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[ 12 Mar 2011 | No Comment | 58 views]
Manufacturing to Save Lives—Your Calling?

Have you considered contributing to the manufacturing output that significantly impacts lives? In other words, help transfer all the knowledge, research or technical expertise into viable drugs–that save the lives of millions of people from various diseases and help many people suffering from illness to recover and lead normal, productive lives.
Then you might find your [...]

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[ 20 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 335 views]
Contract Research Organizations: A Brief Summary

A Contract Research Organization is a service organization that provides support to the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. CROs provides clients a wide range of “outsourced” pharmaceutical research services to aid in the drug and medical device research & development process.
Services offered by CROs include: product development, formulation and manufacturing; clinical trial management (preclinical through phase IV); clinical, [...]

Featured, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing »

[ 18 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 294 views]
Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives

Armed with just a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, is there any avenue for you to enter the pharmaceutical industry? The answer is a resounding “yes”.
The pharmaceutical sales field is a popular choice among fresh graduates as it offers excellent salary potential, great benefits, flexibility, opportunity for growth and a stepping stone into one [...]

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[ 18 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 464 views]
Your Role in Clinical Trials as a Fresh Graduate

In 2006, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reworked its priorities to bring in clinical research as part of its directive (MOH, 2008). After much analysis, it was believed that clinical research, if directed correctly, could bring about medical benefits to Singaporeans, further develop Singapore’s medical faculties and preserve our reputation as one of a regional [...]

Featured, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing »

[ 18 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 253 views]
Biologics?

Singapore also secured six major biologics investments over the last few years totaling about S$2.5 billion from Roche, Lonza, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Baxter, which could potentially create about 1,300 new jobs” (MOH, 2009).
What exactly is biologics?
Biologics is a subset of manufacturing processes which also comprises of pharmaceuticals and nutritionals. They are medicinal products manufactured from [...]