What is the Cost of Poor Quality in Pharma?
Quality is a business decision. Everyone instinctively knows that poor quality doesn't come cheap, however until now no attempt was made to calculate the real difference between good and poor quality in clinical trials. Most of the issues that impact cost and expenses are lurking just below the tip of the iceberg.
Fake news, fake likes, fake quotes: who or what can I trust these days?
There is a rapidly growing amount of information to process in clinical research. You could argue whether it adds value viewing and verifying the reliability of each single data point. Dirty data and frauds have always existed but can eventually be marginalised by responsive people and processes.
Lean Six Sigma, a different term for the same concept
Believe it or not, it was Guinness’ biochemist Gosset who developed the first Six Sigma statistical test in the early 1900s. The Guinness brewery was far ahead of its time by hiring statisticians, chemists and other scientists to improve the quality of its beer.
Implementing RBM – Moving out of your comfort zone
“There are always a million reasons not to do something” A great inspiring quote from Jan on an episode of The Office when Pam was making excuses not to go to Art school. [...]