Doing what comes next
“Always do whatever’s next” – George Carlin (RIP)
I popped into the DIA Annual Mtg. for a day this week to chair a session on content reuse in clinical regulatory documents. Good turnout for the session and, as usual, for the meeting, which continues to be the one industry get-together that clinical-research worker bees are paid to attend.
The exhibitor hall was dominated by full-service CROs touting their capabilities. Have you noticed that you never hear much from the partial-service CROs? Boutique CROs were there, but not the partial-service CROs. The boutiques are just like the partial-service providers, except they offer clients tea while they’re waiting for service to begin. Okay, enough silliness.
For about a year, up until the end of this April, I was working for what was Fast Track Systems Inc. and what is now a part of Medidata Solutions Worldwide. Medidata made a smart purchase. Medidata’s Designer software is the future for structuring information at the head-end of the clinical research value chain. Structure information while you’re writing a protocol in Word, and then feed all your dependent documents and systems with it, all without losing the original meaning and intent of the protocol authors. Makes perfect sense, huh? Medidata also inherited Fast Track’s successful investigator grant and CRO contract benchmarking data/software as part of the deal.
Anyway, I’m now gainfully self-employed. That is to say I was repositioned out the door following a corporate restructuring. If you work in pharma, odds are you or someone you know has been through a similar “restructuring”. Fun…ain’t it?
I’m available as a consultant, advisor, guru, confidant, or secret friend. You can look at my consulting website (pharmagrowth.com) to read about me, or just drop me a note [fred at pharmagrowth dot com]. I’m always glad to hear from my readers!
