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Strategic Phase II Planning -- More Important Than Ever for the Biotech Industry
Strategic Phase II Planning — More Important Than Ever for the Biotech Industry Lukas Makris, Ph.D. CEO Phase II programs should not only be judged on how well the objectives were met, but on how well they might predict the Phase III outcome. The biotechnology industr...
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Personalized Medicine: Our Industry's Next Great Leap Forward
Personalized Medicine: Our Industry’s Next Great Leap Forward Marketing Personalized medicine will drive medicine to become much more of a science than an art. And with that change, there will be many necessary fundamental changes to how our industry markets these innovations. Ri...
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Explore the Trendline➔
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Companies that utilize these emerging technologies wisely are likely to find an edge in the increasingly competitive drug development arena.
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On the Calendar
February 15-17 WCBF Six Sigma in Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Hyatt Regency Dallas, Dallas For more information, contact Louise Gosling, WCBF Six Sigma Solutions, at 44-14-83 76-0883, e-mail [email protected], or visit wcbf.com. February 15-18 18th Annual DIA Electronic Document Manageme...
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What's on Your Mind -- Opinions
Opinions More on Leadership Development PharmaVOICE received such an overwhelming response to our leadership development opinion question — how executives throughout the industry develop leaders — for the April issue, we are pleased to publish additional insights on this hot topic. Entrepreneuria...
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The Art of the Deal
The biotech industry is in a much stronger position now than it was in its early days, and today biotech companies enjoy a prominent seat at the negotiation table. Biotech companies, especially those with products, are asking for true collaboration instead of relying on licensing deals. The days ...
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Risk Management
Risk Management Turett. The term risk management implies a defensive, prepare-for-the-worst strategy. While defensive preparation is certainly important, taking a fresh look at conducting business in a “patient-first” manner will reduce the need to implement a defensive approach. In other words, ...
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Table of Contents
On the Cover Culture of compliance: Cutting through the confusion To be compliant with the many regulations and guidances that apply to the marketing of prescription products, companies need to create a culture of compliance that fosters and promotes an ethical atmosphere and compliant behavior. ...
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Talent Pool
Pharma POOL Matthew E. Czajkowski aaiPharma Appoints Executive VP, Chief Financial Officer Matthew E. Czajkowski has been appointed executive VP and chief financial officer of aaiPharma, Wilmington, N.C., a science-based pharmaceutical company focused on pain management. Mr. Czajkowski, 55, previ...
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Business Models
Turett. The pharmaceutical industry needs to resolve multiple bipolarities: being a business and being a public utility; being doctor-focused and being consumer-focused; and being about medical innovation and being about marketing. The industry has begun a process of self-reinvention that in 2005...
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Medical Education
Medical Education Nash-Wong. Last year’s predictions on regulatory changes had us believing medical education was a thing of the past. Not so, if one considers the fact that physicians continue to attend educational meetings, despite limited food budgets and a ban on spouses. So rather than forec...
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Multifunctional Teams
Multifunctional Teams Wilson. Historically, the pharmaceutical industry has faced two hurdles: achieving product registration and securing reimbursement. Today, demonstrating product value is becoming a much stronger issue. It’s not just a matter of product price, but the impact on total cost of ...
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Technology
Technology Cauwenbergh. Ideally, predictive tools, including assays, computer modeling techniques, and biomarkers could shorten development time, reduce the cost of development, and increase the accuracy of diagnosis, making sure that the right patient gets the right drug because of proper diagno...
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Introduction
The Pulse of the Industry By Taren Grom This first annual PharmaVOICE Year in PreVIEW is designed to provide an overview of the challenges and trends expected to impact the life-sciences industry in the coming year and beyond. For this special forum, a distinguished list of more than 100 industry...
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Letter from the Editor
2005 Year In Preview Taren Grom In keeping with PharmaVOICE’s mission of providing insightful and provocative commentary on the business practices, strategies, and services that affect the life cycle of products from molecule through market, it is our pleasure to publish the first annual Year in ...
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Table of Contents
Contents Kristine Nash-Wong, Marketing Manager at HealthMedia, speaks about reputation enhancement. Dr. Thomas Wicks, VP of Regulatory Affairs at Odyssey Pharmaceuticals, talks about continuing treatment innovation while limiting costs. Scott Szwast, Sector Marketing Manager at UPS Supply Chain S...
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Cover
PharmaVOICE The Forum for the Industry Executive Year In Preview: 2005 More than 100 experts talk about the industry’s future www.pharmavoice.com December 2004 Special Issue Volume 4 Number 12 Download PDF
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Dr. Mark Ahn -- Poetic Science
Mark Ahn — Poetic Science For Mark Ahn, Ph.D., leadership is less about the power of one individual and more about the creation of heroic teams. Using a mix of literature, history, and traditional business skills, Dr. Ahn has found ways to unlock the imagination of his colleagues and employees at...
By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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PharmaTrax
Biotech Drugs Will Be Hard Hit By Benefit Management Biologicals, which have received minimal pharmacoeconomic scrutiny from payers, increasingly will face the same strict value-based review and administration processes of pharmaceuticals, according to a 2005 study from The Bruckner Group Inc. (B...
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Chief Risk Officers: Time for a Seat at The Table
VIEW on risk management Chief Risk Officers Time for a Seat at the Table In the wake of year one Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for U.S. public companies, there are greater challenges and increased expectations in addressing enterprise risk. Yet, compliance is not a matter of completing a one-year pro...
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PharmaTrax
Drug Importation Poses Risks A federal HHS Task Force has warned in its Report on Prescription Drug Importation against the public health risks and economic effects of legalizing the importation of drugs from Canada and other countries with price controls. “This study confirms the deep flaws inhe...
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PharmaOutlet
Pharma’s Clouds Aren’t Darkening the Employee Recruitment Outlook Contributed by Julie B. Kampf Massive product safety recalls; costly accounting and pricing violations; embarrassing marketing and sales transgressions — is the beleaguered pharmaceutical sector an executive recruiter’s nightmare? ...
By Julie B. Kampf • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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On the Calendar
On the Calendar April 17-19 Medical Manufacturing Summit The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Va. For more information, contact Caria Badenhorst, Marcus Evans, at 246-417-5321, e-mail [email protected], or visit medicalmanufacturingsummit.com. April 18-19 Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s, Pa...
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Making Metrics Matter -- The Changing Paradigm of R&D Metrics
Making Metrics Matter The Changing Paradigm of R&D Metrics As the pharmaceutical industry comes under greater scrutiny across the board, everything from discovery processes to R&D productivity to profit margins is subject to review. In response, top industry executives are reexamining the...
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The Asthma Market Breathes Easier
The Asthma Market Breathes Easier The approach to treating asthma continues to evolve. Rescue bronchodilator therapies are giving way, both in medical practice and in the market, to prophylactic strategies, which include inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting beta2 agonists, and leukotriene antagon...
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Talent Pool
Pharma POOL Dr. Mahdi B. Fawzi Dr. Frank S. Walsh Wyeth Promotes Two Research Scientists to Executive VPs Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison, N.J., a division of Wyeth, has promoted Mahdi B. Fawzi, Ph.D., to executive VP, head of preclinical development, and Frank S. Walsh, Ph.D., to executive VP, he...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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