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Summer Internship Experience
Before I applied for an internship with AcuBiz Consulting, there was a great degree of uncertainty as to what I could both offer to the internship and what I could learn as an economics/business-based student entering a field that was primarily dominated by biotechnology/science students. Would the skills I learned […]

Summer Internship Experience at AcuBiz

Biotechnology Business internship
After completing my final semester, I was supposed to complete 3 months of an internship as per my course requirement. After I applied for an internship at AcuBiz Consulting Sdn Bhd, I was asked to write an article on any medical related topic for a selection process. Since it is […]

Why Biotechnology Business internship is a MUST?

Could a biotech internship be more meaningful than the one I just completed? Perhaps this year’s internship experience would be a life-changing one for me. As a part of my University Journey, I need to go through an internship program. This program is mandatory to graduate at my university. This […]

Market Research in a Nutshell for biotech Students: My ...

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As a student, after finishing my final year, it is a requirement to complete an internship at a biotech company. I was looking more towards laboratory-based internships initially. Then, I came across with the website of AcuBiz, a life-science, and biotechnology consultancy firm, which fascinated me. I have done business […]

Experiencing the BUSINESS side of Biotechnology

Food Safety Testing Markets Challenges and Innovative Solutions
Globalization of food, an ever-growing sheer volume of food needed worldwide, increased awareness of consumers, unforgiving press and media coverage of contamination incidents – all these are key drivers of the growing food safety testing market and are presenting new challenges to the ages-old food industry. Conducting market research on […]

Food Safety Testing Markets: Challenges and Innovative Solutions

Biotech Consulting Internship
A summer biotech consulting internship during under-graduate years can be beneficial in multiple ways. My goals in doing a summer internship in Biotech Consultancy were to learn more about the fields of science I was so passionate about from a business rather than academic perspective for a change, and explore […]

The Benefits of Doing a Biotech Consulting Internship

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the former capital and the most populated city in Vietnam, has turned from a reticent fishing village into a vibrant metropolitan city that clocks a GDP growth of 8 – 12% YOY since it opened up its doors for business. With attention being turned away […]

Heads turn to Vietnam’s booming healthcare market

malaysianbiopharma
The Malaysian biopharma industry is in its painful initial growth stages. An effective knowledge transfer process is critical for the industry to survive and grow. This blog evaluates the opportunities challenges of Malaysian biopharma industry and then explores the tools for effective knowledge transfer monitoring and job transition that can […]

Role of Knowledge Transfer in the Growth of Malaysian Biopharma

Women Scientists
Can Life Sciences Industry Evolve and let women scientists in emerging markets to “Have-it-All”? Mriae, a 33-year-old scientist in the Philippines, is resuming her career as a microbiologist in a tertiary care hospital after a maternity break of one year. After completing her PhD in microbiology, Mriae worked her way […]

Women Scientists in Emerging Markets: Can Life Sciences Industry Offer ...

LifeSciencesOpportunities
Life sciences industry is not a major focus area for Malaysian recruitment firms yet. Business models of most of the staffing and recruitment companies still revolve around the human resources needed for IT, finance, and commodity manufacturing. Though there is a surge in life sciences projects, I guess recruitment firms […]

Can Staffing Industry in Malaysia Tap Life Sciences Opportunities?