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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.

pharmaceuticalRegulatoryAffairs The primary aim of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs is to ensure compliance with regulations that apply to every stage and process…

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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

Design Control for Medical Devices



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Added by John Robinson on January 9, 2018 at 4:56am — No Comments

Aspects of Regulatory History in the US

The beginnings of all that the USFDA regulates can be traced right to the early decades of the founding of the nation. In a sense, the FDA, even if came to be called by that formal name much later; embodies the discipline and value set that the new created nation sought to represent. Regulation of all aspects of American life was deeply ingrained…

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Added by John Robinson on January 8, 2018 at 5:22am — No Comments

Army Chief stresses on indigenous defence technology

Asserting that there is huge requirement to modernise the armed forces, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday called for self-reliance in terms of defence equipment manufacturing. Speaking at the Army Technology Seminar in Delhi, General Rawat said: ” the time has come to ensure that we fight the next war with homemade solutions.”
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Added by Adam Fleming on January 8, 2018 at 5:03am — No Comments

Good Documentation Practice Guideline is simple: just write

Good Documentation Practices are the soul of many regulated industries. The FDA, like all other regulatory agencies, makes GDP a central element of its regulations, and bases it on the principle of evidence. For the FDA and other regulatory agencies across the world, what is not documented is nonexistent.

Good Documentation…

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

What is risk-based monitoring?

Sponsors of clinical studies adapt many methods that are aimed at reducing the complexity of clinical trials. They also look for methods by which they can increase the efficacy of the results, while keeping the costs low. Risk-based monitoring is one of these methods.

How is risk-based monitoring understood?One can understand risk-based monitoring in several ways. This varied understanding is because there is no one definition or…

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Added by John Robinson on January 4, 2018 at 5:04am — No Comments

FDA Warning Letters – an understanding

As the primary regulator of the biological, healthcare, life sciences and other related industries; the FDA has power and authority over how its work is carried out. FDA Warning Letters are among the primary mediums through which it enforces its authority.

The FDA issues a Warning Letter to a company when it determines, following…

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Added by John Robinson on January 3, 2018 at 4:50am — No Comments

Tougher FDA import rules are aimed at putting strict controls on imports

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Added by John Robinson on December 14, 2017 at 4:30am — No Comments

Best Practices in Vendor Risk and Compliance Management



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Added by John Robinson on December 13, 2017 at 4:45am — No Comments

FDA Requirements for ensuring Premarketing Clinical Trial Safety



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Added by John Robinson on December 12, 2017 at 5:08am — No Comments

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