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Category Archives: Healthcare
Tidbits from Webinars this Month
Over the past few weeks, I have attended many webinars through various organizations – Duke University, IEEE, Indiana University, and others. All had various tidbits of knowledge that I thought I would share with you here. IEEE Xplore – I … Continue reading
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FDLI Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference
I recently had the pleasure of attending the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference in Washington, DC. There were several interesting topics in a variety of sessions: The “Enforcement Basics” session included discussions surrounding 11 … Continue reading
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Economic Development of Biotechnology in Eastern North Carolina
On May 15, 2014, the Triangle/Eastern chapter of the British-American Business Council of North Carolina (BABCNC) hosted a Healthcare/Biomedical Forum at the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, NC. Co-sponsors included NC East Alliance, NC Biotechnology Center (Eastern Office), East … Continue reading
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The Future of Hospitals: My Prediction
Living close to Brooklyn, the news is filled with stories of hospital closings. Long Island College Hospital (LICH) is fighting to close, and Interfaith Medical Center is following close behind. Throw in the fact that Coney Island Hospital is still … Continue reading
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Obesity as a Disease
The American Medical Association recently reclassified obesity as a disease instead of a major public health problem. This change has been heavily discussed in my household over the past few weeks. On the positive side, this reclassification can be a … Continue reading
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Why Manufacture in Costa Rica?
Last week, the Medical Devices Group on LinkedIn held an interesting webinar entitled “Why Manufacture in Costa Rica?” Speakers included George Blank (Chairman of the Board for Vention Medical) and Pilar Madrigal (Director of International Affairs for the Costa Rican … Continue reading
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Lessons from the Brooklyn Book Festival
The culmination of the Brooklyn Book Festival last Sunday was better than I expected. Hundreds of writers, publishers, and organizations had booths setup in Columbus Park, and there were so many interesting presentations that it was difficult to choose which … Continue reading
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Battle of the Waistline
As VIVUS (VVUS) launches its new weight-loss drug, Qsymia, and Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) prepares for its 2013 launch of competitor drug, Belviq, I thought I’d do a little compare and contrast on the two companies. Some Numbers Prior to the … Continue reading
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Matunda Water Project
Iana Aranda and Adam Goossen from Engineers Without Borders (EWB) talked about the organization and their experiences with the Matunda Water Project at last night’s IEEE meeting. EWB has over 250 chapters, and each chapter bids on projects from EWB’s … Continue reading
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Brain Connectivity through Functional MRI
Last night, IEEE’s Computational Intelligence Society hosted a talk by Dr. Bharat Biswal about his latest imaging research on brain connectivity. He first explained the difference between a traditional MRI image and a functional MRI (fMRI) image and compared them … Continue reading
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