From my understanding, if a study is properly designed with an actual placebo control group and a treatment group, and the treatment provided to the treatment group was also a placebo drug it should b...

Environmental factors can play a huge role in clinical trials, creating effects that wouldn't be seen until a larger role out happens and post market research is done. For instance, if a pain study is...

Placebo must be controlled at the group level in order to ensure results are not biased because of it. One group should be set aside and receive placebo treatment for their pain, while the other group...

One of the best marketing methods I have seen in the past few years has been on a weekly comedy podcast I listen to, Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast. Ad reads, scripts sent by companies for the pod...

I have been working as an engineer in neuroimaging research for the past 5 years, and having a good relationship with sales rep has been a great boon to our research. The equipment we buy has a large ...

A hard to quantify method of marketing that I have usually had great interactions with is word of mouth. I was in the market for a new car recently, and through 2 separate people I was recommended to ...

Both smaller and larger companies can offer great benefits for fresh graduates. Starting at a large company, you may have to start off with a lesser title, but after a few years you will be able to sa...

While research labs may have more room for creativity and freedom, I believe there is some downside to this that corporations can avoid. In previous lectures, we have learned that oftentimes academics...

I do believe that engineering students should be required to take at least one or two courses on businesses and how they are run. Similar to quality control, if an engineer only thinks about the scien...

People that complain about the cost of quality have equivalents in every step of the process. For example, during development supervisors may suggest that certain statistical checks are irrelevant and...

Regulation and Quality are 2 separate, but equally important processes of the medical device field. Government regulation is more concerned with devices being safe for human use and implantation, and ...

Before this lecture, I had a vague perception of quality being kind of an afterthought. This lecture has shone a light on how involved and important quality is as a department. I did not realize how d...

There is no way to avoid some amount of bias in any regulatory body. Because of the very nature of their purpose, most employees of a regulatory agency are required to have experience or knowledge of...

Human differences are not only a fact of the regulatory field, but a simple fact of human life. Being able to not only navigate differences in personality, but to be able to truly connect and communic...

At first thought, I kind of had the same reaction you did to a career in regulatory, meaning it didn't hold much appeal. But after thinking about it, working in the regulatory field, even if only for ...