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May 2007 Table of Contents On the Cover Pharma’s Commitment to Public Health A natural extension of the industry’s mission of providing safe, lifesaving medicines is participation and sponsorship of myriad public-health initiatives around the world. Features Nanotech Comes of Age With products al...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Letter from the Editor
If you are feeling downtrodden by the continuing barrage of negative news about our industry, then this issue is the cure for what ails you. This issue showcases dozens of individuals who exemplify the best of the best in terms of their commitment, passion, and conviction to improving the health ...
By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Raise Your Voice -- Letters
Connecting the Dots: The Big Picture in Connected Health While the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) is enormously important — and a robust connected health vision depends on EMR — it is only one aspect of connected health as it exists today and as we envision it for tomorrow. — Joseph...
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Building Healthy Communities Online
Building Healthy Communities Online the E-Arena Grey Healthcare Group, New York, is a global healthcare communications and advertising group of agencies. For more information, visit ghgroup.com. March 2007 VIEW on Advertising The smartest companies will seize the opportunity to ...
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The Age of Personalized Medicine
By Denise Myshko The understanding of molecular biology has come a long way. One mark of this progress is Pharmacogenomics, which uses markers in an individual’s genetic code to pinpoint the underlying causes of disease. Experts say the technology has a great deal of promise for allowing research...
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Leadership Development: The Next Generation
By Taren Grom Life-sciences organizations operate in a complex and challenging environment that includes tighter funding, reimbursement restrictions, longer and more expensive product development cycles, and more regulatory oversight. Whether future leaders are prepared to manage in this complex ...
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Honing Ockham's Razor
Honing Ockham’s Razor Communication Strategies Donald JM Phillips, Pharm.D., Principal and CEO The 14th Century logician, William of Ockham wrote, “Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate,” which translates as, “Plurality ought never to be posed without necessity.” While this pri...
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Creating Effective Advertising: Four Steps to Expressing a Brand's Full Potential
Creating Effective Advertising: Four Steps to Expressing a Brand’s Full Potential Ian McKinnon, Ph.D., Senior VP, Advanced Methods TNS Healthcare Campaign Development Physicians often first know a brand through its advertising — whether from detail aids or journal ads. Physicians’ brand p...
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Managing Creativity
Managing Creativity Wishbone/ITP Inc. The Creative Process Steve Hamburg, Partner, Chief Creative Officer Ideas — they are the fuel that drives brands and businesses forward. And advertising agencies are factories where much of this fuel is developed. To raise the octane of ...
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What's New
CommonHealth Celebrates Opening Of Paris Office The move is designed to allow CommonHealth to broaden its offerings to an increasingly global clientele. CommonHealth has opened an office in Paris. The move is designed to allow CommonHealth to broaden its offerings to an increasingly global client...
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A New Era in the Science of Aging
By Cynthia Borda Older Americans face new and growing challenges in managing chronic diseases, which are now the leading causes of death among people older than the age of 65. Every seven seconds someone in the United States is celebrating a 60th birthday. This trend began Jan. 1, 2006, and will ...
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Master Plan: The Making of a Successful Publication Strategy
By Elisabeth Pena Villarroel Publication planning is an essential part of the drug-development process. The results of the long, labor-intensive years of a clinical trial are announced to the industry and medical professionals through publication in medical journals. Preparing trial results for p...
By Elisabeth Pena Villarroel • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Table of Contents
Letter from the Editor The Forum Advertising: Back to Basics and Beyond — According to industry experts, brand teams need to examine the basic properties of their products and then develop a strategic marketing mix that will be the most effective for their brands and support the strategy with the...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
A Big Case for the Midsized Agency
A Big Case for the Midsized Agency Anshal Purohit, Director, Strategy and New Business Mark Kruger, VP, Promotional Education Shana Robinson, Account Supervisor Agency Structures Donahoe Purohit Miller Advertising You know the stories well. A biotechnology or diagnostics company ap...
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Health, Hope, and the New Reality
Health, Hope, and the New Reality Matt Giegerich President and CEO Agency services The world of healthcare communications continues to change, and the pace of change is accelerating. Pharmaceutical brand marketers face a mind-numbing array of pressures ...
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Creating a Connected Environment
Creating a Connected Environment Communication Strategies Brian Heffernan Chief Marketing Officer The environment for DTC is changing and critics are lining up to point out its shortcomings. Despite the criticism, pharma marketers and their agencies can work responsibly and effectivel...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Letter from the Editor
What the market needs By Taren Grom VIEW on Advertising March 2007 Advertising and promotion in today’s environment is more complex than ever. Multiple stakeholders, multiple communication channels, and multiple messages require that marketers remain true to a basic fundamental: identify th...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Back to Basics and Beyond
March 2007 VIEW on Advertising Advertising and Promotion • Detail aids • Journal Advertising • Patient education • Direct-to-Consumer Advertising • Market Research • Online Promotion Back to Basics and Beyond By Taren Grom, Editor Increasingly stiffer competition, combined wi...
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Collaboration and Communication in an Increasingly Impersonal World
Collaboration and Communication in an Increasingly Impersonal World Client-Agency Partnerships Joseph E. Kuchta, President We live in a world of urgency and immediacy. The electronics, gadgets, and whiz-bang technologies we all carry on our belts have created a society in which an indivi...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
E-Media
Blue Spoon Releases Ecosystem Solution For Pharma Sales Effectiveness Blue Spoon Consulting has released a marketing ecosystem-based solution for pharmaceutical sales effectiveness. The new design links the context, content, and process of the virtual and physical domains of pharmaceutical sales ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Targeted Media Messaging: Patient Recruitment Marketing
By Kim Ribbink Patient recruitment is widely considered to be the most costly and time-consuming aspect of clinical trials, and the need to improve the process is pressing. One key aspect to achieving this goal is the use of appropriate media as part of a marketing campaign to improve patient enr...
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Flying Sky High -- Rajesh C. Shrotriya
With enormous enthusiasm and a joie de vive, Dr. Rajesh Shrotriya, chairman and CEO of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, is instilling his employees with the same gusto for development of new drugs. Propelled by a joy of work and a commitment to remaining focused on a task until it is accomplished, Rajes...
By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Stroke: Bats and Snakes May Hold the Answer
By Cynthia Borda A decade ago, the introduction of tPA was a major step forward in stroke treatment, and the hope was that other approaches and additional therapies would soon be available. Unfortunately, the next generation of products has yet to materialize. Every 45 seconds, someone in the Uni...
By Cynthia Borda • Jan. 2, 2008 -
What's New
New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies inChord Communications Now inVentiv Communications The transition marks the final step in the previously announced corporate rebranding of inVentiv Health Inc. As part of the inVentiv Health family, the range of solutions we can bring to ou...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
For Art's Sake
A Creative Review by the Experts Each month, this department pays homage to memorable advertising and marketing campaigns. The highlighted executions have been identified by leading creative executives for their noteworthy use of copy, art, photography, whimsy, uniqueness, etc. — in combination o...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008