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- Will Merck settlement kill drug innovation?
- Merck's $4.85 billion settlement of claims against its Vioxx pain reliever is getting a big work-out in the blogging community. The Scientific Misconduct blog notes the agreement comes three years after The Lancet published an angry editorial against Vioxx, saying problems were evident in 2000 and the...
- Tags: innovation, settlement, merck co., research & development, blogging, litigation, federal government, business operations, internet, government, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Merck Optimizes A Reporting System For Clinical Trials
- Technologists at Merck & Co. Inc. have developed a pilot solution with Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 to optimize the creation, transmission, and collection of information associated with late stage clinical trials. InfoPath is helping expedite the creation and completion of these reports and helping improve the quality of data captured...
- Tags: microsoft infopath, clinical trial, merck co., healthcare, groupware, microsoft office, enterprise software, software, office suites
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- Merck Measures Global Workforce With PeopleSoft Workforce Analytics
- Merck, a pharmaceutical company, wanted to improve workforce decision making across its enterprise. The company also needed to consolidate global workforce data across various HR data sources and give managers timely access to analytical information. Merck has deployed PeopleSoft 8 Workforce Analytics, which delivers the information to provide strategic, comprehensive...
- Tags: peoplesoft inc., analytics, decision-making, merck co., workforce, workforce management, recruitment & selection, human resources
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- Merck KGaA Deutschland Deploys the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform to Optimize Clinical Trials for New Pharmaceuticals
- The Merck group, based in Darmstadt, Germany, comprises 168 firms in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry in 56 countries. Clinical trials are executed using various software systems, including a back-end trial management system connected to an Oracle database. Forms and workflows have to be able to transfer information to the...
- Tags: adobe systems inc., clinical trial, merck co., merck kgaa deutschland, healthcare, tools & techniques, management
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- Merck Determines Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services Improves Confidentiality of Clinical Trial Information
- Information confidentiality is of critical importance to pharmaceutical firms. During clinical trials, Merck & Co., Inc., a leading world-wide pharmaceutical products and services company, exchanges sensitive information with participating partner physicians. This poses a security challenge because Merck must make every effort to protect the confidentiality of the information during...
- Tags: confidentiality, physician, clinical trial, merck co., microsoft windows rights management services, information confidentiality, digital rights management (drm), security
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- Statin era over?
- Statin era over?Somewhat surprised, nice findAlong with my parents, I also take a small, 10mg dosage of statins. I thought lowering LDL levels had a direct correlation with a more healthful circulatory system.I'm really surprised to read that lowering LDL levels is now questioned as having any relevance. ...
- Tags: statin era, statin, ldl
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Statin era over?
- The era of statins, drugs like Zocor and Lipitor which lower cholesterol levels, may be ending. The FDA's decisions over the last week to reject Merck's Cordaptive and Isis' Mipomersen, coupled with a demand that the makers prove the drugs improve heart outcomes, looks like a turning...
- Tags: gram, blood pressure, merck & co. inc., lipitor, healthcare, federal government, government, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your business
- Of course our government cannot really tell us the truth about things like "weapons of mass destruction," or the true costs of various wars and occupations, or the size of the CIA's budget, because we're so silly and can't be trusted to understand. Turns out, we can't be told...
- Tags: chemicals, health care, u.s. environmental protection agency, european union, government accounting office, naphthalene, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Health conspiracies usually aren't
- Health conspiracies usually aren'tExonerated?Don't you mean implicated? If not, please explain.How old was Woody Allen in Sleeper?Remember the scene in "Sleeper" where Woody's character, a health food nut, is surrounded by doctors smoking cigarettes and drinking martinis?Don't think tobacco will be rehabilitatedThe health problems associated with tobacco usage over...
- Tags: vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, statin, health conspiracy, health care, statins
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Is Alzheimer's on the ropes?
- We may finally be getting to the root of Alzheimer's Disease. Some 32 centers around the country are enrolling patients in 8 new trials of a drug that drags beta amyloid, the protein whose plaques cause brain cells to die, into the bloodstream for disposal. ...
- Tags: alzheimer's disease, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- The art of making science at the High Risk Plaque Initiative
- Science long ago stopped being an individual endeavor and became a team sport. But to do big science, you need more than a team. You need an alliance, with all the political and social implications of that term. A good example of this new...
- Tags: science, team management, ipo, venture capital, business structures, investment, strategy, management, financial services, finance, financing startups, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- RedPrairie Case Study: Merck Sharp & Dohme
- As a global, research-driven pharmaceutical organisation, Merck Sharp & Dohme MSD discovers, develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of human health products in most major markets. The company wanted to improve warehouse efficiency and reduce inventory and also to combine customer focus and operational efficiency. The challenge was to...
- Tags: redprairie, warehousing, merck & co. inc., sharp corp., vertical industries, benefits, enterprise software, software, human resources
- Case studies 2007-08-30
- Why Apple's board is standing by Jobs
- Why Apple's board is standing by JobsCan you say DUH?Let's see, those that made the most money are standing behind the decision. Can you say DUH???Steve Jobs '08"...and an Apple on every desk."Take heartfor amongst this world of corporate corruption, greed and unethical behavior there shines a beacon of...
- Tags: financial accounting, investment, marketing research, job, board, steve jobs, apple inc., microsoft corp., financial, vision
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- Gates funds cervical cancer shots for poor
- Gates funds cervical cancer shots for poorRobin Hood Gates, take from the rich, give to the poorI do appreciate that Bill Gates has the money and time to put into finding cures for diseases etc but frankly this is much like Robin Hood, taking from the rich USA consumers and...
- Tags: healthcare, bill gates
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Documenting human capital: The next wave of economic development
- Documenting human capital: The next wave of economic developmentMessage has been deleted.Human & Financial CapitalIf we accept Peter Drucker's thesis that knowledge workers people who think for a living own the means of production through the collectiveexpression of their human capital, what do financial capitalists or shareholders really own? Legally,...
- Tags: financial accounting, human capital, financial, human capitalist, financial capitalist, capitalist, intangible asset
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- Top advertisers on health sites: Weight Watchers, eDiets and Sepracor
- Nielsen//NetRatings published the list of top advertisers on health, fitness, and nutritional sites in August 2005. Weight Watchers, eDiets and Sepracor are top ad buyers on health sites.Top 20 Advertisers on health sites in August 2005Company Impressions, 000ShareWeight Watchers International 116,058 20.5% eDiets.com 61,731 10.9% Sepracor 46,010 8.1% Novartis AG...
- Tags: health, ediets, sepracor inc., weight watchers
- Blog posts 2005-12-04
- SNARFing your way through e-mail
- SNARFing your way through e-mailI have an idea...Instead of a million people coming in here to post anti-Microsoft comments about sillyness, how about we reflect on something positive Bill Gates has recently done: http://bink.nu/Article5475.binkI applaude him, and his wife.MS Outlook already has rules . . .Go to Tools Rules...
- Tags: groupware, microsoft office, mozilla thunderbird, now let, microsoft outlook, snarf, e-mail, microsoft corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-12-02
- Who's really to blame for the recent worms?
- Who's really to blame for the recent worms?Re: Who's really to blame...The hackers, and nobody else.Microsoft did their best to plug the hole, given the circumstances, and _most_ Windows 2000 users actually patched their systems in time.Blaming clients is an awfull thing to do.SocietyIt is always Society's fault. If...
- Tags: cyberthreats, security, microsoft corp., worm
- Discussion threads 2005-08-19
- Identifying Issues in Customer Relationship Management at Merck-Medco
- This paper reports the results of a study designed in close collaboration with Merck-Medco to identify key barriers to the success of their customer relationship management. To identify the key factors, the authors first used focus groups of principle users of the system to brainstorm and generate a list of...
- Tags: barrier, crm, advertising & promotion, customer relationship management (crm), enterprise software, marketing, software
- White papers 2005-03-01
- MediLexicon Medical IE Toolbar (exe)
- Medical Toolbar installs into your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. This means that you can take MediLexicon's search facilities where ever you go. Search features include: Medical Abbreviations, Pharma Companies, Medical Associations, Medical Terms, Medical Articles, Drug Information, Medical Conferences, Merck Manual, Medical Books, Med/RX US Spellchecker, English Dictionary, Thesaurus, and...
- Tags: toolbar, microsoft internet explorer, medical toolbar, web browsers, search, internet
- Software downloads 2005-01-10
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