Month: April 2015
Need To See A Doctor? There’s An App For That
We are currently on the verge of the most pronounced growth in the geriatric population ever experienced. By 2050, the United Nations estimates that the elderly population of the world (persons 65 and over) will double, from 7.6% to 16.2%. The fastest increase will be of those 85 and older. What is so critical to the
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Has The “Gilligan’s Island Effect” Impacted You? What Can Be Done?
In the life sciences industry, pigeonholing or typecasting is very real among individuals and companies alike. Job candidates cannot shake the perception of what they were in their old position. Companies are only considered for the particular service or product they last provided, even if they have multiple core capabilities. I like to refer to
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Pharmaceutical Mergers And Acquisitions: Will They Drive Growth?
As someone who works in the pharmaceutical industry as well as an investor, I was curious as to the net result of all the mega mergers and acquisitions occurring within large pharma. Examples of such mergers and acquisitions could fill multiple blogs but I thought I would point out a brief history of a few
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