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Top Trends in the Pharmaceutical Industry [2025]: What to Expect?

Epicflow

At present, AI is leveraged by pharmaceutical companies for the following purposes: Identifying potential drug targets and validating them; Improving clinical trial s efficiency (e.g., The rapid progress of the COVID-19 vaccine development is also associated with the use of AI-driven analytic s. with used syringes or needles).

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Saving the Planet from Ecological Disaster Is a $12 Trillion Opportunity

Harvard Business

” The world, he has argued, has lots of resources – water, energy, and so on – but we’re hampered because we can’t access it efficiently. But, he says , ultimately “technology is a resource-liberating force.” ” It could help us solve our resource constraints.

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Research: Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive

Harvard Business

We also changed the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the space by controlling the number of common materials that emit these chemicals — e.g., surface cleaners, dry erase markers, dry cleaned clothing, and building materials. For the optimized environment, we increased the amount of outdoor air brought in to the space (i.e.,

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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

My experience working with a start-up that has found a way to test the enzymatic degradability of different plastics with a hundred times increased efficiency was instructive in spotting the mistakes failed trailblazers often make. Start-up in the Plastics Industry.

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"Process Mining"? Sounds Like a Waste of Time.

Markovitz Consulting

For example, the global chemical company Chermours used process mining to analyze their order-to-cash process: It took the process mining effort four months to uncover how the actual process was performing (not just what the ERP documentation stated). I’m sure it does more efficient.

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Women Need Mindfulness Even More than Men Do

Harvard Business

We are less efficient, less effective, and more likely to make mistakes when we multitask. Research attributes this to both structural and chemical differences in their brains. A better question is whether women should be proud of their multitasking. Research does have an answer to this question. And the answer is no.

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5 Tips to Renew Your Motivation and Stay Focused

Tom Spencer

Thirdly, research suggests that people who are more physically active become more efficient at using energy. If you use energy more efficiently, then you should have more in reserve for exerting deliberate mental effort! Adenosine is a chemical that makes you sleepy by slowing down neural activity.

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