Research & Development: Page 53


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    New Models for Academic Partnerships

    Academic medical centers have a renewed interest in partnering with pharmaceutical companies and are investing resources to ensure successful collaborations. Industry partnerships with universities are changing. These collaborations are no longer about single projects. They are broader in scope, ...

    By Denise Myshko • Sept. 27, 2014
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    The Nanomedicine Revolution

    Nanomedicines have the potential to improve effectiveness and reduce the side effects of therapeutics. Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare across disciplines and specialties. For medicines specifically, nanotechnology can improve drug targeting and effectiveness and reduc...

    By Denise Myshko • Sept. 27, 2014
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    Oncology R&D

    Cancer research remains a prime focus for the industry and often leads to pharma’s most impactful breakthroughs.   

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    Talent Pool

    Pharma Pool SCOTT HUNTER Shire Names Marketing Director of Ophthalmics Business Scott Hunter has been appointed as marketing director of the newly formed ophthalmics business at Shire. Mr. Hunter brings more than 12 years of eye care industry experience focused on therapies spanning ocular inflam...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 27, 2014
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, Marketing, and R&D?Trends affecting the healthcare industry U.S. Pharmaceuticals Market is Improving Trending now: Patient access is broadening with implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid. The outlook for the pharmaceutical market in the United States i...

    By Denise Myshko • Sept. 27, 2014
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    Tools of the Trade

    New Electronic and Web-Based Applications, Sites, and Technologies IMS Health Introduces Cloud-Based Sales Solution Trending Now: New solution combines territory-specific intelligence, advanced performance analytics, and innovative mobility features. IMS Health has launched the U.S. version of Ne...

    By Denise Myshko • Sept. 27, 2014
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    What's New

    Coalition Aims to Help Prevent Abuse and Diversion of ADHD medications Trending Now: Industry stakeholders band together to address medication misuse. The Coalition to Prevent ADHD Medication Misuse (CPAMM) was formed to prevent the misuse, abuse, and diversion of ADHD prescription stimulant medi...

    By Ann Grey • Sept. 27, 2014
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    The Reinvented Clinical Data Manager

    A successful career in clinical data management is more rewarding — and more ­challenging — than ever before. ­ Incumbents and those aspiring to the job must not only be technically proficient, but must also be strong ­communicators, project managers, and critical thinkers. While technological ad...

    By Eboni Russell • Aug. 28, 2014
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    Digital Patients: Disrupting the Status Quo

    Patients have the power of digital technology to fuel their quest for better health, which is forcing the industry to keep pace with their digital needs. Patients’ prolific use of digital technologies to improve their health outcomes is driving other healthcare stakeholders — physicians, payers, ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 28, 2014
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    Talent Pool

    Pharma Pool DR. JOHN ORLOFF Baxter Appoints VP of BioScience R&D Baxter International has appointed John Orloff, M.D., as VP and global head of research and development for Baxter BioScience. Dr. Orloff joins Baxter from Merck Serono Pharmaceuticals, where he served as global head of clinical...

    By Ann Grey • Aug. 28, 2014
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    On the Calendar

    Now in its ninth year, the Site Solutions Summit is dedicated exclusively to helping clinical research sites reach optimal performance. With a foundation built on strengthening the site through industry partnership, the Summit has grown to be a community dedicated to driving clinical research suc...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 28, 2014
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    Social Buzz

    A collection of social media news, events, and strategies. Trending now: Mobile technology improves patient outcomes. A randomized control trial conducted through the Montefiore Medical Center earlier this year found a significant improvement in a number of key patient engagement metrics when car...

    By Taren Grom • Aug. 28, 2014
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, marketing, And R&D?Trends affecting the healthcare industry Prescription Drug Misuse Trending now: A three-year analysis of more than 1.4 million drug test results shows majority of ­Americans continue to put health at risk through dangerous drug combinations and skipping doses. Five s...

    By Denise Myshko • Aug. 28, 2014
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    Tools of the Trade

    BIO Launches BizLink Trending Now: New resource connects biotech and pharma companies with service providers. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has launched BIO BizLink. Powered by OnDeckBiotech, BIO BizLink is positioned to become the industry’s leading resource for connecting biotec...

    By Denise Myshko • Aug. 28, 2014
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    What's New

    New healthcare-related products, services, and companies Virtual Library of Deprioritized Compounts Part of Unique Partnership U.K. researchers have access to compounds through a new partnership between the Medical Research Council (MRC) and seven global drug companies. AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKli...

    By Ann Grey • Aug. 28, 2014
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    Innovator's Corner

    A Single Pill for Multiple Viruses The treatment of viral infections is an unmet medical need. While many viruses such as rhinoviruses, which cause the cold, are not considered serious, others, such as ebola, are. There are more than 200 viruses that cause mild-to-severe diseases that have limite...

    By Lillian Chiang • Aug. 28, 2014
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    Future Breakthroughs

    The PharmaVOICE 100 discuss what’s on the research and commercialization horizons The PharmaVOICE 100 honorees had much to say about where they thought future breakthroughs will be. On the development side, personalized medicine and advances in cancer immunology will create new breakthrough treat...

    By Denise Myshko • July 28, 2014
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    10 Years of Honorees

    PharmaVOICE Honoree Year(s) Adrian Adams 2012 Colleen Adams 2009 Julian Adams, Ph.D. 2008, 2011 Thomas Adams 2005 Jeffrey Adelglass, M.D. 2014 Lisa Adler 2014 Ann Aerts, M.D. 2014 Michael Agard 2010 Gadi Aharoni, Ph.D. 2006 Christopher Ahlberg, Ph.D. 2005 Mark J. Ahn, Ph.D. 2005 Murray L. Aitken ...

    By Robin Robinson • July 28, 2014
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    Red Jacket Awards

    In celebration of 10 years of the PharmaVOICE 100, we are proud to launch the Red Jacket Award. This honor recognizes individuals who have been nominated multiple times by their colleagues and peers as inspirational leaders. Throughout their careers, they have demonstrated a commitment to further...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014
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    The Patient Advocates

    John Glasspool Changing the Access Conversation Driven to innovate by People Market access is dead and the new driver of change and progress in healthcare is patient access. That’s the view of John Glasspool, who heads Baxter’s global market development program. With a dedicated focus on patient ...

    By Robin Robinson • July 28, 2014
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    The Mentors

    John White Mentor, Expert, Leader Driven to innovate by Possibilities Last year, John White ran 60-kilometers (37 miles) to celebrate his 60th birthday. Not only did he complete the race, but he used the event to create a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society (ACS). Called the 60 for 60 Race...

    By Robin Robinson • July 28, 2014
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    The Clinical Specialists

    Michael Brooks Energy for the Long Run Driven to Innovate by Instinct Michael Brooks is a visionary leader who helped create a groundbreaking way for PPD to serve the needs of its biopharmaceutical clients. Under Mr. Brooks’ direction, the company employed several state-of-the-art technologies to...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014
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    PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Section

    These extraordinary leaders, representing a wide range of industry sectors and functional areas of expertise, are having a positive impact on their colleagues, their companies, and the greater healthcare community. See who you know! Who’s on the List — 2014 Indexed by Section The Academics Dr. Mo...

    By Taren Grom • July 28, 2014
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts TMF Survey Reveals Lagging Technology Adoption and Use of Manual Processes Trending now: Although advanced eTMF technologies improve inspection readiness and compliance while reducing costs, a majority still use paper or electronic files...

    By Denise Myshko • July 28, 2014
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    Tools of the Trade

    Veeva Systems Introduces Commercial Cloud for Life Sciences Trending Now: New industry cloud brings together master data, compliant content, and customer interactions across all channels to transform commercial operations. Veeva Systems has unveiled Commercial Cloud, a next-generation solution to...

    By Denise Myshko • July 28, 2014
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    What's New

    Global Outcomes Group Launches to Support Outcomes Research Trending Now: New full-service medical communications agency focuses on supporting growing health economics and outcomes research in biopharma industry. The Global Outcomes Group has been formed to support the content and communication n...

    By Denise Myshko • July 28, 2014