The New York Times recently featured a summary co-authored by the Wall Street Journal and Media Planet to promote better understanding of clinical trials. Pretty good summary for those wanting to get a better understanding of what trials are and the trends underway. Full Table of Contents 1 Understanding Clinical Trials 2 Progress in The [...]
This is the second installment of our ongoing series on 10 steps to Clinical Study Start Up. We hope you enjoy it. And of course feedback/comments/thoughts are welcome! Introduction Once sponsors have finished generating a short list of investigative sites, the next key activity is to contact the sites to assess whether the site has [...]
I think the Internet makes two very different things common. I’m not sure what world any given business falls into: 1) The Internet is vast, and this tends to create everybody-wins. There is a virtually inexhaustible range of niches out there. Seriously — one giant, flowing river of value creating. You are able to dip [...]
“A startup is a human institution creating a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.” – Eric Ries, Founder of the Lean Startup, a methodology that explains how startups can achieve traction. Today, there is an amazing conference taking place in San Francisco, called ‘Startup lessons learned‘. Its the first event designed to [...]
Here are photos from my 24 hour trip from San Francisco to Boston and return to San Francisco to attend the Bio-IT awards dinner. Entrance to the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, venue for the event. Was right next door to Dunkin’ Donuts. Good coffee. Another picture of the WTC Sponsors. Saving the best [...]
A spoof on the numerous iPhone unboxing galleries. Enjoy.
I caught the red-eye on Virgin America from SF to Boston last night. It turns out goBalto had won the Judges Prize from Bio-IT! Yippeee! For those not in the know, the Award was established in 2003, to recognize teams in the life-sciences industry and academia for their outstanding innovations and excellence in the enabling uses [...]
This is the first installment of our ongoing series on 10 steps to Clinical Study Start Up. We hope you enjoy it. And of course feedback/comments/thoughts are welcome! Introduction The first key activity for sponsors when starting up a clinical study is identifying potential investigative sites. Recruiting quality investigators and investigative sites is critical to [...]
Introduction We all know managing studies are challenging. However, how much thought do you give to improving the startup phase, where much of the critical groundwork is being laid? If you’re like most folks we’ve spoken to, you’ve accepted that the study startup is done through, phone, fax, email and excel spreadsheets. Too complex! Too [...]
Many folks have expressed interest in following our story to see how we operate behind the scenes. Before I started goBalto, I always wondered what it was like starting a company in Silicon Valley. Well, now you’ll have a chance to observe first hand. We are going to provide you with extraordinary amount of access [...]