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Live blog from the DIA clinical forum

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Adam Adam set up Dianthus Medical in 1999. He is an experienced medical writer and statistician, has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in medical statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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I’m writing this from the DIA clinical forum in Nice, where Alice, Nancy and I are showing Dianthus Medical to the world of clinical research at the exhibition. We’ve had a nice leisurely start this morning, as the exhibition didn’t start until 10.30, so I had plenty of time for a pre-breakfast run this morning. Running along the seafront in Nice is a particularly lovely thing to do, particularly early in the morning when the sun is not quite above … Continue reading →

Annoying sales calls

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Adam Adam set up Dianthus Medical in 1999. He is an experienced medical writer and statistician, has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in medical statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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It’s my first morning back in the office after a lovely week’s holiday in the Lake District, and already I’m feeling grumpy again. Just had a sales call from someone claiming to be from Reuters (not sure whether he really was or not) trying to sell me some expensive business intelligence reports. As I’ve blogged before, I find unsolicited sales calls deeply annoying, and pretty much the first thing I asked him was “are you trying to sell me anything?”, … Continue reading →