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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 ...
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UpFront
Consumer-Driven Healthcare Retail Primary Care One in 10 retail clinic users is replacing his or her primary-care physician with a retail clinic for the treatment of common ailments, according to a recent study by Market Strategies Inc. The study indicates substantial interest by consumers to rec...
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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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Table of Contents
Letter from the Editor The Forum Biotech: The States of the Industry — To harness talent and leverage the niche characteristics to grow business, the biosciences require the specific capabilities certain regions have to offer. In this special Forum, Governors from five biotech-centered states rep...
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On the Calendar
April 15-19 Society for Biomolecular Sciences 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition Palais de Congres de Montreal, Montreal, Canada For more information, contact Marietta Manoni, Society for Biomolecular Sciences, at 203-743-1336, e-mail [email protected], or visit sbsonline.org. April 16-17 ...
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Managed Markets: Hospitals
By Denise Myshko An Opportunity and a Challenge Placement on hospital formularies has become more competitive. Pharmaceutical companies that can demonstrate that their products positively impact the total cost of patient care will have the advantage. While small, the hospital market offers a uniq...
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UpFront
Drug Sales U.S. Prescription Update Sales Jumped 8.3% to $274.9 Billion IMS Health reports that U.S. prescription drug sales grew 8.3% to $274.9 billion in 2006, the third straight year of growth. The increase was fueled by the Medicare Part D prescription benefit, the increased use of generics w...
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PharmaTrax
Patient Eduction Programs to Grow in Use Patient education has a strong perceived value across multiple sectors of the healthcare industry. This value is expected to grow in 2007, according to results of a survey on patient education conducted by HealthEd. Among key findings of the first annual s...
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Letter from the Editor
Whether we are discussing clinical studies or creative executions, there is a bit of artistry that is involved in executing the science. This concept is perfectly captured by two of this month’s feature articles. This month’s Forum, which discusses the evolving role of the clinical project manage...
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Relax Your Grip and Get Global That Grabs
Relax Your Grip and Get Global That Grabs (But is it branding, blanding, or blending?) Sudler & Hennessey Rob: Now that the World Cup’s over, is it a good time to discuss global branding? Bruno: It’s always a good time. Rob: In hearing about the power of the individual, new med...
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Multimedia Advertising
Multimedia Advertising Kent R. Anderson Executive Director, International Business & Product Development Journal Advertising The New England Journal of Medicine Medical professionals today have more ways than ever before to discover new information and recover archival materia...
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The Patient/Physician Dialogue Bridging the Gap
The Patient/Physician Dialogue Bridging the Gap Physician-Patient Communications Reid Connolly Managing Director Chief Creative Officer evoke | healthcare interaction A convergence of factors, including the shortening of office visits, lack of consumer engagement, and diver...
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Promotional Leveraging: The Power of Aggregated Buying
Promotional Leveraging The Power of Aggregated Buying The Procurement Process Terry Goldston, Executive Director, New Business Development Nowadays, many shareholder updates from major pharmaceutical companies focus on cost discipline and savings — often in the same sentence as projecte...
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Going Public: Pharma's Commitment to Public Health
By Elisabeth Pena Villarroel Forum The pharmaceutical industry’s commitment to public health is at the core of its very existence; the mission and work of the industry’s companies are to create, develop, and bring to market lifesaving and life-enhancing medicines. A natural extension of this miss...
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Talent Pool
Pharma POOL Dr. Eric G. Carter King Appoints Chief Science Officer King Pharmaceuticals, Bristol, Tenn., an integrated branded pharmaceutical company, has appointed Eric G. Carter, M.D., Ph.D., as chief science officer. Dr. Carter oversees King’s R&D, regulatory, and medical-affairs activitie...
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Meet the Creative Directors
By Taren Grom, Editor Special Feature PharmaVOICE is pleased to publish this special feature showcasing the individuals who influence the look and feel of the industry through their creative executions and insights, strategic thinking, and mentorship of up-and-coming talent. GETTING PERSONAL ABOU...
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Marketplace
VIEW on Advertising March 2007 Showcases Marketplace Directory of Companies by Category Advertising Branding Communications Consulting Direct Mail Direct to Consumer Direct to Patient Direct to Physician E-Mail Broadcasts Executive Search Graphic Design Information Provider...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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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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
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