I touched on this topic in a different post. The relationship between QA and other departments like R&D and manufacturing is essential to keeping ...

Each illness and remedy needs to be examined individually in order to substantiate your claim. Many illnesses don't have a cure yet, so the remedy tha...

I think the key to having exceptional and easy Quality Control is having a solid structure throughout the company. Keeping logs of what is going on in...

Recently some capsules sold by Sandoz Inc. got recalled by the FDA. Apparently it had excessive amounts of some ingredient for the drug. When it comes...

When it comes to a medical device, you can't really pick between accuracy and precision; you need both! A pacemaker can't be accurate without being pr...

If the FDA were in charge of "organic" labeling, the word would be thrown around much less often. It's true that most of the food in America is not or...

I currently work as a research assistant in academia. There are a lot of pros to working in academia. A few are that the deadlines have a larger sprea...

While I agree that both kinds of research are important, I like that research in industry is applied to a real product faster. I currently do research...

With so many recent advancements in technology for simulations and computing, some people may argue that animal testing is unethical. However, when lo...

Revenue for a company is like air for a human being. When it comes to a medical device company, there are a few questions to ask in order to make sure...

Having multiple project managers, in general, is a bad idea. A company I used to work for had multiple project managers who would collaborate on diffe...

I think someone who knows more about the field in any industry could answer this better but I would identify a good project manager by asking about th...

My dad worked in academia so I have an understanding that working in academia is much more comfortable than working in industry. In academia, you'll h...

I think the whole life structure of getting a degree and then getting a job in the same field as your degree is beginning to change. The way that BME ...

Like probably most other students pursuing their MS in BME, I also considered taking on the PhD. I think I'm still considering it, but my view is that...