Commercialization: Page 2


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    PharmaVoice 100

    PharmaVoice 100s: Brand and commercialization pros

    Leaders decoding the complex language of drug development to push treatments past the finish line and into patients’ hands.

    By Karissa Waddick • Oct. 4, 2023
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    How pharma marketers can reclaim the drug pricing narrative

    As Medicare negotiations heat up, it’s more important than ever for pharma companies to communicate their value. Here’s how.

    By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 28, 2023
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    Sponsored by Phil Inc

    Optimizing your hub services program with a gross-to-net lens

    In today’s Biopharma landscape, considering Gross-to-Net is essential for effectively designing and optimizing patient support programs.

    Sept. 25, 2023
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    Q&A

    As the opioid crisis seethes, a long-lasting treatment could offer new ammunition

    Launched this month, Brixadi from Braeburn gives patients a new tool to overcome addiction.

    By Sept. 21, 2023
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    Moderna’s bold five-year plan reflects Big Pharma tradition of ‘Will they deliver?’

    Forecasts from the biggest pharma companies follow a pattern of thinking big and manifesting the desired outcome.

    By Sept. 15, 2023
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    O.G. Ice-T teams up with Sanofi in horror-themed flu vax ad

    The French pharma’s latest vaccine campaign aims to raise awareness about the flu’s complications for marginalized groups. 

    By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 14, 2023
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    Q&A

    In the renal space, innovation could tackle health disparities. But the system doesn’t reward it.

    Reimbursement challenges have created barriers for new dialysis products, according to the chief commercial officer of CorMedix.

    By Sept. 14, 2023
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    Finding the right flu vaccine is hard. Getting people to take it is harder.

    Experts have determined the strains of this year’s flu season — now the question is whether people are too fatigued by the pandemic to be immunized.

    By Aug. 30, 2023
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    Are weight loss drugs a win for the global economy?

    As Novo Nordisk’s drug Wegovy sways Denmark’s economy, we're examining wider implications for the weight loss market. 

    By Karissa Waddick • Aug. 28, 2023
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    Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cells put biopharma profits under a microscope

    The HeLa cell line’s contributions to medical science were obtained without permission, and now biotechs profiting from its use are answering for it.

    By Aug. 23, 2023
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    Behind Flagship Pioneering’s triumphs and tribulations

    From the rise of Moderna to the fall of Kaleido, here's a look at the VC fund's biggest successes and failures to date.

    By Karissa Waddick • Aug. 18, 2023
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    Demand for weight loss drugs soars to nearly half of Americans

    Drugs like the buzzy Ozempic are high on consumers’ radar — but lofty barriers to access remain.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 15, 2023
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    Podcast

    Woman of the Week: Novartis’ Christy Siegel

    The oncology portfolio general manager for breast and women’s cancers, discusses the company’s recent “landmark” trial and how her family’s history connects her to patients.

    By Taren Grom and Meagan Parrish • Aug. 15, 2023
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    PBMs could soon feel the regulatory sting

    From Congress to the FTC to state legislatures, regulators are cracking the whip against PBMs.

    By Karissa Waddick • Aug. 4, 2023
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    Profile

    Putting purpose over profits, this pharma takes on the important issues

    Afaxys is a self-described "socially conscious" contraceptive healthcare company serving an unusual demographic for pharma: the public health sector.

    By Alexandra Pecci • Aug. 1, 2023
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    Threads joins the social media fray. Here’s what it means for pharma marketers.

    Meta’s new platform is drawing Twitter comparisons and could hold potential for pharma marketers in patient and HCP communication.

    By Karissa Waddick • July 18, 2023
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    Q&A // First 90 Days

    A BMS exec’s journey around the world in 90 days

    As BMS grapples with upcoming patent cliffs, Emma Charles, the new SVP of intercontinental markets, is focused on expanding its footprint.

    By Karissa Waddick • July 5, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Gamida Cell’s Abbey Jenkins

    The first-time CEO discusses the lessons she has learned since taking the role last year and how she’s pivoting the company into a commercial entity.

    By June 14, 2023
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    Q&A

    Ranking reveals biopharma’s most innovative companies

    IDEA Pharma’s 12th index finds that Pfizer and AstraZeneca reign supreme again.

    By June 7, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Marinus Pharmaceuticals’ Christy Shafer

    The chief commercial officer shares how the company “beat the odds” to bring a rare disease drug to market.

    By June 7, 2023
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    Opinion

    A key to ‘winning’ in today’s market — and other trends pharma leaders are tracking

    Healthcare pros share the market drivers they believe are having the biggest impact on the industry.

    By June 2, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Mirati Therapeutics’ Laurie Stelzer

    With the recent approval of Krazati, the biotech veteran is guiding Mirati into its next phase as a commercial organization.

    By May 31, 2023
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    Taking your biotech global? Here’s how you can navigate cultural norms

    What’s so different about doing pharma business in the U.K. versus Japan? One of Moderna’s top brass shares her tips for navigating choppy cultural waters.

    By Alexandra Pecci • May 2, 2023
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    Q&A

    5 minutes with — Parexel’s Peyton Howell

    The company’s chief operating and growth officer on her personal quirks and why every pharma leader should read "Getting Naked."

    By April 7, 2023
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    A drug just launched for a disease discovered only 10 years ago

    Pharming just landed an FDA approval for a treatment targeting an ultra-rare immunodeficiency disorder discovered only a decade ago — and it’s already in the hands of patients.

    By Karissa Waddick • April 6, 2023