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Canadians get a taste of American medical system with IMS Health buy

Oh the ironyJust another ironic investment made on behalf of Canadians over the years. As far as I know CPP is not investing using an ethical or green model, so there are probably lots of examples of very "un-Canadian" companies receiving investment via CPP.Not sure what your point is,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, IMS Health Inc., CPP, Dana, drug company, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Should drug companies know what the doctor prescribed

Should drug companies know what the doctor prescribedI'll go with the docs on this oneFirst look at the potential use of the data. You really need to know the patient's age, sex and race as well as their medical condition. Then throw in the other medications that the...

Tags: patient, drug company

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Preemption case went before Supremes today

My feeling is that this will lead to illness and death that become matters for the criminal courts. Wyeth executives who skated in civil court, thanks to their friends in Washington, may find themselves behind bars one day. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Wyeth, Dana Blankenhorn, FDA, Drug Company, Side Effect, Bush Plan, Legal Times, Federal Government, Professional Development, Regulations, Government, Career

Blog posts 2008-11-03

The tech trend killing the drug industry

Biologicals are forcing policymakers around the world to ask the hard questions. Should cost cause some citizens to die? Where is the line drawn? Is the private market the best way to deliver these medicines? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Biologicals, Dana Blankenhorn, Drug Company, Management, Policymaker, Security, Shotgun, Strategy

Blog posts 2008-10-22

Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?

Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?Patentability and ProfitThe problem with new drugs like Vytorin is that we must rely on short-term studies & short-term observation in order to gamble on the drugs' safety. There is, presently, only one cholesterol medication that has not only proven to be most effective in...

Tags: tobacco, new drug, drug company

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Genentech deal shows drug companies are oil drillers

The problem is we're finding, as the science of DNA advances, that there are few easy answers. A drug which works for one person may not work for others. Side-effects are worsening for those whose genetic code rejects a new substance. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Drug Company, Genentech Inc., Side-effects, Biotechnology, Wiki, Sales Strategy, Online Communications, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Do drug companies need government subsidies?

Do drug companies need government subsidies?You don't get to receive welfare AND rape your customersPick one or the other. Not both.RE: Do drug companies need government subsidies?Of course they do. How else can they prove that they can't compete on a world stage and still satisfy shareholders? Maybe...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, government subsidy, drug company

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Digital signatures at heart of health care reform debate

Privacy and security are top-of-mind when anyone talks about technology enabling health care reform. The solution, according to R. ‘Doc’ Vaidhyanathan, vice president of product management for Arcot Systems in Sunnyvale, is to maintain encryption keys in a central store, than have doctors, pharmacists, and drug companies...

Tags: Digital Signature, Drug Company, Health Care, Arcot Systems, Key, Digital Signatures, Healthcare, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-25

EU questions iTunes pricing

EU questions iTunes pricingSo what?It may be a questionable business practice to charge customers in the UK more than other EU customers (p*ssing off your customers is usually a bad idea), but why would it be illegal?U.S. drug companies charge more in the U.S.A. than they do in Canada and...

Tags: Pricing, pricing strategy, drug company, iTunes pricing, Apple Inc., member state, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2005-02-25

Additional Resources

Niacin best for raising good cholesterol

i'm a pharmacist...and this article is a rubishDO NOT trust this type of cheap propagandaI'm also a pharmacist...agree!The "study" consisted of only 300 or so "patients"...not large enough to be statistically significant. Not only that, it was funded by a competitor to Zetia/Vytorin!Now, I'm not saying niacin...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, cholesterol, Health Care professional, CEC, Costco, pharmacist, Dana, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!

i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....

Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'

Commonsense! Please get rid of MS Office!Please do NOT copy anything MS Office has leavethis lethargic conglomeration of software vendorsMS purchased and created the 2G office suitethat is full of security holes.I hope they go their own route and NO one needsa office suite that cost $400+$700 for a companyseat...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Don't tase me in the chest, bro

Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...

Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

BlackBerry the choice of organized crime

You mean police have to workand do things themselves instead of casting a massive net over everyone? What a shame...well its good for RIM ....As for gang member there is one thing i never understood .Why does the a real clean up have been never made ....you set...

Tags: Handhelds, organized crime, RIM BlackBerry, RCMP

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?

Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Protest of Swedish domain name rules grows

Nice intent, bad ideaWhat happens when someone's personal, or company's name is Bank, Banker, Banks or some variation on the word?What if I'm trying to start an environmental management site for sustainable fishing called, "The Georges Banks"? Or my new bar and grill, "The Iowa River Bank"?Crazy ideaIf only...

Tags: Financial services, bank, domain name

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Pharmacist pushback against insurer drugs-by-mail plan

You've got some good points, but...from where I'm sitting the problem is a whole lot bigger than you make it out to be.Thanks for bringing this topic up.Yes, there is a great deal of truth that "drugs-by-mail" operations supported by health insurance plans do hit the smaller pharmacies. However...

Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, pharmacist, pharmacy, MEDCO, Kerr, insurance company, CVS Corp., health care

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Not your father's tech school

Recently, I've had the opportunity to visit our local vacational/technical school several times. When I was a kid, the voc tech school was only for dropouts, burnouts, and pregnant girls, with the occasional budding mechanic thrown in for good measure. This couldn't be further from the case now...

Tags: School, Clinical Trial, Tech School, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-09

How a software engineer tried to save his sister and invented a breakthrough medical device

A CREDIT TO ENTREPENEURSThis is the stuff of history; Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, John Logie Baird.I lost my sister to cancer at age 36yrs so he has my heartfelt sympathy and utmost admiration Robert Goldman is the kind of person who should be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine.RE:...

Tags: software, GoldMan, breakthrough medical device

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Enhancing Customer Confidence With a Strategic Approach to Data Protection

Operating in 180 countries worldwide, this company is dedicated to changing millions of lives for the better through providing access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and related health care services. The challenge was to comply with industry requirements and customer expectations that sensitive data, from new drug trial details...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Data Protection, Health Care, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Data Management, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-09-01