Can Academia Save Pharma? U Mich to Take Over Pfizer Site
The University of Michigan announced that, after several months of secret negotiations, it will purchase Pfizer's Ann Arbor, Mich., research facility. Pfizer had planned on closing the facility by the...
View ArticleGenchi Genbutsu: Lilly’s Lechleiter Visits the Night Shift
I don’t know about you, but the relentless drum beat of negative news has been getting to me lately. Every day seems to bring news of some drastic four-figure layoff...er, restructuring, whether in...
View ArticleThe Wireless Plant: It’s About Information (and the Cost of Getting It)
A few days ago, I listened in on a webcast sponsored by WINA, the Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance, on “Choosing the Right Wireless Technology for Industrial Applications.” The main thrust of...
View ArticleVirtual GMP Consulting
The compliance consultants, Vectech, are now offering virtual cGMP consulting services, to help drug manufacturers deal with FDA compliance questions immediately via videoconferencing. The company is...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Manufacturing QC Whistleblower Receives $96 million
Pharma whistleblowers don't always fare too well...especially those who deal with the invisible world of manufacturing. Remember Mark Livingston and the Wyeth Sarbanes-Oxley case? However, Cheryl...
View ArticlePharma CEOs' Big Question - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
A growing number of pharma CEOs are now dealing with the consequences of failing to care about workplace realities and what Toyota called the gemba, or place where truth will be found.If the idea of...
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