Best Practices 2012 Drug Trademarks
According to experts, between 1980 and 2010 the number of pharmaceutical trademarks filed increased over 300%. Although 238,010 pharmaceutical trademarks were filed globally in 2010, there were only 21 new drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and 14 new molecular entities approved by the European Medicines Agency ...
The Pharmaceutical Market in Argentina
The Pharmaceutical Market in Argentina Argentina is one of the fast growing pharmaceutical markets in Latin America. It has an approximate revenue share of 10% of the total Latin American pharmaceutical market, and the third largest market in Latin America. Following Argentina's 2001 economic crisis, many international companies left the ...
Brazil to Take Lead in Biotech Crops
Global genetically modified crop plantings rose 8.1 % last year as Brazilian farmers grew more biotech soybeans, and the U.S. raised more biotech corn and cotton. According to the USAAA, a government-funded international organization promoting the use of agricultural biotechnology (particularly in developing countries), last year Brazil was largely responsible ...
Russian Investment & MA Technology
THE U.S.- RUSSIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NEW ENGLAND Russian Investment & Massachusetts Technology A Winning Combination Leo Galperin, LC President and Director of US-Russia Chamber of Commerce, will participate in this important Boston event on March 13th. The event is expected to bring together many leading companies in the area who are interested ...
LC President Attends Opening of RVC
Language Connections President, Leo Galperin, also Director of the US-Russian Chamber of Commerce, attended the opening of Russian Venture Company, USA on February 9th in Boston, MA. Through its relationship with the Russian Venture Company, RVC-USA is closely aligned with several interesting investments in the United States. The Russian company, ...
Language Humor: Funny False Friends
When beginning to learn a foreign language, struggling with false friends will probably be one of the most common (and funniest) problems you will have to face. False friends are words that are similar in spelling or pronunciation, but have completely different meanings. For example, in Spanish if you say “estoy ...
Language of the Month: Indonesian
The Republic of Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,500 islands located between Southeast Asia and Australia. The official national language, Indonesian, based on a form of Malay, is universally taught in schools, and consequently is spoken by nearly every Indonesian. It is the language of business, politics, national ...
The Influence of the English Language on Other Languages
How important is it today to speak the English language fluently or at least understand it? It may be one of the most important things when you want to apply for a job. In other words, speaking English is no longer considered as something special, it is a requirement. Nowadays ...
Scribes and Simultaneous Interpreting at Multilingual Conferences
At Language Connections offer all different types of interpreting services. In addition to simultaneous interpreting, consecutive, and conference interpreting, we also provide ASL interpreting for hearing-impaired clients. Whatever you need for your conference or other multilingual events, we can handle it. Have you ever organized a multilingual academic program and ...
A Joint FDA-EMA Inspection Program
A Joint FDA-EMA Inspection Program Following a successful pilot program, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will begin sharing the work of inspecting pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in their respective regions. Effective as of January 2012, the program hopes to eliminate any duplication of ...