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Tools of the Trade
New electronic and web-based applications, sites, and technologies Veeva Launches Communications Channel Trending Now: New Web-based channel enables life-sciences companies to interact with healthcare professionals online anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Veeva Systems has introduced Veeva ...
By Denise Myshko • April 28, 2014 -
What's New
New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies Parexel Launches Regulatory Outsourcing Service Trending Now: Regulatory information management solutions to enhance client value. Parexel, a global biopharmaceutical services provider, has launched a new service line designed to provide a ...
By Ann Grey • April 28, 2014 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Getty ImagesTrendlineOncology R&D
Cancer research remains a prime focus for the industry and often leads to pharma’s most impactful breakthroughs.
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Innovator's Corner
Allergy Immunotherapy Without the Shots Jens Bager of ALK talks about the company’s allergy tablet, which addresses the specific substance causing the immune system to overreact. Allergies have become increasingly common worldwide and have a tendency to aggravate with time. Currently, more than 2...
By Jens Bager of ALK • April 28, 2014 -
UpFront
Almac Wins Business Awards Almac has received two Belfast Telegraph Business Awards. The awards are in their 12th year and showcase Northern Ireland commercial, industrial, and social enterprise achievements. Almac’s “Excellence in Innovation" entry focused on the development of the company’s ...
By Denise Myshko • April 28, 2014 -
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor Electronic Health Records Open Up New Opportunities Talk of electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR) is a hot topic. These systems assist medical practitioners in the creation, storage, and organization of electronic medical records, including pa...
By Taren Grom • April 28, 2014 -
Mobile and the Patient-Centered, Collaborative and Connected Future
Only when we accept that our best efforts so far have produced marginal results can we tap the willingness of a mobile culture that wants help. When we embrace the need to focus on “me, you, and each of us that is an N of one," we will change things. By Sean Hartigan, Senior VP, Multichannel/Digi...
By Sean Hartigan • March 27, 2014 -
SHOWCASE FEATURE: Mobile: Going Mobile
Going Mobile Mobile technology offers tremendous opportunities for the healthcare industry to address some of the most pressing global challenges: make healthcare more accessible, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs. Expectations are high that mobile technology will help to increase access...
By Taren Grom • March 27, 2014 -
Pharma Doors Begin to Open in Indonesia
Pharma Doors Begin to Open in Indonesia By Kim Ribbink Though many challenges continue for pharma companies bringing products to market in Indonesia, a growing middle class and improving healthcare access make it a desirable market. Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest country in terms of popu...
By Kim Ribbink • March 27, 2014 -
C-Suite: CROs
C-Suite: CROs By Taren Grom, Editor Contract Research Organizations We asked C-suite executives throughout the CRO arena to provide their insights on what the biggest opportunities and barriers for innovation are for improving the drug development process, as well as identify a recent innovation ...
By Taren Grom • March 27, 2014 -
PharmaTrax
Pharma Trax Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts Featured Briefs: Diagnosis of Rare Diseases Remains Difficult Breakthrough Designation Has Potential to Shorten Development Time Cross-Functional Communication of Regulatory Strategy Boosts Impact Growth Expected in eClinical...
By Denise Myshko • March 27, 2014 -
Tools of the Trade
Tools of the Trade New Electronic and Web-based Applications, Sites, and Technologies Featured Briefs: PharmaKinnex Launches Physician Engagement Tool ZS Associates Releases Business Intelligence Tool Accelrys Launches Cloud for Discovery Partnerships TrialNetworks Launches Directory for Trial C...
By Denise Myshko • March 27, 2014 -
What's New
What’s New New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies Featured Briefs: New Janssen Group To Target Unmet Global Health Needs Caplan Associates Launches Grad Advantage New Agency Network Deloitte Launches ConvergeHealth PDR Launches 4th Channel FDA and European Medicines Agency Stren...
By Ann Grey • March 27, 2014 -
Social Buzz
New Social Media News, Events, and Strategies Featured Briefs: Novo Nordisk Tackles Diabetes FDA Seeks Help with Digital Monitoring Android App Provides Power for Clinical Research Pfizer CEO Ian Read Featured on LinkedIn’s Influencer Page PROTECT Act Causing a Stir, But Doubtful to Pass Greater ...
By Taren Grom • March 27, 2014 -
Innovator's Corner
Innovator’s Corner DNA Analysis at the Site of Care Max Perelman, Co-founder of Biomeme, wants to turn your smartphone into a lab for quick DNA diagnostics and on-site disease tracking. We want to empower anyone to do the entire qPCR process from start to finish, and to do this we’ve dramaticall...
By Max Perelman • March 27, 2014 -
UpFront
UpFront AbbVie Announces Art Gallery On Chronic Inflammatory Disease AbbVie has launched Perspectives — Art, Inflammation and Me, an initiative designed to add a different dimension to the current understanding of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and their impact on patients and society. Mo...
By Denise Myshko • March 27, 2014 -
Letter from the Editor
The Journey of an Entrepreneur: Risk and Reward Having embarked upon an entrepreneurial journey with my two business partners Lisa Banket and Marah Walsh 13 years ago, I was interested to read the stories of the entrepreneurs featured in this month’s cover story. Some are first timers, others are...
By Taren Grom • March 27, 2014 -
Insights Hidden in Data Represent Opportunities for Drug and Medical Device Developers
As speed and cost become increasingly important in health care, more and more decision making will be “shared," requiring increased data transparency, collection and analysis. Pharmaceutical and medical device innovators can now generate substantial value across the health care spectrum by levera...
By Doug Dockhorn • Feb. 26, 2014 -
mHealth Tools Can Streamline Clinical Trials
mHealth Tools Can Streamline Clinical Trials Studies show that mobile tools increase trial engagement while lowering costs. By Robin Robinson You may be holding the most important medical devices of the future in your hand: a smartphone and a mobile app. As the clinical trial space explores ways ...
By Robin Robinson • Feb. 25, 2014 -
Connected Health Tools Improve Patient Outcomes
connected Health Tools Improve Patient Outcomes The ability for real-time information exchange enables better relationships, monitoring, and behavior change. By Robin Robinson The Center for Connected Health has been studying the effects of connected health on patient behavior, engagement, and ou...
By Robin Robinson • Feb. 25, 2014 -
mHealth: Patient Adherence Tools Get Personal
mhealth Patient Adherence Tools Get Personal From blister packaging to text reminders, mHealth technology tools are helping drive patient adherence. Acharacteristically slow-moving pharma industry is being hit with technology that is changing at warp speed. How companies prepare for the coming ye...
By Robin Robinson • Feb. 25, 2014 -
Connected Health
Connected Health According to Accenture, the future of healthcare is an ecosystem that is based on connecting all parts of a healthcare delivery system, seamlessly, through interoperable health information processes and technologies so that critical health information is available when and where ...
By Taren Grom • Feb. 25, 2014 -
Talent Pool
Pharma Pool Albert BOURLA Susan SILBERMANN Pfizer Makes Executive Moves Pfizer has named Albert Bourla as group president of the vaccines, oncology, and consumer healthcare business. Mr. Bourla has 20 years of experience at Pfizer and has held senior global positions across a range of markets and...
By Ann Grey • Feb. 25, 2014 -
On the Calendar
On the Calendar The Calendar Industry Events and Conferences, including special discounts Coming Attractions In May 2014, the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its prestigious Woman of the Year (WOTY) award. The HBA is proud to announce that three vis...
By Heather Hummel • Feb. 25, 2014 -
Upping Their Game: CROs Must Develop A New Mindset to Partners with Sponsors
Contributed by: Mark Scullion, Senior VP, Strategic Resourcing, Inventiv Health Clinical As companies evaluate CRO partners, even for transactional work, they should be considering their potential fit for a more aligned relationship in the future. Forming an aligned partnership can lower costs, r...
By Mark Scullion • Jan. 28, 2014 -
Creating Sustainable Growth, Profitability, and Innovation
Balkrishan Kalra, Senior Vice President & Global Business Leader, Life Sciences, Genpact Can your business process operations support disruptive new strategies, and nontraditional business models? Today, the life sciences industry faces unprecedented challenges, uncertainty and risk that are ...
By Balkrishan Kalra • Jan. 28, 2014