The pharmaceutical industry is spending twice as much on R&D we did a decade ago to produce 40% new medicines of what it did then?
There may be many reasons for this, but it raises the question if the huge advances in technology we have seen, have not led to any significant increase in the quality of data? This was one of many interesting topics discussed at this year’s ACDM Annual Conference. After a lively discussion all delegates took a vote and the majority did not believe the advances in technology have led to a significant increase in quality. The consensus was that technology allows a quicker access to data, but that the end product will be of the same quality, even though we have to make a bigger effort to get there with less technology.
The theme of the conference dinner was “James Bond – 007”, and we all enjoyed a bit of gambling at the tables. However, do not gamble with your study – put your bet on RPL Data Management to take care of your data.