Biotech: Page 57


  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    BIO 2006 -- Annual Conference

    BIO 2006 — Annual Conference BIO 2006 — Breaks Attendance Records BIO 2006 conference wrap-up Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, an ethanol-fueled race car, and the world’s largest indoor cornfield boosted attendance at BIO 2006 to a record...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    On the Calendar

    Your Source for Life-Sciences Events and Conference Information Professional education is an ongoing endeavor for most executives. PharmaVOICE has partnerships with every major conference provider serving the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE is distributed at more than 150 industry events a ye...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Trendline

    Oncology R&D

    Cancer research remains a prime focus for the industry and often leads to pharma’s most impactful breakthroughs.   

    By PharmaVoice staff
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    PharmaTrax

    Genomics Will Drive Drug Development Once clear, unambiguous pathways and procedures are laid out, genomic applications will blaze a path through the clinic, the physicians’ offices, and eventually into the hands of consumers, says Mike Goodman, General Manager of CHA Advances Reports. Mike Goodm...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    On the Calendar

    May 10 2006 HBA Woman of the Year Luncheon Hilton New York, New York For more information, contact Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association at 973-575-0606, e-mail [email protected], or visit hbanet.org. May 10-12 PharmaDiscovery Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, North Bethesda...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Table of Contents

    On the Cover Creative marketing: New challenges, new tools, new attitudes Marketers are turning to a vast array of tools to meet today’s challenges. The hot tools are predominately patient focused instead of the broader, mass- marketing approach of DTC. FEATURES Combination products: Drugs and de...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    UpFront

    Biotech pioneer recognized Dr. Zaffaroni Receives 2006 Biotech Heritage Award The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) presented the 8th Annual Biotechnology Heritage Award to Alejandro Zaffaroni, a pioneer of the biotechnology revolution and a legendar...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Modeling Change

    Modeling Change Predictive Measures Sharen Godwin VP, Rx Patient Messaging Solutions VIEW on Biotech April 2006 There is a paradigm shift happening within the industry — a modeling change that embraces innovation to improve wellness and the overall healthcare outlook....

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Unraveling the Strands of Online Success

    Web-based promotional initiatives are cost-effective strategies for biotech companies to promote their technologies and clinical successes to investor communities, but too few consider the proper metrics for successful campaigns. There are countless bits of informa...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Lessons from the Garden: Care and Feeding Needed to Grow Great Biotech Brands

    Lessons from the Garden: Care and Feeding Needed to Grow Great Biotech Brands VIEW on Biotech April 2006 Branding David Winigrad President Maureen Mangiavas Senior Director, Business Development The 1979 film “Being There” is the memorable story of Chance the Gardener, portrayed by Pet...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Marketplace

    Featured Product and Service Showcases Ateb Inc. BioCor Criterium Inc. DVC HealthCare Inc. The Hal Lewis Group Inc. inVentiv Health Medidata Solutions Inc. MedNet Solutions MProven LLC NXLevel Inc. Stinson Brand Innovation Inc. Sudler & Hennessey Directory of Companies by Catego...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    E-Learning: Powering the Employee Engine

    Whether understanding a body of knowledge or acquiring the ability to perform a specific skill, today’s biotechnology executives need and want e-learning that is relevant to their jobs. When e-learning is based on psychological and technological engagement factors, it ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Contracting for Clinical Success

    Contracting for Clinical Success Clinical Research VIEW on Biotech April 2006 Clinical excellence is a necessary component of any trial from Phase 1 to CTD preparation, but attention to detail is particularly important for biotechnology companies. Small- and midsize biotechnology compani...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Table of Contents

    Table of Contents Letter from the Editor VIEW on Biotech April 2006 The Forum Biotechnology: Building on Momentum — In 2005, biotech companies maintained the momentum that began in 2004, fueled by revenue from marketed biotech drugs, which reached $33 billion in sales. Company Listing by Topic of...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Letter from the Editor

    Biotech is poised for a breakout year, but will 2006 be the one? While 2005 wasn’t an unqualified success, it had more ups than downs. The industry raised $17 billion in financing and $15 billion in partnering capital, according to Burrill & Co. The industry’s market cap for publicly trad...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    PharmaTrax

    Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts Market for Biochips in Clinical Research Expected to expand As biochip technology makes the transition from bench to bedside in the clinical-trial process, improved patient therapies will result, according to a recent report from Frost &...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    On the Calendar

    April 2006 On the Calendar April 17-19 2006 World Health Care Congress Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. PharmaVOICE is exhibiting at this event. For more information, contact Tracey Fielding, World Congress, at 781-939-2555, e-mail [email protected], or visit worldcongress...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Drugs in the Real World

    By Denise Myshko A greater regulatory focus on safety means companies are under pressure to provide more information about a prescription drug, as well as about the characteristics of patients, once a product becomes available to the larger marketplace. companies are being asked to provide inform...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Marketplace

    Advertising 5MetaCom 630 W. Carmel Dr. Ste. 180 Carmel, IN 46032 Phone: 317-580-7540 Fax: 317-580-7550 www.5metacom.com 5strong Healthcare 150 JFK Pkwy. Ste. 100 Short Hills, NJ 07078 Phone: 973-847-5923 Fax: 973-847-6006 www.5strong.com abecé Division of Interpublic Group of ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Shifting the Pediatrics Paradigm

    By Autumn Konopka The FDA’s push for pediatric studies since the late 1990s has nearly doubled the pediatrics market, which is expected to keep growing in the coming years. Nevertheless, children remain “therapeutic orphans,” and some experts believe that the pediatrics market may never be able t...

    By Autumn Konopka • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    What's New

    New Prescription Drug Information Format to Improve Patient Safety The FDA is seeking to reduce the complexity of information on prescription drug labels, making them more useful for physicians and patients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled a major revision to the format o...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Prescription for Success in Globalization

    Prescription for Success in Globalization VIEW on a common global language Sig Shirodkar, Principal, and Mark Mozeson, Principal and life sciences Practice Leader, both of Archstone Consulting, discuss why designing a set of corporate attributes and standards of behavior is the key to global succ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    PharmaTrax

    Regulatory Deficiency is High Among Non-U.S. Clinical Investigators In a sharp reversal of previous trends, good clinical practice (GCP) deficiency rates for non-U.S.-based clinical investigators have surged past the corresponding rates for U.S.-based investigators. This is the finding of The Glo...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    PharmaTrax

    Consumer Health Market Trends Show Continued Interest in E-Based Sources The population of consumers using the Internet as their primary learning channel for health information continued an upward trajectory in 2005, with 31.6 million consumers reporting that the Internet is their first stop when...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    UpFront

    Device Trends Source: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., New York Five Issues Expected to Shape the Industry In 2005, the device industry registered an average 12% growth in sales over 2004, with a few companies growing as much as 25%. Smaller industry players were buoyed by the Medical Device User Fee St...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Table of Contents

    On the Cover Bridging the gap between sales and marketing One of the most challenging issues facing sales and marketing departments in life-sciences companies is integrating their internal communications for optimal product messaging. By working at senior levels to create a single vision for sale...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008