Bob Lederer RBDR

Where’s MR venture capital? Indian government is unhappy with BARC. Wall Street’s favorite Twitter metric. (RBDR 04.04.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) If anyone asks you where venture capital money is being directed when it comes to research organizations, here is the latest from PitchBook.

2) The government of India goes public with its dissatisfaction with the new BARC TV ratings system because it feels there is a vast shortage of metered homes.

3) Twitter’s management has jumped here and there with reliance on varied metrics; Wall Street would like it to adopt an stick with “Time Watched.”

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Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Google’s impressive HC exploits; Med device cos’ new biz model (PRVR 8/4/14)

This week on Pharma Research VIDEO Report:
1) Google’s Baseline Study is looking to create the fullest picture of a healthy human being, through data collection from personal trackers, health-related apps and a broad array of other essential data. The goal is to develop solutions to killer diseases. 2) 23andMe’s achieves a second life through $1.4 million NIH research grant. 3) Veronica Combs explains how healthcare reform and other factors are making medical device cos’ operating model obsolete. 4) The healthcare analytics market will achieve 25% compound annual growth rate through 2019.