VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Think about 3 questions your colleagues could ask you during a meeting about a trial + answers

My name is Chelseam I am working in a pharmaceutical company for 1 years but I have worked for 4 years.
I am working on clinical trials. I am just responsible for a small part of the work.
I am not excited about it because I have worked for a long time. I think it is long because all of the past 4 years Im work in clinical.
I don’t have passion, I like in the weekend I like to do exercise. go to see my personal teacher.
Because I don’t know how to exercise in a gym with the machines.
My English, I am like a primary school student in speaking but reading is better because I use English in my daily work.
Like emails, like reading the company standard procedure.
I need to speak if I am promoted to a high level because there will be meetings. It is Chinese company but I have meetings with foreign colleagues
I negotiate with foreign colleagues because the HQ of my company is in American. It is an American company.

In the meetings like most of the time they talk when the timeline and problems, the requirements.

First step is to exam the safety of the drug in normal. test on people not sick. Before they test on quality patients to improve the safety.
After that it is second step, it is to exam the effectiveness for the patients. The third step is similar to the second step, the different is the third step needs more large population. Usually more than 100 but it depend on the design. Fourth step is after the medicine is on the market the company has the responsibility to collect the bad adverse even the medicine has on market.

I only worked on phase 3. The phase 3 is complicated than the other phases.
Actually we want the patient to they met the requirements of the protocol. In criteria.

My name is Chelsea I have been working in a pharmaceutical company for 1 years but I have worked for 4 years in total.
I am working on/ I am in charge of clinical trials. I am just responsible for a small part of the work.
I am not excited about it because I have worked in the industry for a long time/ there aren’t many new things.
I think it is long because all of the past 4 years I have been working on trials.
I don’t have a passion. in the weekend I like to do exercises/ to exercise / to go to the gym
I go to see my personal coach / personal trainer  because I don’t know how to use the machines. / how to properly exercise
My English, I am like a primary school student in speaking/ my level is similar to a primary school student but reading is better because I use English in my daily work.
I use English in things like emails, like reading the company standard procedure.
I need to speak better if I want to be promoted to a high level because there will be meetings. It is Chinese company but I have meetings with foreign colleagues
I negotiate with foreign colleagues because the HQ of my company is in America. It is an American company.

In the meetings most of the time they talk about timelines/

First step is to examine the safety of a drug in normal conditions. test on people who are not sick/ we test on healthy people to make sure it is safe.
After that it is the second step, it is to examine/test the effectiveness for/on the patients/ on people who are sick. The third step is similar to the second step, the different is that in the third step we need a larger population/ we take a larger sample. Usually more than 100 but it depends on the design of the test / on the test design . The fourth step is after the medicine is on the market/available to the public/after it hits the market the company has the responsibility to collect the adverse effects.

Vocabulary

to notice 注意
I didn’t notice any adverse effect during the trial

drowsy : making on want to sleep
A lot of medicine make people drowsy.

adverse : unfavorable / not good
One of the adverse effect of the medicine is that it makes you want to sleep.

to hit the market : to become available to the public.
Our new medicine will hit the market in August.

sample抽样：what you test on
We only tested on 10 people, the sample is too small we have to redo the test with a bigger sample.

condition 状况
The medicine must be kept in dry conditions.

to make sure : to ensure 保证
We make sure that the drug is safe.

exam (n): test
I had an eye exam yesterday.

To examine : to test
We examine the safety of a drug.

phases : steps
I work on phase 3.

effectiveness 有效性
This drug has a high effectiveness for headaches.

efficiency : how fast something works效率
Both medicines are effective but this one is more efficient.

properly : in the correct way
Many people get hurt in the gym because they don’t exercise properly.

trainer : someone who trains
I have a personal trainer.

coach : teacher for something specific 辅导教师
I have a personal coach at the gym.

to be in charge of 负责
I am in charge of clinical trials.

standard procedure : how to do something
It is standard procedure to test on rats before humans.

machine 机器
There are many strange machines in the gym.

better更好
The medicine works better on young patients.

Grammar

Put the time at the beginning or the end of a sentence
On Sunday I went to the gym.
I went to the gym on Sunday.

Grammar

comparative:

If the word is short ( less than 2 syllables) + r/er
Tall -> taller 
large -> larger

If the word is long (more than 2 syllables) +more before the word
Expensive -> more expensive
Difficult -> more difficult

good-> better
bad-> worse

Pronunciation

examine