Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals Roche and other pharmaceutical companies work together to streamline the QA process KATHY PRETZ 14 FEB 2023 It can take up to 15 years to get a new drug through the regulatory-approval process before it becomes available to patients. One of the reasons is the time it takes to analyze the mountains of data generated [...]
by Michelle Hunt, Director, Alliance Management Operations We all know what a “stakeholder” is. Generally, it’s someone with an interest in the activity and/or decisions of an organization (think holding a stake in something). Now let’s talk about “stakeholdering”, a term used less often. Stakeholdering, in and of itself, is a communications process. It refers to communicating to a [...]
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) has announced that Jessica O'Hanlon, CAE, a Senior Program Manager at IEEE-ISTO, has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE®) designation. The CAE is the highest professional credential in the association industry. Jessica is a non-profit professional with over fifteen years of experience in volunteer, operations, and association management. The CAE credential illuminates her knowledge [...]
by Michelle Hunt, Director, Alliance Management Operations, ISTO As a federation of member programs consisting of consortia, alliances, and trade groups, ISTO offers world class support for collectives involved in standardizing technical solutions which aim to improve technology or development for industry ecosystems. From drafting standards development processes that are open and consensus-based to ensuring strict compliance to processes as a [...]
Contributed by Bill Rubin, Senior Manager ISTO Every generation gets to interpret its history and technology advances. In the realm of technology, our current generation(s) see the Internet as one of the more transformational technologies humans have created, with the potential to bring widespread benefits across the globe in terms of peace, mutual economic development, and friendship. However, as Tom Standage [...]