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Fixing Pharma's Damaged Reputation
Moving toward 2007, an issue that remains of major concern is the reputation of the pharmaceutical industry. industry reputation Reputation is the ultimate business asset. The sustainability and profitability of all businesses depend on their reputation: the trust of all of their stakeholders. Re...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
The Winds of Change Continue for the CME Community
medical education The updated criteria for CME means there will be an increased emphasis on measuring the outcomes of education. In recent years, the CME community has demonstrated the ability to manage complex change in the processes related to seeking funding, as well as assuring independence a...
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Addressing the Silo Mentality
The industry is made up of hundreds of companies, public and private, large and small, some with highly developed R&D and commercial capabilities, and some with little more than two brilliant scientists and a molecule. cross-functional communications Anyone who works in the pharmaceutical and...
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On the Calendar
November 15 Turn Market Research into a Competitive Advantage McCann Erickson Building, New York For more information, contact Laura DeGroot, Healthcare Marketing & Communications Council, at 610-868-8299, e-mail [email protected], or visit hmc-council.org. November 15-16 International Pa...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Patient-Directed Communications
Year in Preview Communicating with Patients Opportunities abound for marketers who begin to embrace a new paradigm with patient-directed communications. The biggest breakthrough opportunity in healthcare could very well be in the realm of communications, says Matt Giegerich, president and CEO of ...
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Making Sense of the Tablet PC Revolution in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Making Sense of the Tablet PC Revolution in the Pharmaceutical Industry Anthony S. Manson, Executive VP, Managing Director E-Sales Just as the iPod changed everything about the music industry, so is the tablet PC about to change the largest sales and marketing line item — the sales represe...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
The Broadband Revolution
The Broadband Revolution Daniel Teper, Pharm.D., MBA, Chairman and CEO The broadband revolution has arrived. The Web 1.0 popularized the Internet; the industry is now ready to embrace the benefits of the broadband technological advances made since the dot.com bubble, such as the delivery of...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Letter from the Editor -- A Year in Preview
As another year comes to a close, it’s natural to stop and take stock of the events that have shaped the industry and to look ahead in anticipation of what’s next on the horizon. Once again, PharmaVOICE appreciates the time that so many industry executives took out of their busy schedules to comm...
By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Partnerships For Success
Year in Preview Strategic Alliances Strategic alliances — between pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and other outsourcing providers — are expected to impact the future of drug development. Pharmaceutical companies are under pressure from the public, analysts, Wall Street,...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
UpFront
Year in Preview FAST FACTS The Industry at a Glance In 2007, the market will be absorbing changes that have defined a new economic reality, one in which growth is shifting from mature markets to emerging ones; new product adoption is not keeping pace with the loss of patent protection by establis...
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Then & Now
Year in Preview Prognostications for the future PharmaVOICE asked several experts who participated in the December 2005 issue to review what they predicted for 2006. We wanted to know if indeed their prognostications for the future came true. In some cases, they were right on, and in other instan...
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Metrics: It's All About Performance
By Taren Grom, Editor From the clinic to the market, the ability to drive process improvement and operational excellence for sponsors and providers through strategic metrics has never been more important. Metrics encourage effectiveness, efficiencies, and appropriate levels of control. No matter ...
By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008 -
The Brand Is More Than the Name
The Brand Is More Than the Name Rob Rebak, General Manager, Marketing Solutions Anyone who has endured Semantics 101 knows that a word is not the thing being communicated and a symbol is not the thing being symbolized. The same is true of branding: the name of a product does not make the br...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
A Market for Education
No longer is patient education a static, one-dimensional tool for disseminating health information. It is a dynamic way to engage patients that ensures a win-win for all parties. The face of patient care is changing, and with it so too must the way the industry engages with this critical audience...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
What's New
GSW Launches Pink Tank Specialty marketing group offers expertise in understanding and speaking to women. Remarkably, many marketers don’t realize that women connect with brands differently from men. We established Pink Tank to help companies understand those differences and to counsel them on ho...
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 ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
On the Calendar
Industry Events October 2006 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 ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Pink Ribbons of Opportunity
By Cynthia Borda Despite advances in breast cancer treatments, this is still an area of unmet need. Significant opportunities exist in this market, especially for products that are targeted and that have fewer side effects. Tremendous progress has been made in treating breast cancer. Survival rat...
By Cynthia Borda • Jan. 2, 2008 -
PharmaOutlet
Pharmaceutical companies that tap into women’s power to influence health decisions for family, friends, and communities are finding the ultimate tipping point. Picture women as the hub in the center of a wheel. The wheel represents women as influencers, as caregivers, as community leaders, and as...
By Kelley Connors • Jan. 2, 2008 -
The 6th Annual PharmaLinx Charity Golf Outing
Raising More than $20,000 for the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Hosted by PharmaVoice Magazine and AXIS Healthcare Communications LLC The 6th Annual PharmaLinx Charity Golf Outing October 2006 We Extend Thanks to These Companies for Their Contributions Corporate Sponsors GOLD CORPORATE ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Raise Your Voice -- Letters
A refreshing focus Pending patent expirations, the FDA, compliance issues, product liability and related lawsuits, stock price pressures, fully integrated and targeted promotion, return on promotional investment, accountability, fair balance, mergers and consolidations, salesforce effectiveness, ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Nonpersonal Promotion Key to an Integrated Marketing Plan
Nonpersonal Promotion Key to an Integrated Marketing Plan Mike Weiss, VP, Sales Personal selling is vital to the success of a pharmaceutical marketing plan. Sales representatives are a critical and expensive part of most marketing plans, yet access to healthcare providers — pharmacists, ph...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Breaking the Cultural Barriers Through Effective Education
Breaking the Cultural Barriers Through Effective Education September 2006 VIEW on Marketing Bill Eaves, VP, New Business Development, Multicultural Education Ethnic disparities in healthcare in the United States continue to be a growing problem in the 21st century. According to the U.S. Cens...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Commitment and DTC: Moving Beyond Loyalty to Long-Term Consumer/Brand Connections
Commitment and DTC: Moving Beyond Loyalty to Long-Term Consumer/Brand Connections David Kweskin Senior VP, Practice Area Leader Advertising and Brand Performance When seeking to apply nonprescription market-research techniques to the prescription world, everyone has heard that inevitable c...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Tapping the Full Potential of the Tablet PC
Tapping the Full Potential of the Tablet PC the e-arena Forrest King, Managing Partner JUICE Pharma Advertising Creating Powerful Content for Tablet PCs Here are seven DOs and DON’Ts for managing a remarkable emerging medium: DO think pull, not push: build your content to answer th...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008