All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Business of Medicine

Be proactive in managing merger of two cultures Reduce lost time and lost productivity Enhance change management

1.  Means reduced revenues for Genentech, especially revenues from the many future antibody products. 2.  Means those who could not get a license because Genentech saw them as directly competing with Genentech antibodies are more comfortable proceding.  3.  Does not mean any change...

As demand of the sterile injectables products grows, more and more contract manufacturers are evaluating this landscape as a potential opportunity for growth.  The major concerns in this market outlook are how complex is the technology, how much capacity is needed and will this technology be the...

The news is adding an interesting angle to patient's access to personal health information from an internet-based company- Google, a break from the conventional practice to keep patients health record with health agencies.  This venture from Google can be attractive to many people, although...

This artcle is a brief summary of a promising step by New Novartis Research Institute to provide a platform to delivering vaccines to diseases, particularly specific to developing countries. This pragmatic attitude to serve the unmet needs of the developing countries is expected to provide...

Google will expect a profit from this venture meaning revenue may eventually come from selling the service itself  but data mining and selling that data is likely to be far more profitable.  Patients should be wary of having their information used for reasons other than their care. ...

Despite what seems a great convenience, several issues arise. Can you guarantee HIPPA compliance ? Will the system be hacker proof to guarantee this? What protections can be guaranteed to avoid potential liability issues if the system is hacked?

With a plethora of expensive Electronic Medical Record (EMR) programs on the market, the lack of a standard or interoperability has kept many practices on the sidelines.  Moreover, systems that do use EMRs, often cannot exchange that information with other EMRs. Google could leverage its technology,...

It is not safe place to store personal health information in public search engine.

Google as a provider of patient information is in my humble opinion not a brilliant idea in the present set up. 1. one way authentication using just a user name and password is not enough to safeguard potentially harmful information to the patient 2. this information should only be available to the...