Can Lean Negate Quality Control? Lessons From Fallen Lean Icons Toyota and J&J
Recent postings in the WSJ blog and elsewhere have asked the troubling question: Does Lean Manufacturing, by definition, lead to quality control problems? Click here for an interesting read. (For...
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Keeping Your Mojo, and Your Sanity, in a Tough Pharma Job Market
I recently interviewed Michelle Alton, a senior pharma professional who is in the middle of a job search. The market is tough out there, she says, and networking is key.read more
View ArticleLean Management Lessons From BP
Cautionary tale for execs in pharma (or any industry) on the limits of "doing more with less," ignoring technical operations and focusing on financial balance sheets at the expense of quality and...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Manufacturing QC Whistleblower Receives $96 million
Pharma whistleblowers don't always fare too well...especially those who deal with the invisible world of manufacturing. Remember Mark Livingston and the Wyeth Sarbanes-Oxley case? However, Cheryl...
View ArticlePharma CEOs' Big Question - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
A growing number of pharma CEOs are now dealing with the consequences of failing to care about workplace realities and what Toyota called the gemba, or place where truth will be found.If the idea of...
View ArticleAre More Pharma cGMP Whistleblower Cases on the Way? Experts Think So.
Most of the U.S. Department of Justice’s major pharma-related decisions invoking the False Claims Act recently have involved illegal marketing and sales. So far, GSK’s is the only one to deal with...
View ArticleDeadly Medicine: A Look at Clinical Trials Overseas
A thought-provoking (if not unbiased) article from an unexpected source, Vanity Fair.
View ArticleBayer Responds: We've Delivered in Berkeley; Union Demands Unprecedented and...
Bayer and its workers in Berkeley, California, are embroiled in protracted contract negotiations. Last week, we heard from Craig Merrilees, spokesman for the International Longshore & Warehouse...
View ArticleThe Ten Best Pharma Quotes of 2011
This year, we introduced our Pharma Replay newsletter, a monthly review of the best quips and quotes coming out of the drug industry. (Subscribe here.) Here’s a look back, in no particular order, at...
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