Information Technology
A compliant IT environment with IT service management software
As the complexity of the biotechnology industry increased pharmaceutical companies have struggled to ensure that their IT organisations keep pace with the latest hardware and software applications Yet the need to maintain regulatory compliance while ensuring that an organisations IT infrastructure meet its everchanging business requirements is a si...
Data Mining in Clinical IT
A real life industrialised model
The absence of data interoperability and standardisation is just one of the challenges faced by the pharma industry today Data are expensive and difficult to collect with limited ROI after product registration Increasingly health authorities are moving to require a clearer understanding of product safety and efficacynot only earlier in the developm...
IT Outsourcing Strategies in Drug Discovery
There are many potential benefits that can be derived from IT outsourcing Apart from cost savings access to resources is also a driving force behind the outsourcing phenomena With the right outsourcing partner enabling a flexible allocation of resources IT projects can be scaled rapidly and affordably Success or failure of outsourcing often has les...
Web 2.0 in Pharma Enterprise
Improving internal communication
During use of Web social media sites on the World Wide Web finally started to break out of the exclusive domain of the young and the technicallyfocussed Rise of Social Web Increasing number of people are looking for information in Wikipedia the free wikipowered online encyclopaedia Some if not all are even contributing
Can Animation Software Help Find Cures for Cancer and HIV?
While D animation and visual effects have traditionally been associated with the movie and gaming industries the same software used to create blockbuster games and movies is now moving beyond the silver screen into the research laboratories of the leading players in the healthcare pharmaceuticals and life sciences industries Enter the era of bio...
Business Intelligence
Transforming Pharma
The pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of fundamental changes The changes have been brought on by the increasing concerns over expiry of patents for major blockbuster drugs weak product pipelines heightened awareness of drug safety globalisation competition from generics and growing value considerations with regards to access to and reimbursem...
Business Intelligence in Pharma
A key enabler of industry transformation
The pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of fundamental changes The changes have been brought on by the increasing concerns over expiry of patents for major blockbuster drugs weak product pipelines heightened awareness of drug safety globalisation competition from generics and growing value considerations with regards to access to and reimbursem...
Life Sciences Manufacturing
Promise of Service Oriented Architecture
For more than three decades life sciences manufacturers have been implementing shop floor data acquisition systems to automate their manufacturing processes and systems with the goal of increasing quality and lowering costs As part of automation projects such as Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA...
Clinical Trial Supply Chain
Streamlining information management
Ensuring the efficiency and validity of clinical trials requires that several factors come together not the least of which is the investigational material The supply chain underlying a clinical trial is a complex entity with product passing through numerous hands before reaching the clinic and ultimately the patient Understanding the challenges...
