An R&D SME’s Cautiously Optimistic Journey Into The Land Of HR- A Report From BioNJ’s HR Conference, September 23, 2022 As a regulatory and clinical operations SME I was a bit of a fish out of water at September’s BioNJ’s Pharmaceutical Human Resources Conference. Representing LifeSciHub, a network of independently incorporated experts from all across […]
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Today on the Center for the Transformation of Work thought leadership call we heard from Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski 🧠creator of Braintrust, a marketplace for creatives. Although LifeSciHub and Braintrust have followed different pathways, we’ve both arrived at the same conclusions: -That “Take Rates” (mark ups) should decrease -That operating as a #dao unlocks value that would […]
READ MORELifeSciHub is grateful to have been instrumental in DIA ‘s recent decision to create a new conference attendance pricing category- Independent Contractor Rates- a 25% discount off industry registration rates Please, use this to spread the word and put pressure on any and every conference you would like to attend. This is just a little […]
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LifeSciHub’s believes in radical transparency, and as such, the entirety of LifeSciHub’s Profit & Loss is reported to members, both Expert Provider small businesses and Hiring Entities. We reviewed all 2021 inputs and outputs, all fees, expenses, and investments in: software development, office support, management and administrative staff payments, marketing, legal and insurance, everything. Also […]
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This post will explain the recent birth of the “DAO” concept, and why adapting it to the LifeSciHub business model might be not only possible, but amazing- a new way for a group of human beings to collaborate together, create value, and distribute that value. Not up and out to the 1%- execs and investors- […]
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LifeSciHub is a strategic response to the Great Resignation. Many happy and thriving independent experts may not realize how challenging it is for drug sponsors to find and engage independent experts. There are two reasons for this: 1) Many independent experts work mostly with small pharmbio, because there are far fewer administrative hurdles to go […]
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Everyone in the pharmaceutical industry knows there’s a big difference between small pharma and large pharma. Although the regulations, requirements and standards are exactly the same, the cultures and buying behaviors can be quite different. To add clarity to the discussion LifeSciHub describes and (loosely) quantifies the “Tier” structure of the pharmaceutical industry. There is […]
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LifeSciHub FAQ I already work directly with sponsors, why should I work with LifeSciHub? The LifeSciHub platform seeks to provide value in areas where small businesses can experience gaps, such as: Transparency Even the busiest small, independent businesses end up in a “subcontracting” type of arrangement sometimes, wherein a third party introduces but is not […]
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Expert Provider Problem: From Chris, a 25 year veteran of regulatory and clinical operations at Pfizer/Novartis/J&J/Amgen/Merck [one of these]: “I had a former colleague who took a role as Director of Regulatory Operations at Roche/AstraZeneca/AbbVie/GSK [one of these]. When she heard I became an independent consultant she called me right away for an eTMF inspection […]
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LifeSciHub appreciates independent workforce advocates across the globe, and Robert Vlach, author of The Freelance Way, is one of those amazing fellow advocates! From his newsletter this morning, 28 February 2022: —————– From: Freelancing.eu <hello@freelancing.eu> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 1:50 PM To: Sheila Mahoney <sheila@lifescihub.com> Subject: Freeletter 💙💛 Independence. Liberty. Freedom + Why to […]
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Independently incorporated Small Businesses Expert Providers (EP) aren’t subject to annual performance reviews- that is part of the joy of separating from the org chart! And yet, feedback is still required for continuous improvement and competitive benchmarking. For all projects that go through the LifeSciHub platform, LifeSciHub collects feedback on both sides of the equation- […]
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All LifeSciHub members are small business. LifeSciHub is too! As we’re also based on total transparency, we thought, why not invite our fellow small business members into the details of the LifeSciHub tech platform startup journey? It is both informative and interesting, for all of us who are interested in business. And, if you are […]
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Meeting recording here ————— Join LifeSciHub to hear medical device expert Haley Schwartz describe her journey to independent consulting and the remarkable innovations she sees taking place in the medical device world. And of course, speed networking! Aug 23, 2021, 12 noon, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448322453
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Fantastic Fireside with Wessam Sonbol of DelveHealth– thank you Wessam! Post meeting update- recording here: Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/sLhEtWc65u-4Y_Yp-u7_S5xbS8NBl7Jm7K8HnJDAynvprq2dy4bMyBIiRk2l51KE.58m1Ks05w5JRxiHM ———— Monday Aug 9 2021, 12 noon EDT Meeting Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448322453 Innovation is a load bearing pillar of independent workforce. On the front lines of their own revenue generation, independent expert must stay relevant […]
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June 2021 Profit Sharing Update LifeSciHub is thrilled to share approximately $700, which represents 10% of June 2021’s “gross profit” by current accounting, with members who spent time with LifeSciHub participating in LifeSciHub’s experimental “committee” work – namely the DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) exploratory discussions, as well as the Survey preparation discussions. These meetings took […]
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Fantastic Fireside from extremely experienced biometrics/pharma start up independent expert Doug Milikien, Accudata Solutions. Thank you Doug! Post meeting update- recording link: Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/5CiHee3e_CQJwphkpyg3JFI4Ulrsf_4SHCRXg9iIYEX7gDMIIRVxY5CQqSxngaCZ.5Wz_7u24abgjUYPc ——– Meeting Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448322453 Join us for a discussion on Business Development. Doug Milikien will be regaling some of his more interesting negotiation stories. This will be a fun… […]
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LifeSciHub continues the Fireside Chat series in Q3 2021. This quarter we’re thrilled to invite guest speakers from among the independent workforce. Life sciences experts, entrepreneurs, visionaries. In other words, independent experts! For Teams Channel Meeting Information, Register HERE July 19 Independent Business and MSA Sharing– A “Future of Work” Case Study by Independent […]
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Missed this awesome session? No problem!! Recording HERE —————- In 2021, we should all know by now that business is no longer business as usual. We live in a very different world than, say, 1962- which is when many of the business cultures that still dominate thinking, decision making and “spend” were born. Today, we […]
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LifeSciHub is thrilled to announce that as of June 15, 2021, data collection for our 3rd Annual study of the independent workforce in life sciences is open! The purpose of the study is to provide data and clarity into the use and engagement of independent experts in life sciences. This survey follows up key findings […]
READ MOREQuick summary of what was discussed: LifeSciHub Strategic Updates Mission statement Problem statement Economics of traditional 3rd party engagement and why industry can’t afford to operate like this anymore Stark real-life example of money wasted by industry- this does a disservice to the patients we are trying to serve Industry seems largely ignorant of the problem, […]
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