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No, but it isn't the user-level docs that you referred to that I got hired
to write (though I do them, too). It's the FDA work which you referred to as
being prepared by a "regulatory affairs groups separate from the tech pubs
groups." Much of the documentation required by the FDA is internal
documentation that's audited to ensure adherence to quality guidelines --
which is a big part of both pharma/drug and device work.
Dan Goldstein
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From: Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:57 PM
To: DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Subject: RE: RE: Biomed - Wave of the Future - Evolve?
I'm not quite sure what you're disagreeing with. I said it was difficult to
break into pharma/drugs without a medical or biology background, but not
necessarily difficult to get into devices without one. You're in devices
(ok, systems, to e precise), not pharma/drugs. You're not documenting any
therapeutics, are you?
Gene Kim-Eng
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Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:51:24 -0400 Goldstein, Dan?wrote:
Now, here is where I disagree. I am working in a biotech arena, a gene
expressions laboratory.
