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    What's New

    New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies New Healthcare Marketing and Communications Agency Created The agency helps clients identify situations and places where behavior can be influenced. Identifying a need to provide clients with a way to compete more effectively in today’s dyn...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    On the Calendar May 2007 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 than...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    Agencies Ahead of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Online Research Despite increased reliance on the Internet, market researchers who work for pharmaceutical companies continue to lag behind those who work for agencies. A new report by Medefield finds that both comfort and perceived credibility of...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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 ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By Denise Myshko • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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 ...

    By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Table of Contents

    May 2007 Table of Contents On the Cover Pharma’s Commitment to Public Health A natural extension of the industry’s mission of providing safe, lifesaving medicines is participation and sponsorship of myriad public-health initiatives around the world. Features Nanotech Comes of Age With products al...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    What's New

    New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies inChord Communications Now inVentiv Communications The transition marks the final step in the previously announced corporate rebranding of inVentiv Health Inc. As part of the inVentiv Health family, the range of solutions we can bring to ou...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Stroke: Bats and Snakes May Hold the Answer

    By Cynthia Borda A decade ago, the introduction of tPA was a major step forward in stroke treatment, and the hope was that other approaches and additional therapies would soon be available. Unfortunately, the next generation of products has yet to materialize. Every 45 seconds, someone in the Uni...

    By Cynthia Borda • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Flying Sky High -- Rajesh C. Shrotriya

    With enormous enthusiasm and a joie de vive, Dr. Rajesh Shrotriya, chairman and CEO of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, is instilling his employees with the same gusto for development of new drugs. Propelled by a joy of work and a commitment to remaining focused on a task until it is accomplished, Rajes...

    By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Leadership Development: The Next Generation

    By Taren Grom Life-sciences organizations operate in a complex and challenging environment that includes tighter funding, reimbursement restrictions, longer and more expensive product development cycles, and more regulatory oversight. Whether future leaders are prepared to manage in this complex ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008