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Trends that will shape Supply Chain and Logistics in 2017



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Trends that will shape Supply Chain and Logistics in 2017 is an interesting topic to think about. Though most of the trends are a takeoff from the previous years, unless something really disrupting happens out of the blue at some point of time in the year; the signals…

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Added by John Robinson on January 24, 2018 at 5:06am — No Comments

Global Supply Chain Regulatory Compliance



Global supply chain regulatory compliance has become more important than ever before because of the confluence of a number of factors. As globalization becomes inevitable and inescapable, the global supply chain is one of the core arenas in which it plays out. The outgrowth brought about…

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Added by John Robinson on January 23, 2018 at 5:33am — No Comments

How a new technology is changing the lives of people who cannot speak

Last November, Joe Morris, a 31-year-old film-maker from London, noticed a sore spot on his tongue. He figured he’d bitten himself in his sleep and thought nothing more about it until halfway through the winter holidays, when he realised the sore was still with him. He Googled “cut on tongue won’t heal” and, after sifting through pages of medical information on oral cancer, he decided to call his doctor.

The cut was…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 23, 2018 at 5:05am — No Comments

To ICO or Not to ICO? That Is The Question for Today’s Startups

Aung Kyaw Moe and Jun Hasegawa have a lot in common.…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 22, 2018 at 5:28am — No Comments

Why Trade Compliance and Logistics Must Work Together



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Trade compliance and logistics must work together for a number of important reasons. While on the surface, trade compliance for logistics may seem burdensome for many organizations, the benefits of getting their trade compliance and logistics to work together are…

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Added by John Robinson on January 22, 2018 at 5:21am — No Comments

Biocompatibility testing and evaluations for medical devices

Biocompatibility testing and evaluations for medical devices is a vital component of patient safety, for it is the only effective means to ensuring that a medical device or any related material, when it happens to come into contact with the patient’s body has to not only perform its intended purpose and function; it should also not result in adverse reactions for the patient.…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 19, 2018 at 4:59am — No Comments

What is logistics and supply chain management?

Logistics and supply chain management (SCM) constitute a very important element of businesses. Getting the logistics and supply chain management aspects right is necessary for the smooth flow of products from their source to destination, during the course of which many…

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Added by John Robinson on January 19, 2018 at 4:50am — No Comments

Cyber security startups fall on harder times

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A wave of cyber attacks by criminals, spies and hacker activists should make these heady days for U.S. cyber security startups.

Instead, many in the crowded market are struggling to live up to their early promise. In some cases, the security products they developed have been overtaken by advances in cyber hacking, according to industry executives and venture capitalists. In others, larger competitors have come out with similar technology and locked down…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 18, 2018 at 5:15am — No Comments

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – a look



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Added by John Robinson on January 18, 2018 at 5:04am — No Comments

Why It's So Hard To Shop For Health Care

Shopping for health care is kind of like going to a grocery store where there aren’t any price tags. That jar of spaghetti sauce might cost $4, or maybe $50. But in health care you typically don’t find out prices until you get to the checkout counter. People with one kind of card pay one price, those with another pay a different one, and you may do better or worse if you offer cash.

Last year Montana lawmakers, frustrated by how hard it is…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 17, 2018 at 5:05am — No Comments

The FDA Export Reform and Enhancement Act of 1996 – a brief understanding



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Added by John Robinson on January 17, 2018 at 4:39am — No Comments

EDITORIAL – Conor O’Dea: A coup for Cayman Finance

A standard disclaimer in investment literature warns that “past performance is not indicative of future results.” But in the case of Conor O’Dea, the financial services veteran recently selected as chairman of Cayman Finance, a waiver of that warning would be perfectly appropriate.

Mr. O’Dea’s sterling professional track record, decades in the making, gives us confidence in his ability to lead Cayman Finance, along with CEO Jude Scott, to new altitudes of success.

The new…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 16, 2018 at 5:23am — No Comments

Effective Complaint Handling Guidelines serve as a basis for improvements in medical devices



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Added by John Robinson on January 16, 2018 at 4:44am — No Comments

Telehealth Gives Rural Missouri More Access to Health Care

ST. ROBERT, Mo. (AP) — With a population just shy of 5,000, the town of St. Robert lies just south of the heart of Missouri. It’s one of the many rural towns in the state that finds alternatives to health care access through the internet.

Since the early 1990s, the telehealth network has helped connect patients to health care providers from their own homes. Increasing…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 12, 2018 at 4:49am — No Comments

Business Process Management in Healthcare helps reduce inefficiencies



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For many years before the advent of automation and computerization ,…

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Added by John Robinson on January 12, 2018 at 4:44am — No Comments

Brexit: May to meet UK financial services chiefs

The Prime Minister is set to meet with business leaders from the UK’s financial services industry as the government attempts to secure a Brexit deal that will include the sector.

Theresa May will talk with Barclays’ chief Jes Staley and Goldman Sachs International boss Richard Gnodde among others on Thursday.

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 11, 2018 at 4:46am — No Comments

Digital Marketing for Pharmaceutical companies offers tremendous opportunities

There is enormous potential for digital marketing for pharmaceutical companies. Proper exploitation of the social media can take pharmaceutical companies to their market in a more pinpointed and accurate manner than traditional marketing.

Gone are the initial days of reluctance on the part of pharmaceutical companies to…

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Added by John Robinson on January 11, 2018 at 4:33am — No Comments

Unravelling the DHF, Technical File and Design Dossier

Design History File (DHF), Technical File and Design Dossier are important regulatory documents for a medical device. Design Control and Design History File are regulatory documents for medical devices in the FDA, while the Technical File and Design Dossier serve the same purpose for the EU's regulatory body, the MDD.

The Design History…

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Added by John Robinson on January 10, 2018 at 4:53am — No Comments

An understanding of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory Affairs sit at the center of an industry like pharmaceuticals. Given the importance this industry and the products its manufactures have on the health of human beings; it is imperative that there should be regulations in the industry at every stage of the process of manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals.

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 10, 2018 at 4:50am — No Comments

IBM marks more than 100,000 patents in 25 years with AI, cyber security enhancements

The inventors who serve as the backbone of International Business Machines Corp. passed a significant milestone this year, and a diverse array of fields including artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud, and cyber security are all the richer for it.

The Armonk, N.Y.-based tech giant used this year’s Consumer Electronics Show…

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Added by Adam Fleming on January 9, 2018 at 5:06am — No Comments

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