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On the Calendar
Industry Events October 15-16, 2003, Wardman Park Marriott Hotel — Washington, D.C. eSubmissions for Global Compliance This Marcus Evans conference will focus on electronic document management and publishing. Key topics will include an ICH update, changes in eCTD specifications, CDISC data standa...
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What's New
Sheila Greco Associates Reorganizes Into Three Divisions The human-resources consulting company now offers research, recruiting, and customized competitive intelligence as well as contact lists and reports through separate business units. Sheila Greco believes her company’s evolution into separat...
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Assessing and Predicting Patient Behavior to Maximize Direct-to-Consumer Effectiveness
Assessing and Predicting Patient Behavior to Maximize Direct-to-Consumer Effectiveness Direct-to-consumer advertising has been demonstrated to be effective in bringing diagnosed patients into doctors’ offices but less so in driving undiagnosed patients to see their physicians. This represents an ...
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Diana Anderson -- Recruiting an Authority
Diana Anderson — Recruiting an Authority Bringing together her knowledge in rheumatology and her expertise in patient recruitment, Diana L. Anderson, Ph.D., has helped turn RRI into a leader in rheumatology services and is positioning its sister company, D. Anderson and Company, as a leader in he...
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E-Media
Dendrite Launches Sample Program Dendrite International Inc. has launched its One-Source Sample program, which serves the entire life cycle of sample-product promotion and blends market-leading software applications with best-in-class consulting and professional services. Helping to ensure compli...
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E-Solutions Gain Momentum
E-Solutions Gain Momentum by Taren Grom and Denise Myshko The Forum Life-sciences executives recognize the benefits of e-solutions — from ROI to increased audience reach to reduced paper files — which are a common part of many programs, whether for R&D, marketing, salesforces...
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Accurately Costing a Clinical Trial
Accurately Costing a Clinical Trial By Denise Myshko Streamlining the budget process not only leads to more accurate resource allocation, it also allows for better predictions and creates more accurate clinical-trial planning. July 2003 Clinical-trial spending has increased considerably over the ...
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E-Media
E-Media July 2005 StayinFront Introduces Data Quality Services Offerings StayinFront Inc. has enhanced its Visual Elk customer relationship management (CRM) solution with the addition of Data Quality Services, which provides customers with a turnkey solution to improve, standardize, augment, and ...
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Talent Pool
Executive Appointments and Promotions in the Healthcare Industry October 2003 Pharma POOL Dr. Alan Breier Dr. Michael Clayman Dr. Tim Franson Lilly Announces Personnel Changes Eli Lilly recently announced personnel changes. Alan Breier, M.D., has been promoted to the role of VP for medical and ch...
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Behind the Closed Door
October 2003 Behind the Closed Door By Elisabeth Pena blank canvas … or marketing opportunity? The exam room is an ideal frontier for pharmaceutical marketing messages. Companies that develop desk-top anatomical models, wall charts and graphs, and exam-table paper are gaining access to the inner ...
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PharmaOutlet
Contributed by Jim Montgomery Building Effective Communications For the Life-Sciences Marketplace Open the latest issue of Science or Biotechniques, and browse through the ads. But be forewarned; it’s not pretty. First, there are the companies that clearly aspire to be marketers, all of them stru...
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Risk Aversion As a Profitability-Limiting Factor in Clinical-Trial Conduct
Risk Aversion As a Profitability-Limiting Factor in Clinical-Trial Conduct What is risk? Why does it matter? Shouldn’t prudent business people try to avoid it? How does it impact the conduct of clinical trials, and can it or should it change? Timothy Pratt, Ph.D., Chief marketing officer of MedNe...
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PharmaTrax
CME Programs Accredited by Universities and Societies Receive Preference Continuing medical education (CME) programs created by medical communications agencies achieve a higher level of acceptance among physicians when they are accredited through partnerships with respected university medical sch...
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For Art's Sake
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 or as single branding elements. Cr...
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Cover
Clinical-Trial Transparency: The Pros and Cons Representing Biotech with David King DTC: The Next Evolution PharmaVOICE www.pharmavoice.com June 2005 Volume 5, Number 6 Download PDF
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Table of Contents
on the cover The time for transparency The government, medical journal editors, and general public are clamoring for the pharmaceutical industry to provide complete information about ongoing and completed clinical trials. There has been a flurry of activity, announcements, and mandates in this ar...
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On the Calendar
June 6-7 Pharmaceutical Marketers KnowledgeShare Forum 2005: Building Brand Differentiation in the Current Regulatory Climate Airport Marriott, Philadelphia This is a PharmaVOICE event, subscribers are eligible for a 15% discount; register using code PVMKS05. For more information, contact Micah L...
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What's New
New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies PMI Appoints Task Force to Oversee CME Compliance Pri-Med Institute (PMI) has named a task force of medical and educational experts to ensure that all of its continuing medical education (CME) programs meet and exceed the new Standards of C...
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What's on Your Mind -- Opinions
Opinions What’s on your mind What have you heard lately? In the September issue of PharmaVOICE, we asked readers to relate the most surprising statistics or strange facts that they have come across. PharmaVOICE learned that every human spent about half an hour as a single cell and that 70% of con...
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Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor By Taren Grom Editor Driving business forward According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, more than 50% of small businesses fail in the first year and 95% fail within the first five years. Some entrepreneurs describe their decision to set up their own business as a...
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Table of Contents
On The Cover Flying high on a vision Even as pharmaceutical companies merge to form giant conglomerates, business leaders are choosing to step out on their own and are taking some calculated risks. They embrace the challenges that come with being an entrepreneur and strive to make a difference in...
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On the Calendar
November 18-20, 2003, Westin Copley Place — Boston LogiPharma 2003 This is an opportunity for attendees to hear how competitors and peers are maximizing every facet of their supply-chain strategy. The event provides the opportunity to hear more than 25 confirmed case studies delivered by senior-l...
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For Art's Sake
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 or as single branding elements. Cr...
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PharmaTrax
Pharma Trax Sales, marketing, And R&D Trends affecting the healthcare industry Rising Drug Expenditures Spur Rx-to-OTC Switches Rising prescription drug spending in both the United States and Europe is prompting an increase in the change of drugs from prescription to over-the-counter (OTC) st...
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What's New
GSW Opens New York Office New location solidifies inChord’s presence in the Northeast pharmaceutical corridor and facilitates interaction between other East Coast corporate entities. Gerbig, Snell/Weisheimer (GSW) has recently expanded its operations by opening an office in New York. The new offi...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008