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Pharma Is Whacking R&D, Too -- Or Is It?: The variety of woes afflicting Big Pharma have led to a spate of well-publicized layoffs, mostly among sales forces -- 42,000 since the beginning of 2007, according to one count. Yesterday, Cole Werber at the In Vivo Blog highlighted yet another foreboding statistic: Drugmakers are also starting to trim R&D...; Tags: Report, R&D, Industry, Pharmaceutical Company, Werber, PhRMA, Research & Development, Business Operations, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-12
When Less Is More: When Solutia Inc. acquired CarboGen in 2000, it was clear the new subsidiary was facing a challenge. CarboGen, a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical research and development company, was growing rapidly, and the "island" software applications that had served its needs in the past were becoming increasingly inefficient. CarboGen needed a single solution...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., R&D, accounting, software; Case studies
Many Lines, One Product: In the pharmaceutical industry, many scales of production often exist. The scales can vary from micrograms to metric tons, with small samples being manufactured for trials or marketing tests and large production runs after government approval. One of the final, but most important, tasks a Research and Development (R&D) organization...; Tags: Research & Development, R&D, New Product Development, manufacturing, marketing, industry; White papers
Collaboration Through Visualization: No one doubts that better collaboration among departments within a pharmaceutical company, or between it and its business partners, is a good thing. The challenge, however, is to collaborate effectively, without creating more bureaucracy and endless meetings. This article discusses how manufacturers are finding better ways to get research and...; Tags: Research & Development, Groupware, R&D, collaboration, manufacturing; White papers
Research & Development Transformation in the Life Sciences Industry: Arguably the single most critical success factor for the life sciences industry, Research & Development is one of Accenture's highest priorities. Accenture has a range of solutions to help organizations quickly identify the fastest route to high performance. The Life Sciences industry has recognized that now is the time to...; Tags: Research & Development, Accenture Ltd., R&D, high-performance; White papers

Chiron Corporation: Biotechnology Firm Strengthens Project Management Practices, Increases R&D Projects: Chiron Corporation is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company based in Emeryville, California. Chiron needed to improve its time-to-market performance. It wanted better insight into project scheduling and resource allocation, along with uniform project management to help reduce project delays. Pcubed delivered the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution to help...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Chiron Corp., project management, biotechnology, data analysis, R&D, performance; Case studies
Atofina Petrochemicals Inc.: Optimized HDPE Unit Significantly Improves Product Quality, Lowers Operating Costs: This case study is about ATOFINA Petrochemicals, which has manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana, as well as a research and development facility in La Porte, Texas and a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc. is committed to a continuous progress initiative that focuses on streamlining operations and...; Tags: Texas, R&D, manufacturing, performance; Case studies
New Product Launches, R&D Budgets Up This Year: This paper reveals Packaging as also a focus since one manufacturer is creating "pocket-sized enclosable pouches," another is concentrating on "travel friendly packaging ? snacks that will fit into car cup holders and have flip-top easy access." Most suppliers provide consulting and ideas, formulation and samples. Suppliers are less likely...; Tags: Channel management, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Stagnito Communications, formulation, supplier, outsource, manufacturer, New Product Development, R&D, consulting; White papers
How to Achieve High Performance through Superior Research & Development: This paper presents results of a survey conducted by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit to determine how large enterprises within the aerospace, telecommunications, tech manufacturing, and software development industries are spending their R&D budgets.; Tags: Research & Development, Accenture Ltd., R&D, aerospace, software development, high-performance, survey, telecommunications, software; White papers
Case Study: Deep Industry Knowledge Helps Identify Tax Credits for Automotive Client: An automobile manufacturer had been working with another professional services firm. The company was convinced they were aggressively pursuing research and development tax credits. Due to an in-depth knowledge of the automotive industry, the Deloitte team was able to identify significant potential for increased utilization of research and development tax...; Tags: Research & Development, Manufacturing, Deloitte & Touche, R&D, professional services, industry, tax, knowledge, team, benefit; Case studies
Improved Flavor - at a Price: Enzymes are fast becoming the chemical catalyst of choice for baking ingredient suppliers. And it's hardly surprising. With all the investment that's pouring into enzyme research and development, these chemical catalysts now come in a growing assortment of specialized applications. In several baking processes, the use of the new generation...; Tags: Research & Development, Stagnito Communications, catalyst, R&D, industry; White papers
High Efficiency Gas Rooftop Units: This paper discusses and gives details about the high efficiency gas roof top units. The majority of gas-fired rooftop space heaters are mid-efficiency units with efficiencies in the 78%-82% range. This is equal to or slightly above the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) certification standard of 78% fuel utilization efficiency. Research...; Tags: Research & Development, R&D; White papers
Does R&D Bring ROI?: Not to get all Zen on you, but, what is the value of R&D? IEEE SPectrum has its 5th annual R&D 100 spenders, which looks at the world's top investors in R&D. It also examines what it calls 'R&D Intensity,' a measure of R&D spending as a...; Tags: Research & Development, Michael Fitzgerald, ROI, R&D; Blog posts 2008-01-31
Replacing R&D with Networked Innovators: Great companies were once known by the inventions developed in their R&D centers such as AT&T Bell Labs, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and Xerox PARC. But in today's world, where innovators, designers, and powerful production partners are scattered across the globe, it's less important...; Tags: Groupware, Sean Silverthorne, collaboration, Boeing Co., innovator, R&D; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Understanding Research and Development Accounting: There's more than one way to account for Research and Development (R&D). A business using the accrual method of accounting will treat R&D costs as expenses. A business contracted to undertake R&D for another company might treat it as an operational cost. If that business retains an element of financial...; Tags: Research & Development, Operational accounting, BNET Editorial, R&D, operational cost, accrual, accounting, asset, income, GAAP, market research, software development, knowledge, financial, industry, software; Articles 2007-10-02
Distinctive Features Of R&D Operations Outsourced Offshore: Offshore outsourcing, which means the transfer of the responsibility for an operation to an offshore provider, has increased in popularity. Companies have started to realize the potential benefits that lie in this strategic operation mode, and hence both the quality and quantity of the R&D (Research & Development) operations that...; Tags: Research & Development, R&D, offshore outsourcing, outsource, outsourcing, benefit; White papers 2007-08-10
Inventoritis Exposed: Building A Solid Bridge Between Marketing And Engineering: Inventoritis, a largely psychological disorder, is a root cause of the vast amounts of money spent on innovation R&D leading to no direct correlation between R&D spending and sales growth, operating profit or shareholder return among the top 1000 global R&D spenders. It is important to ensure that anyone with...; Tags: Research & Development, Marketing research, R&D, marketing strategy, innovation, marketing, operating profit, leadership, shareholder, sales; White papers 2007-06-01
Strategic Thinking For R&D Amidst Global Economic Change: Retain & Invest, Outsource?Or Reinvent?: This paper explores issues about firm sustainability in a time of rapid global change. As a strategist and product development practitioner, the author needs a better understanding of how those aspects of business intersect today. They are not frequently used in the same sentence; but the author believes they come...; Tags: Research & Development, Product marketing, Case Western Reserve University, practitioner, product development, R&D, strategic thinking, sustainability, globalization, brand, strategy; White papers 2007-05-15
Determinants Of Capital And R&D Intensive Foreign Direct Investment: We study the determinants of capital intensity and technology content of foreign direct investment. For this we use sectoral industry data on U.S. foreign investment abroad, and data on host countries' institutional characteristics, like protection of property rights, labor standards and constitutional arrangements. In our regressions we find that better...; Tags: labor standards, foreign direct investment, investment, R&D, worker, industry; White papers 2007-04-03
Investment In Innovation And Fixed Assets: Tax reforms in the US in the mid-1980s reduced the relative tax cost of equity and internal finance to debt by 30%, from a large reduction in the statutory rate. This paper finds evidence that for innovative firms this lead to a decrease in ordinary investment and an increase in...; Tags: Research & Development, Financial accounting, R&D, investment, equity, finance, innovation, tax, financing, financial; White papers 2007-04-01