I read with interest the recent article from the Voices on Project Management Blog,?How to Avoid Useless Meetings?and?offer some additional thoughts below. In addition to a having an?agenda that includes the details the article describes, you?should distribute the agenda at least 24 hours in advance. ?Sometimes that will mean last-minute adjustments might?be necessary, so plan[…]
In Brief Biosimilar News reports that Sorrento’s experimental anti-IgE biosimilar, STI-004, met it’s primary endpoint in a 32-week, Phase 2/3 study conducted in China. ?Patients who received?STI-004 experienced?asthma exacerbation at a lower rate than those who received placebo: ?21% vs?55%. According to the Sorrento press release, the patient population included both?adult and adolescents suffering from[…]
Smart Bottle?Pharmacy Delivery Service According to a new report in Forbes, the start-up,?Circadian Design, has?innovated medication, vitamin, and refill reminders by combining a few old ideas. ?The new service is called?Round Refill?and?the reminders are generated?via a connection between a medication?bottle cap and?an app on your mobile.?? Pre-Ordering Available Business Wire is reporting that “Round[…]
Redx Pharma reaches pre-clinical proof of concept stage with oncology lead Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) patients commonly develop resistance to gold-standard?therapy (the?irreversible Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase [BTK] inhibitor,?ibrutinib)?due to a?genetic mutation. ? Redx’s new candidate is?a reversible BTK inhibitor and could target?resistant CLL?and other blood cancers. Could be a significant step in the potential advancement of[…]
“The Big Hunt”?provides great?insights into HR recruiters’ cultivation of “passive candidates”, even when there is not an open job. The article is in a Project Management publication, however, the points made can be applied to other functions, as well. The last paragraph articulates what we all know: a reputation as a stellar performer can be[…]