
The Healthcare Crisis in Greece
It’s hard to believe that the country responsible for the Hippocratic Oath and the first hospitals can no longer sustain its own medical system. With the current emphasis on cutbacks, the Greek healthcare system is collapsing. Read on to find more about the healthcare crisis in Greece! ...

Biologics Manufacturing In India
India's Biologics Manufacturing Potential India currently holds 8% of the world’s biomanufacturing potential and, along with China and other Asian-Pacific countries, its biologics manufacturing capacity is expected to grow rapidly transforming it into an important biomanufacturing center. Several factors have helped position India as a leader in the production of ...

The Benefits of Being Bilingual
As anyone who speaks more than one language knows, being bi or multilingual has many benefits. It opens doors to new cultures, new people, new ways of thinking, and even new job opportunities. This isn't all just speculation either - tests have proven that there are certain advantages and benefits of ...

Language of the Month: Yup’ik
The world today has more than 6800 spoken languages. While some are well known and have millions of speakers, some languages are lesser known and tend to be spoken in only one area. One such language is central Alaskan Yup’ik. Yup’ik comes from the words “yuk” and “pik” meaning person and genuine, respectively ...

LC Provides Interpreting Services for J&J Russia
Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has selected Language Connections on various occasions to provide interpreting services for their important business meetings. We are pleased that they continue to choose us to ensure communication for high level business meetings and presentations when quality and accuracy are critical. We ...

LC Provides Simultaneous Interpreting Services for Boston College
Language Connections is proud to be the language service provider for the first international colloquium of high school Jesuit education held at Boston College this month. We will be providing translation services for travel documents and newsletters for the event, as well as simultaneous interpreting services in Spanish and French ...

Medical Chinese Translation and Trends in Chinese Biotech Collaboration
Is Medical Chinese Translation Needed? Biotech companies that want to partner with companies in emerging countries are increasingly looking to China. The country's growing economy as well as large government investments in the biotech sector have provided significant incentive. However, according to several studies and surveys, there is a strong indication ...

International Consortium Decodes Tomato Genome
An international consortium of 300 researchers from 14 different countries (appropriately named the Tomato Genome Consortium or TGC) recently announced that they had decoded 80% of the tomato genome, and 90% of its 35,000 protein-coding genes. The leaders of the UK arm emphasized that this collaborative effort will not only make precision ...

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Announces Partnership with Merck Serono
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Merck Serono Join Forces India's Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Merck Serono, a division of Merck Germany, recently announced a partnership to co-develop biosimilars, focusing primarily on monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) targeting cancer.The partnership covers co-development, manufacturing and international commercialization. It will capitalize on Dr. Reddy’s current biosimilars market ...

LC Chosen as Language Service Provider at 2012 BIO International
Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting Services at BIO International BIO International is one of biotech's largest conventions which brings together leaders in the industry from around the world. Participants include many international delegates as well as major players in the industry. This year's meeting was very well attended with representation from ...