Business Nigel Smart Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=453596&ca=Medical+Business As the debate on whether to use stem cells, or not to use stem cells continues to rage, many people are starting to look to the potential upside of using stem cells as a deciding factor. Stem cells have remarkable potential to be used to test new drugs, cure previously thought of as incurable diseas... Medical Business Nigel Smart Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=452236&ca=Medical+Business The biotech and pharmaceutical industries face new changes with proposed rules concerning cGMP (current good manufacturing practice) for combination products. The cGMP proposal (74 Fed. Reg. 48,423) by the FDA’s Office of Combination Products (OCP) won’t create brand-new requirements. However, this... Medical Business Nigel Smart Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=452688&ca=Medical+Business No matter what happens with the biosimilar legislation, patent holders will have to go through their patent files carefully. The current generic drug industry was born from the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984. Among its creations, this Act accounts for a specialized form of patent litigation called Abbrevi... Medicines and Remedies Nigel Smart Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=440469&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Work can be a stressful place, and in the right kind of stressful environment, it can almost be unbearable, especially if you have a monotonous, sometimes tedious job, where you perform the same repetitive functions over and over. These kinds of jobs like assembly line work, laboratory managers, or... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Nigel Smart Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=439513&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet It is a well understood fact that such repetitive jobs like laboratory testing, and other assembly line type of work, may cause an overwhelming sense of stress and anxiety, as the workers deal with such levels of repetition. It is not uncommon to feel claustrophobic, extreme anxiety, as well as high... Medical Business Nigel Smart Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=438935&ca=Medical+Business Pharmaceutical and biotech companies are turning to the future of personalized medicine – the personalized treatment and diagnosis of disease. In the past, a “one size fits all” approach to medicine hasn’t been the best solution. Scientific research didn’t take into account the influence of genes on... Society Nigel Smart Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=437213&ca=Society Environmental monitoring can play a vital scientific role in not only the long term, but also the short term growth of your pharmaceutical business. Through knowledge and understanding you’ll be better equipped to avoid potential environmental violations, potential contamination problems, not to men... Medical Business Nigel Smart Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=437607&ca=Medical+Business Drug/device combination products raise compliance and regulatory issues in the pharmaceutical industry. On their own, each drug and device has their own specific type of marketing and good manufacturing practices regulation. However, when drugs and devices are combined together, they pose a new comp... Medical Business Nigel Smart Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=423283&ca=Medical+Business Many arguments have been made both for and against pharmaceutical outsourcing in the pursuit of achieving some sort of competitive advantage. By allowing outside firms to concentrate on specific tasks, many pharmaceutical firms feel they can increase not only their performance, but deliver a better... Business Management Nigel Smart Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=423312&ca=Business+Management Process mapping can be an excellent way for your pharmaceutical company to improve and monitor specific processes to ensure that your operations are running smoothly and efficiently. Because the day to day work of businesses, specifically pharmaceutical companies, usually involve a multitude of diff...