If I were to work in clinical trials, I'd like the role of working patient advocacy. I think one of the most overlooked aspects of clinical trials is the individual patients involved. Patient advocacy...

I never realized that for rare diseases, sometimes clinical trials are the only means of getting treatment. Some of these diseases are very niche and do not have approved drugs, so the only drugs avai...

Clinical Trials (in all of the different stages) require a lot of data to display two aspects of the drug: safety and efficacy. If the "drug" has no adverse effects and the data displays positive symp...

I believe the method of marketing and advertising depends on the medical device being marketed. Some devices/drugs have a much broader demographic, so selective marketing may not be needed in order to...

If possible and it does not delay graduation, I believe getting a minor in business or marketing is beneficial. This minor will expose you to topics and skills needed in a biomedical engineering caree...

As you indicated, I think it depends on the type of individual you are. If you an extrovert and good at pitching ideas/devices as customers, you may be suited for a sales job. Although an engineering ...

I believe basic business classes should be required electives for all students, not just biomedical engineering students. For almost all careers, a basic understanding of financials and business devel...

I believe it all depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a stable, reliable job with the potential to remain in the same company for decades, you should look at larger, more reliab...

In terms of stakeholder interest and general outsider perspective on a company, larger more well-known companies can afford to have a year with a poor ratio for numerous reasons. First, they often hav...

In my opinion, 99% of the time companies do not violate FDA regulations on purpose. The companies are aware that violating these regulations can lead to both poor reputation and failure to get approva...

From my experiences working in pharma, when the FDA comes to audit a clinical trial, the most important aspect the company focuses on is organization. All the required documents need to be filed corre...

Quality Assurance and Quality Control are similar processes, but both are needed to ensure medical devices meet quality and regulatory standards. Quality Assurance (QA) is a more proactive process tha...

When working as a team on a project, it is very important to have diversity because this diversity leads to different perspectives on the project. Different individuals have different experiences whic...

All humans are inherently biased, so any organization run by humans will have some level of corruption. Small biotech companies definitely struggle in this regard because they do not have as many conn...

The FDA is most definitely strict when it comes to its rules and regulations but it NEEDS to be strict. According to their mission statement, the "FDA is responsible for protecting the public health b...