Manufacturing: Page 14


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    Business Models

    Turett. The pharmaceutical industry needs to resolve multiple bipolarities: being a business and being a public utility; being doctor-focused and being consumer-focused; and being about medical innovation and being about marketing. The industry has begun a process of self-reinvention that in 2005...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Medical Education

    Medical Education Nash-Wong. Last year’s predictions on regulatory changes had us believing medical education was a thing of the past. Not so, if one considers the fact that physicians continue to attend educational meetings, despite limited food budgets and a ban on spouses. So rather than forec...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Artificial intelligence & machine learning

    After years of excited buzz around the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning, pharma has begun to realize the true implications and potential value of these technologies.

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    Multifunctional Teams

    Multifunctional Teams Wilson. Historically, the pharmaceutical industry has faced two hurdles: achieving product registration and securing reimbursement. Today, demonstrating product value is becoming a much stronger issue. It’s not just a matter of product price, but the impact on total cost of ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Technology

    Technology Cauwenbergh. Ideally, predictive tools, including assays, computer modeling techniques, and biomarkers could shorten development time, reduce the cost of development, and increase the accuracy of diagnosis, making sure that the right patient gets the right drug because of proper diagno...

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    Risk Management

    Risk Management Turett. The term risk management implies a defensive, prepare-for-the-worst strategy. While defensive preparation is certainly important, taking a fresh look at conducting business in a “patient-first” manner will reduce the need to implement a defensive approach. In other words, ...

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    Talent Pool

    Pharma POOL Matthew E. Czajkowski aaiPharma Appoints Executive VP, Chief Financial Officer Matthew E. Czajkowski has been appointed executive VP and chief financial officer of aaiPharma, Wilmington, N.C., a science-based pharmaceutical company focused on pain management. Mr. Czajkowski, 55, previ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Fee-For-Service: Getting What You Pay For

    VIEW on Wholesale Pricing Models In an exclusive to PharmaVOICE, Adam J. Fein, Ph.D., Founder and President of Pembroke Consulting Inc., a firm that helps senior executives of wholesale distribution, manufacturing, and B2B technology companies build and sustain market leadership, discusses why ph...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    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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    Making Metrics Matter -- The Changing Paradigm of R&D Metrics

    Making Metrics Matter The Changing Paradigm of R&D Metrics As the pharmaceutical industry comes under greater scrutiny across the board, everything from discovery processes to R&D productivity to profit margins is subject to review. In response, top industry executives are reexamining the...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    The Asthma Market Breathes Easier

    The Asthma Market Breathes Easier The approach to treating asthma continues to evolve. Rescue bronchodilator therapies are giving way, both in medical practice and in the market, to prophylactic strategies, which include inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting beta2 agonists, and leukotriene antagon...

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    Talent Pool

    Pharma POOL Dr. Mahdi B. Fawzi Dr. Frank S. Walsh Wyeth Promotes Two Research Scientists to Executive VPs Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison, N.J., a division of Wyeth, has promoted Mahdi B. Fawzi, Ph.D., to executive VP, head of preclinical development, and Frank S. Walsh, Ph.D., to executive VP, he...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Medicare Part D: A Whole New Market

    Medicare Part D: A Whole New Market By Kim Ribbink Marketers, manufacturers, health plans, and other stakeholders who will play a central role in the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) are gearing up for implementation. And while there is widespread support for a change that will improve coverage t...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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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
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    Connecting the Dots

    Ensuring trial-supply management is an integral part of overall clinical-trials management and manufacturing can bring efficiency to development and save companies time and money. Discussions about increasing efficiency and reducing time lines in clinical development often focus on patient and in...

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

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    On the Calendar

    January 10-11 Clarifying the Regulatory Framework of Pharmaceutical Marketing Philadelphia For more information, contact Anne Marie Coluccio, PTi international, at 212-661-3500 ext. 3229, e-mail [email protected], or visit pti-international.com. January 24-25 Manage the Cost of Spec...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    Pharma trax Sales, marketing, And R&D Trends affecting the healthcare industry New Drug Commercialization Costs Lead to Blockbuster Model’s End The high cost of commercialization is leading to the demise of the pharma industry’s blockbuster approach to developing new drugs, according to a stu...

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    E-Media

    E-Media New electronic and web-based applications, sites, and technologies Oracle’s RDC to Speed Data Collection in Clinical Trials Oracle’s latest release of Clinical Remote Data Capture (RDC) features advances in usability, form design, and support for clinical trials. It provides the staff at ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Distribution Support Systems

    Distribution support systems More sophisticated products mean new and more elaborate distribution-support systems are needed to move the manufacturer closer to the patient. In an exclusive to PharmaVOICE, David Hileman, VP of RxCrossroads, discusses the changing dynamics of distribution channels ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Table of Contents

    on the cover Data management -Integrating across the enterprise As new technologies allow for the generation of more data, it is becoming increasingly crucial for the pharmaceutical industry to develop strategies to translate data into actionable information that can be used to drive business dec...

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    Data Management: Integrating Across the Enterprise

    Data Management Integrating Across the Enterprise by elisabeth pena As new technologies allow for the generation of more data than ever before, it is crucial that the pharmaceutical industry develop data-management strategies to translate data into actionable information that can be used to drive...

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    Talent Pool

    Talent Pool Executive Appointments and Promotions in the Healthcare Industry Pharma POOL Dr. Vijay Aggarwal David Hurley aaiPharma Announces Two Executive Promotions aaiPharma Inc. has appointed Dr. Vijay Aggarwal, formerly president of AAI Development Services, to the role of president, research...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    Pharma trax Sales, marketing, And R&D Trends affecting the healthcare industry World Pharma Market Continues to Grow Amid Shifting Trends and Emerging Markets Though the pharmaceutical industry remains one of the most profitable and stable industries, several broad variables are leading to fu...

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

    What’s New New healthcare-related products, services, and companies Brand Institute Establishes New Subsidiary to Minimize Medication Errors The FDA’s Jerry Phillips joins private sector to continue risk-management work. Brand Institute has launched a new subsidiary – Drug Safety Institute (DSI) ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008