In today's technology-centered business environment, many small businesses struggle to stay on top of things because they simply don't have the resources or knowledge to best use their technology. This article explains how hiring professional IT consultants can be an ideal solution. - 2 hours ago

Using supply chain consultants can bring many benefits to your business. This article will outline what a supply chain consultant could do for you and your company. - 4 hours ago

Over the last few years, I have been observing and studying the onslaught of new market entrants into the consulting and coaching venue. Perhaps, you have also noticed how many people have become personal and business coaches in the last few years? Well then, let me tell you what I've discovered. What I've noticed is that many of these folks do actually have a good amount of experience behind them, and they have got into the coaching or consulting business because they have been laid off from corporate America. - 16 hours ago

Companies today face a unique environment, one that demands flexibility and fast response to changing business needs. In response, many businesses have adopted virtual organizations (VA): decentralized, team-based and distributed structures that are supported by the advances in communication technologies. Every VA is unique. - 2 days ago

The answer to this question is simple: pay more attention to innovation and not so much to marketing. Even though big pharma has developed big mergers to support its business infrastructure and best-selling products, it still hasn't found a solution for the need to develop new business models to address its main problem: the inability to create unique treatments. Today, big pharma is suffering due to dry product pipelines, the gruesome competition of generic manufacturers, consumer worries about safety, marketing statements that are not true, and the threat of the government's increasing role on... - 2 days ago

As the Global economy continues to deteriorate in many parts of the world, the same can't be said about the booming pharmaceutical industry. According to researchandmarkets.com the global pharmaceutical market is expected to earn well over one trillion dollars in revenues by the end of 2011. - 2 days ago

Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, every generic candidate has to give the holder of the approved New Drug Application (NDA) notice of the filing of the ANDA. As soon as they receive it, in turn it files a patent infringement lawsuit that starts a thirty-month stay, making it impossible for the FDA to approve the ANDA without a final court judgment favoring the generic candidate. With the proposed HR 1427 and HR 1548, the generic candidate has to notify the Biologic License Application (BLA) holder about the filing, however, there is no statutory stay defined if a lawsuit... - 2 days ago

Too many companies have not considered the potential legal liability to shareholders or other company stakeholders for having "fake" consultants at involved in their company IT projects. This can be applied personally or coporately for the fake IT "professionals" that vendors and placement firms bring to company projects. By not conducting sufficient due diligence in screening vendor resources, or for inconsistent labor practices there is a much larger potential for liability than many realize. - 5 days ago