CEOs must seek pharmaceutical partners now

We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW

From the endlessly quotable Ted Nelson—whose neologisms pepper the language we use to understand the present, from “hypertext” to “visualization”—perhaps no phrase is better known than, “You Can and Must Understand Computers NOW.” It was emblazoned across the Computer Lib side of his 1974 Computer Lib/Dream Machines ( CL/DM ), the most infl uential book in the history of computational media. 1 ...

High Image Quality Now A Must – Thin Clients and Multimedia

Public health planning for dementia must start now.

For many families around the world, the diffi culties and costs associated with dementia are painfully real. Yet in some countries governments and policymakers remain in denial about the urgent need to plan for a future in which dementia will be increasingly common. A report published by WHO on April 11, 2012, provides new data on the enormity of the current and future challenges and stresses t...

Genetic and metabolic screening of newborns: must health care providers seek explicit parental consent?

The pharmaceutical industry and academe: partners in progress.

The relations between the pharmaceutical industry and academe are examined. It is concluded that although each has its own particular contributions to society, a more important issue is to explore and expedite innovative mechanisms for mutually advantageous collaboration which maximize the interest and expertise of both. The impact of present regulatory mechanisms on pharmaceutical research is ...