Posted by: @orleron Being able to look at the financial statements of a company and determine some guesses on its health is a good skill to have. All public companies in the US must publish their financial statements quarterly and…   Read more»

I understand how you have evaluated BMS. Clearly they have had some rough patches in their history but so has many biopharmaceutical organizations. I think they have made some major changes in the oncological space including the acquisition of Celgene….   Read more»

Actually this is a great topic. I am currently evaluating options but I probably going to the LLC route. I am providing consulting in the cell and gene therapy industry with another consulting organization who is a LLC also at…   Read more»

I understand what you are saying with regards to the company’s mission and vision. Having work for both large and small organizations, currently working for a LLC, I would suggest that size will matter as well as reliability and consistency….   Read more»

Basically this depends on the type of business and the profession itself. Just like doctors or Lawyers who want to have their own Hospitals/Clinics or Chambers, tend to go into the Limited Liability Partnership because is way easier for them…   Read more»

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https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/Stock/AMZN/profile

For a Mid-size company with 50 people and just $10 Million in revenue and did prefer this exist as an INC cooperation than an LLC cooperation and should be taxed under the C-Corp for the following reasons:  1. The ownership…   Read more»

I did my research on Amazon INC. and these were my findings. As of October 6th 2020, it shows that the Profitability, Liquidity, Valuation and Capital structure are so far on the good side and considering the current situation with…   Read more»

Public companies have greater liquidity because anyone can invest in them. Sometime Public companies like to report high profits to impress shareholders. Private companies don’t need to impress anyone. They may add in extra expenses to cut their taxable profits,…   Read more»

If you want to speak Hypothetically I would say soul proprietorship .But that will not make sense looking at the challenges like  risk and management complexity. Being a soul proprietorship will allow you to take any decision ,but you should…   Read more»

For me personally work-life balance is more important and I would like to understand companies view about the employees work life balance .And specially in the current situation it makes sense to look at the companies financial situation and also…   Read more»

As we saw in Dr. Simon’s lecture, management oversees the whole process of the quality protocol. there has to be feedback loop that functions as communication between all departments. quality assurance and quality control should set certain expectations and constantly…   Read more»

I think it is important to have a quality department that is comfortable and close with all other departments. Typically, there are some conflicts between quality and other departments. Simply put, this is usually because both departments are just trying…   Read more»

As a quality engineer the most crucial qualities have been organization and the ability to find information. Organization has come in very handy when running validations. There are many moving parts, many things to keep track off and document (if…   Read more»

I have not encountered ethical issues during my experience as a quality engineer, however following ethics is very important. It’s crucial to be honest and responsible when working with data and designing studies. Patient safety should always be priority when…   Read more»

I believe the future of AI and other technologies are going to be very useful in the biomedical engineering if its closely monitored by quality assurance and quality control personal. I would suggest increasing the rate of testing to ensure…   Read more»

There are a lot of different businesses in different industries and although they might have similar Quality Assurance processes is highly unlikely that they will have the same quality assurance process. I know some of the emerging technologies and methods…   Read more»

Ethics and corruption is a problem and business, and in terms of Quality Control and Quality Assurance, it is no different. Superficial language differences can create an opportunity to create an ethics problem while everything is okay on the paper….   Read more»

I believe that the implementation of emerging technologies into QA could be very useful for companies. It would allow for easier creation of QA procedures and make the overall QA process easier. This would obviously be for more preventative measures….   Read more»

I definitely see your point about flaws in a system that allows physicians to prescribe drugs without the patient’s best interest in mind. A good example of your point can be seen when exploring the opioid epidemic. Physicians having relationships…   Read more»