Dear Parthiban:
In my view, outsourcing the informatics and data analysis of a pharmaceutical company is very risky, and I would advice against it. This for several reasons. (1) The data relating to the development of a new drug are very sensitive and should not be allowed to go in anybody elses computer, especially not in organized form, i.e., data bases. (2) The results of the analysis of such data are even more sensitive and valuable, and should definitely not be seen by outsiders. (3) The quality of informatics and data analysis depends very much on the motivation of the persons actually doing the work. Sufficient knowledge and motivation is very difficult or impossible to get outside the walls of the pharma company.
Outsourcing can be done of routine tasks requiring moderate security, i.e., payroll and the like. Research and development data of a pharmaceutical company are their most valuable asset, and their organization and analysis should not be left to others.
With the best regards // Svante Wold, Umea University and Umetrics Group.
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From: Parthi
To: qsar_society[*]accelrys.com
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:02 AM
Subject: QSAR - Informatics-Outsourcing
Dear Colleagues:
The trend in drug discovery, including the information technology area, is to want and get things done faster, more reliably, and less expensively, which today means to outsource it. In this scenario, what exactly do the pharma and biotech companies are looking for in specialised informatics companies for outsourcing.
I would appreciate your thoughts. Is it client-centric databases or some software services or development of client-centric specialised tools. If you have something particular I will be happy to contact you to have further discussion. Thanks in advance for your replies. I will summarise all your replies.
Thanks and Regards
- Parthiban S
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Do the Informatics companies really have market, if so, what are the key areas that a start-up informatics company should concentrate?
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