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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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- Byetta and Januvia in battle of press releases
- For patients, the real difference is that Byetta is a twice-daily shot and Januvia a once-daily pill. Advantage Merck. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Merck & Co. Inc., Pill, Januvia, Byetta, Manufacturing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?
- The NEJM editorial suggests a link may exist between Zetia or Vytorin and cancer, that Schering-Plough and Merck spun studies disputing the link for their own profit. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: FDA, Link, Merck & Co. Inc., Schering-Plough Corp., Drug, Consumer Marketing, Drugs, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Get your young virgins vaccinated against HPV and cancer
- Get your young virgins vaccinated against HPV and cancerStick To Technology and Leave The Virgins AloneDAna, you could not be more off base than with your misinformed call to vaccinate. How much research have you done regarding Gardasil? I would venture that the answer is NONE. You base your recommendation...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Gardasil, HPV, vaccine
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- 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
- 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
- Kabel Deutschland Provides Bundled Digital Communications Services
- Kabel Deutschland KDG is in the process of evolving from a cable network operator to a comprehensive provider of communication and TV services. This evolution is being realised through the transformation of its legacy television infrastructure into a Cisco IP Next-Generation Network IP NGN. More than one million customers are...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Cable Network, Kabel Deutschland, KDG, Cisco IP NGN, Cable, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking
- Case studies 2007-09-21
- 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
- Microsoft may be bullish about Vista, but Acer CEO says it's been a dud for PC manufacturers
- In the comments to yesterday's blog post about whether a new version of Windows or any operating system will really matter in 2010 (given how so much of what we do is done in a browser and by then, under the auspices of a "rich Internet app), ZDNet reader Chad_z...
- Tags: Personal Technology, General, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- From the "Did he really say that!?!" files - Acer CEO unhappy by Vista
- Seems that Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci is disappointed by Windows Vista, maybe because it's not giving his company the sales boost he expected. However, he goes on to say some things that might come back and haunt him.Here are some quotes that should go into the "Did he really say...
- Tags: Admin
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Theme Park Makes IT Management a Smooth Ride With Powerful New Tool Set
- Theme park LEGOLAND Deutschland must ensure its IT systems run smoothly at all times to give 1.3 million visitors each year the best possible experience. The powerful and affordable Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 allows technology staff to see how individual systems contribute to business processes and to manage issues...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- Has open source gone too far?
- I come in for criticism here when I write about the open source concept being extended into areas like politics and journalism. It doesnt belong there, the critics charge. Wheres the license agreement? Youre rendering the concept meaningless.OK, so how about cars? Or music?Pictured here, from the Core77 Design blog,...
- Tags: Strategy, Hardware, General, content, business models
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Google to BMW: Google Maps send to car, all is forgiven
- One year after BMW was unceremoniously removed from the Google index, the cross-border search snafu has morphed into a bilateral maps celebration. In January 2006, Googler Matt Cutts posted at his “Gadgets, Google and SEO” blog, “SEO mistakes: Spam in other languages”: In 2006, I expect Google to...
- Tags: Google, Google Software Applications, Local
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- 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
- Microsoft services boss to step down
- Microsoft services boss to step downWow. At least you geta gold watch at the end. We don't even get that...Naturally...The executives move on when the market allows for it because if they don't, they will be held accountable for producing real results. If their corrupt and typically unethical practices don't...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft services boss
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
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