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A New Paradigm to Address the High Cost of Vendor Qualification

Any pharmaceutical or medical device plant is a very complex place. Unless an auditor plans to take up residence at the vendor they have no chance to understand the true nature of these operations. The assumption today is that a BETTER audit means a LONGER audit. There has to be another way. What's needed is a new paradigm for vendor qualification; a tool that can drill deeply into the vendor's operation at low cost; something that can provide a more lasting measure of the vendor's performance than simply an audit.

Quality by Design Streamlines Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

The pharmaceutical industry wastes more than $50 billion a year in manufacturing costs, this according to findings of a study on the interplay of pharmaceutical manufacturing and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The study, conducted jointly by Olin School of Business at Washington University and McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, received no funding from either the pharmaceutical industry or the FDA.

Relief For Latex Allergy Sufferers As FDA Clears New Medical Glove

Most allergies are easy to cope with by simply avoiding the trigger. Sometimes that’s easier said than done, such as in the case of a latex allergy. Estimates vary, but anywhere from 3 percent to 22 percent of all health care workers are sensitized to traditional latex.

Two Profound Facts about Employee Performance

There should be a requirement that anyone who manages people should have also raised at least one child. I don't really mean that, but raising children certainly helped me understand adults. There are so many similarities. I first learned this when my daughter was very young.

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