The financial ties between doctors and drug companies have come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Some commentators--such as Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine--argue that the mission of doctors is fundamentally different to the mission of drug companies and that the ties between them should be completely cut. "Drug companies are investor owned bu...

In Z the risk of liability would be determined by the statute, code or common law of the country. The treatment of personal injury and particularly malpractice liability varies widely among nations particularly in civil law jurisdictions. Jurisdiction over the investigator who has returned to the US may not be readily established. The University and the drug company may be even further removed....

The introduction of regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley act requires companies to ensure that appropriate controls are implemented in their business applications. Implementing and validating compliance measures in ‘agile’ companies is time consuming, costly, errorprone and a maintenance-intensive task. This paper presents an approach towards dynamically adapting a Service Oriented Architectu...

This article is the third in a series examining the evolution of the market for outsourced lead optimization services and covers developments from late 2006 to the present. Following an analysis of the significant events that have impacted the marketplace in recent years, a brief survey of the growing number of companies offering lead optimization services is presented. Subsequently, three nota...

Nowadays governmental authorities as well as companies have to manage a rising number of dynamic inter-organizational business relationships, calling for means that allow for their efficient and effective management (Hagel & Singer, 2008). Gartner Research emphasizes the increased relevance of information technology (IT) in this context: “We expect that by 2011, midsizeand large companies will ...

Material and information flows are often complex at remanufacturing companies. Minimum time for Material and Information Flows Analysis (MiniMifa) is a data collection workshop in which material and information flows’ challenges and improvement opportunities are investigated. By carrying the idea of Value Stream Mapping (VSM), MiniMifa turns to an act of cartography of industrial processes. Aft...

Manufacturing companies are facing a broad variety of challenges caused by a dynamic production environment. To succeed in such an environment, it is crucial to minimize the loss of time required to trigger the adaptation process of a company’s production structures. This paper presents an approach for the continuous monitoring of production structures by neurologic principles. It enhances clas...

The development of the Cyprus Stock Exchange together with the increasing trend of investors’ presence in financing activities has led to the importance of this market. In such circumstances, the first step towards a sustainable development of the Exchange is to support the investors. Risk of bankruptcy for the investee is a major challenge that an inexperienced stock investor encounters. In th...