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What's New
inChord Establishes The Navicor Group New agency to offer expertise in oncology and immunology. inChord Communications Inc. has launched The Navicor Group, a new advertising agency focused exclusively on companies marketing oncology and immunology products. “Today there are more cancer therapies ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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 -
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...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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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Talent Pool
Pharma POOL Dr. Alan Colowick Threshold Pharmaceuticals Appoints Chief Medical Officer Threshold Pharmaceuticals has named Alan Colowick, M.D., chief medical officer. Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Redwood City, Calif., is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small-molecule...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Talent Pool
talent pool executive appointments and promotions in the healthcare industry Pharma POOL Robert Bertolini Schering-Plough Appoints Executive VP, Chief Financial Officer Schering-Plough has appointed Robert J. Bertolini as executive VP and chief financial officer. He also serves on the Schering-Pl...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Sea Change
Sea Change Turning the tide The Product Life-Cycle Management Wave Commonly thought of as a strategy for the end-phase of a drug, life-cycle management increasingly is being deployed by life-sciences executives earlier in the development phases to maximize product value, provide greater benefits ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Talent Pool
executive appointments and promotions in the healthcare industry Pharma POOL Robert Boisclair Dr. Richard Bowles Steve Chellevold Mary-Frances Faraji Brent Saunders Schering-Plough Announces Senior-Level Management Changes Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, N.J., has made senior-level management change...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
PharmaOutlet
Contributed by Paul Harris Creating Memorable Visual Branding This past year, the pages of this publication and others in the pharmaceutical advertising niche have explored at length the matter of creativity in pharmaceutical ads. Theyíve addressed such questions as: Why aren’t pharma ads more cr...
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The PC Approach to Improving the Detail
The Tablet PC is starting to gain more traction in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly as a tool for sales reps during a detail. While concerns over price, size, and user-friendliness remain, industry experts predict their use will continue to increase.ime is not on their side. Pharmaceutic...
By Lisa Dress • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Raise Your Voice -- Letters
Relationship building As a veteran public-relations professional, long-time volunteer, and current member of the American Cancer Society (ACS), Eastern Division Board, serving New York and New Jersey, I would like to comment on Roger Sullivan’s letter (published in October 2004) in response to th...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
What's on Your Mind -- Opinions
What’s on your mind opinions Preferred-provider status Increasingly, companies that provide services to the life-sciences industry are required to be on a preferred provider list. In the November issue of PharmaVOICE, we asked are innovative/new ideas being overlooked in some cases because a serv...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Table of Contents
December 2003 Contents 8 Cyndi Verst-Brasch says Phase IV trials have to withstand regulatory vigor. 20 Pharma is becoming more involved in choosing investigator sites, says Mark Eisenach. 32 For Dr. John Patton, the life sciences are awe inspiring. on the cover The value of Phase IV Postmarketin...
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What's New
New healthcare-related products, services, and companies DVC Healthcare Launches Relationship- Marketing Practice DVC HealthCare, a division of DVC Worldwide, has expanded its service offerings to include a comprehensive relationship-marketing solution. The tool expands DVC’s ability to focus on ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Letter from the Editor
letter from the editor Phase IV studies can help differentiate a product from its competitors, medically support marketing objectives and messages, develop and enhance relationships with clinical investigators and key opinion leaders, increase physician exposure to a new drug, answer scientific q...
By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008 -
For Art's Sake
The use of humor in pharmaceutical advertising, whether it is a professional or direct-to-consumer campaign, requires a delicate balance. But if done properly and with sensitivity, a light-hearted approach can separate the generic from the exceptional. Ted Whitby, senior VP and creative director ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
PharmaCase
Making a case for transformational product marketing Lena Chow Lena Chow, founder of Lena Chow Advertising, and former chairman, chief strategic officer of Euro RSCG Life, discusses the challenges of implementing successful marketing campaigns for transformational products. A New Generation of He...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
What's New
What’s new New healthcare-related products, services, and companies The HBA – A National Brand The Healthcare Businesswomenís Association has undergone a reorganization and created a new Northeast Corridor Metro Chapter to better serve its members. The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA)...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
PharmaOutlet
Today the pharmaceutical industry faces the challenge of deploying products in an increasingly competitive and cut-throat environment. As a result, there is enormous pressure to achieve maximum return on investment before patents expire. In addition, as patents on mega-blockbusters expire, the ph...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
Cover
December 2003 The forum for the industry executive PHASE IV TRIALS Balancing marketing and science adventuring forth with John Patton Marketing to nps and pas Download PDF
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
NPs and PAs: A Growing Sphere of Influence
By Elisabeth Pena Sales reps are coming to us and providing us with good educational information, as well as the latest research data. Mary Kay Tucker The number of nurse practitioners and physician assistants empowered with the authority to prescribe medication is increasing annually. Addressing...
By Elisabeth Pena • Jan. 2, 2008 -
John Patton: A Lifetime of Adventure
by Kim Ribbink A Lifetime of Adventure With a number of ground- breaking technologies under its belt, Nektar Therapeutics is vying to be the No. 1 drug-delivery company in the world. And the company’s cofounder and chief scientific officer, John Patton, Ph.D., has led the push to unearth solution...
By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 2, 2008 -
E-Media
New electronic and web-based applications, sites, and technologies Solutions From PHT Provide Clinical Trial Savings and Flexibility Two recently launched offerings from PHT Corp., LogPad Phone and the Technology Transfer Program, aim to make the electronic capture of clinical-trial information e...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
PharmaTrax
Pharma Trax Sales, Marketing, And R&D Trends Affecting the Healthcare Industry Doctors Prefer Details by Specialty Reps In the past three years, specialty sales representatives have become an increasingly important promotional investment for pharmaceutical companies, according to Verispanís l...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008