Category Archives: People

01Oct/19

Culture Change Management in Support of Digital Integration at Fresenius Medical Care

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A Straight from the Source Webinar

To support changing regulatory frameworks and business models, forward thinking Life-Science companies like Fresenius Medical Care are not just considering digital integration but are implementing strategies that unify Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Manufacturing Execution Systems, (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and a variety of other software solutions.

To assure improved outcomes, all these systems must ultimately coexist which is why a digital integration strategy is critical.

In this Straight from the Source Webinar featuring Bill D’Innocenzo, SVP of Digital Integration at Fresenius Medical Care, we discuss why Digital Transformation is a Journey… Not a Project! We will also review why transforming organizational culture and behaviors is imperative to ensuring the success of new business models in support of improved outcomes.

Join Fresenius Medical Care’s Bill D’Innocenzo and Axendia’s Sandra Rodriguez for a live webinar on October 30th at 11:00 AM ET.

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Key Takeaways:

• 5 Steps to a Successful Digital Integration Strategy
• Why you must build a cross-functional team during the digital transformation journey
• Why transforming organization culture first is imperative to supporting new business models
• The road to a successful digital integration strategy is first paved by the people leading the change

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13Jul/18

Lucky 13! What’s in a Number?

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At Axendia, We Consider 13 More Than a Lucky Number!

We are quickly approaching our 13 Year Anniversary!  Since 2005, we have been providing trusted advice to Life-Science Industry Executives on Business, Regulatory and Technology Matters. It’s more than just luck, our analysts help a diverse set of clients achieve positive disruption through primary research and deep industry experience in a complex and highly regulated Industry.  Not only is our staff passionate about what they do, they average 20 years of Life-Science industry experience.

As a result, Axendia has proudly built long-term relationships across a broad industry ecosystem including:

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We provide strategic advice on key initiatives and understand the issues and priorities facing Industry Executives. We architect strategic road-maps to support positive disruption.

Examples include:

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04May/18

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN AN ERGO CUP®?

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THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, WELL, IT TAKES A VILLAGE OF VOLUNTEERS TO WIN AN ERGO CUP®

By: Mónica V. Matlis, Vice President Ergonomics
2018 Applied Ergonomics Conference ERGO Cup® Competition Co-Chair

Whenever the Applied Ergonomics Conference ends, I leave on a high. Adrenaline is still pumping in my veins. My co-chair, Jeff Hoyle, and I have just finished a “live stream” of the conference award ceremony and announced the winners of the internationally recognized ERGO Cup® competition. After months of preparation, we have finally closed the conference with an excitement that is contagious. We take a few minutes to acknowledge the winners by taking selfies with the teams and thanking them for the months of hard work & preparation.AEC Winning Moment

The internationally recognized Ergo Cup® competition, sponsored by the Ergonomics Center of North Carolina and Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University and presented by IISE, provides an exciting opportunity for companies to highlight their successful ergonomic solutions. The general theme across all Ergo Cup® categories is innovation.  Five Ergo Cup® awards are presented annually for outstanding solutions through training, engineering and teamwork.

To be a finalist at the competition is an honor. To win is an achievement of a lifetime! For these teams, it’s like winning an Oscar.

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27Apr/18

Lot Size: YOU – When YOU are the RAW MATERIAL and the FINISHED PRODUCT

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Managing the Chain of Custody and Identity for Regenerative Medicine Products.

By: Daniel R. Matlis, President

According to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.  “We’re at the beginning of a paradigm change in medicine with the promise of being able to facilitate regeneration of parts of the human body, where cells and tissues can be engineered to grow healthy, functional organs to replace diseased ones; new genes can be introduced into the body to combat disease; and adult stem cells can generate replacements for cells that are lost to injury or disease. This is no longer the stuff of science fiction. This is the practical promise of modern applications of regenerative medicine.”

The promise of individualized therapies is why the FDA is encouraging and supporting innovation in this field. To this end, the Agency has released a framework outlining how it intends to apply existing laws and regulations to oversee these products. FDA’s stated goal is to ensure that it is nimble and creative to foster innovation, while taking steps to protect the safety of patients.

In individualized patient-derived cellular gene therapy products, the patient is the raw material, product, and the treatment.  In gene therapy products, cells removed from the patient become the raw material.  They are then genetically modified and returned to the patient as the “finished product”.

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14Feb/18

What is FDA Thinking? We Asked, They Answered!

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An Interview with Francisco (Cisco) Vicenty – US FDA

By: Daniel R. Matlis, President

That is a question I often hear from industry executives around the globe.

To answer this question, I sat down with FDA’s Francisco Vicenty, for over an hour, to discuss a wide range of topics and gain an understanding of FDA’s current thinking on these topics. Cisco Vicenty is the Case for Quality Program Manager at FDA’s Office of Compliance, CDRH.

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Driving a Culture of Quality in Industry

The overarching drive at FDA is enabling high levels of product excellence and innovation across industry and to provide patients with access to high quality, safe, and effective medical devices.  The agency wants to incentivize industry to adopt quality best practices; to adopt product quality excellence that drives improved patient outcomes.


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