April 9, 2013
An omission, a recommendation, and a prediction.
A report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology gives recommendations that have the audacious goal of doubling, over the next decade, the rate of invention of new medicines for patients, while increasing drug safety.
February 19, 2013
The drama in drug development.
There is no magic fairy dust that will make a boring, useless, redundant, or merely informative PowerPoint presentation dramatic after it leaves your computer.
February 5, 2013
Insight. . .Inspiration. . .Innovation
Welcome to 2013. I have much to be grateful for, not the least of which are the relationships we have with one another here at Cognigen and also with our clients.
November 30, 2012
The worst job in Pharma.
The job of Team Leader of an R&D team might not be as bad as being a Fish Squeezer or Deadly Snake Handler, but I nominate it as the worst job in Pharma.
October 1, 2012
Excellence is a team sport.
Excellence in pharmacometric modeling and simulation has to encompass 3 types of excellence: strategic, operational, and technical.
September 19, 2012
Modeling as a framework for knowledge synthesis.
Cross-functional, interdisciplinary knowledge synthesis is lacking in many development programs.
September 6, 2012
Mind the gap.
Why do you need a gap analysis? Because one thing is certain. The sooner you find the gaps and fill them, the better.
May 25, 2011
Innovation at the intersection of creativity and automation.
In the same way that the guillotine concentrates the senses, the need to improve productivity in the pharmaceutical industry has become a life-or-death imperative.
April 28, 2011
Why don’t computer systems help me as much as I think they should?
Complete and clear requirements are a critical element in the successful design and execution of workflows for pharmacometric analyses.
April 14, 2011
Scientific workflows—the knowledge-generating engines of R&D.
The interdisciplinary collaboration needed to specify workflow requirements, to achieve consensus on study methods, and to detail how to interpret and present results is surely the most critical step for improving productivity in the Pharma of the Future℠.
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