Posted by: @sahitya-sadineni In my personal opinion, partnerships and sole proprietorship are very similar but with lower risk when investing due to the split of initial costs for partnerships. Partnership sounds amazing for whenever two people share the same objectives…   Read more»

Posted by: @sahitya-sadineni After watching the videos from this week’s lecture, we have learned about the various company types. While thinking about this, would you consider turning down a position based on the type of company it is? For me…   Read more»

@cjm64 I agree with everything you have said, I think understanding the documents and their purpose/end goal is critical for the documentation to be completed correctly. Having been in a similar situation, I think one solution to help improve people’s…   Read more»

Posted by: @mduru As with many lines of work, people tend to have a certain perception of what that field or role is like. What were some of your perceptions of QA/QC and have they changed after this lecture? Have…   Read more»

Posted by: @dbonanno1 I am currently working as an R&D Engineer for a medical device company, and have been for the past 6 years. As an R&D engineer I do have a lot of experience working with the Quality departments…   Read more»

@jaf22 I think you make great points, especially pertaining to PMA. To add to that, even the quicker approach that many medical device companies take, 510(k), will still take time and come with its own challenges to be cleared by…   Read more»

This thread reminds me of Proposition 37, a 2012 ballot measure in California which would have required labeling of genetically engineered food, with some exceptions. This was a heavily contested ballot measure, especially by food conglomerates that felt financially threatened…   Read more»

Posted by: @sahitya-sadineni Part of FDA’s mission statement is providing safety and protecting the public health in the use of drugs, medical devices, and etc.. The second part of the mission statement states that they are “advancing the public health…   Read more»

Posted by: @sahitya-sadineni Part of FDA’s mission statement is providing safety and protecting the public health in the use of drugs, medical devices, and etc.. The second part of the mission statement states that they are “advancing the public health…   Read more»

Posted by: @sahitya-sadineni Although science has been around for a while, technology is something that has been evolving in the past 20 years. Pre-clinical is very important to every and any kind of medical research. But what is also important…   Read more»

Posted by: @arianaburch If you had to select right now if you would work Academia or Industry, which would you decide? Their approaches to research are different and yet similar at the same time. Did their approaches to research aid…   Read more»

Posted by: @tulikadasp When it comes to animal research there are various constraints we need to keep in mind. One of them is animal rights. A lot of animal rights group are against this. Recently there are few news about…   Read more»

Mutual Respect between employee and manager is always needed, however I think that a manager doesn’t necessarily need to be from the same discipline or have extreme technical knowledge of a matter for their employee’s or project’s to be successful…   Read more»

I think that the effect of COVID on virtual communications has stayed relatively similar to pre-COVID activity, at least for very large companies. I will preface this response by saying that my only working experience has come during the COVID-era…   Read more»

@mrela13 In my experience working in on within early phases of product development, I’ve noticed that my project manager always shoots to keep under budget. During our weekly team meetings, the first 10 minutes are always dedicated to going over…   Read more»

@nm523njit-edu I totally agree that although MATLAB has tremendous research and data analytic applications, other software should be taught (Like, C++ Python Java etc…). As you mentioned, data science and robotics are two of the biggest emerging areas of the…   Read more»

@justinjts Hi justinjts, although I think experience is a necessary tool for career growth, I strongly disagree with your statement “that the degree level does not matter”. From what I’ve seen and experienced in industry, just getting your foot in…   Read more»