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    E-media

    New Electronic and Web-based Applications, Sites, and Technologies Featured Briefs: IntraLinks, Adobe ­Collaborate on ­Data-Capture Solutions for Clinical Trials Maestro eLearning ­Creates e-Learning Library Deloitte Recap Helps Biopharma Executives Make Portfolio Decisions Thomson Reuters Unveil...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 26, 2010
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts Featured Briefs: Companies Advised to Communicate with Payers Earlier in Drug Development Sidebar: Average Allocation of a Managed ­Markets Department’s Personnel Pharma Companies Add Employer Market to the Mix Sidebar: Employer Programs...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 25, 2010
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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.

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    Letter from the Editor

    In our lifetime… There are few, if any, of us who can say we have been lucky enough to escape the ravaging effects of cancer — be it ourselves, a significant other, family member, or friend. For more years than I care to remember, “a cure for cancer" has been just around the corner. Recently, Pre...

    By Taren Grom • Jan. 25, 2010
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    Dr. Alan E. Guttmacher — In the genes

    AS THE RECENTLY APPOINTED SECOND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE,THE INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, DR.ALAN GUTTMACHER’S EXTENSIVE CLINICAL GENETICS BACKGROUND WILL BE INVALUABLE AT A TIME WHEN RESEARCHERS ARE BEGINNING TO TRANSLATE T...

    By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 18, 2010
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    The Package Deal

    PharmaVOICE Container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device, or any likeness thereof, of a drug manufacturer, pro cessor, packer, or distributor other than the per son or persons who in fact manufactured, pro ce...

    By Elizabeth Pena • Jan. 18, 2010
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    E-Media

    E-MEDIA NEW ELECTRONIC AND WEBBASED APPLICATIONS, SITES, AND TECHNOLOGIES FDAnews has launched Drug Industry Daily, an electronic daily publication that provides news coverage of what’s happening on Capitol Hill, in the courts, and at the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 14, 2010
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    What's New

    NEW HEALTHCARERELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND COMPANIES Doctors+Designers has changed its company name to HealthEd to reflect a change in business strategy focusing on developing patient-centered health education programs. “With noncompliance costing the pharmaceuti cal industry $15 billion to $2...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 14, 2010
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    PharmaTrax

    SALES, MARKETING, AND R&D TRENDS AFFECTING THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY NestEggz Survey Suggests PATIENTS WHO SAVE ON PRESCRIPTIONS TAKE THEIR MEDICATION Almost 90% of cholesterol patients enrolled in NestEggz were found to take their medication daily, almost double the national average.NestEggz,a...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 14, 2010
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    Dr. Jon Adler — Medicine Man

    Man FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO THE BOARDROOM, Jonathan N. Adler, M.D., is committed to the practice of medicine. As a physician, lecturer, and president and chief medical officer of eMedicine, he balances all endeavors with one goal in mind: fostering better medicine. BY KIM RIBBINK JON Adler Pha...

    By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 14, 2010
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    Pushing Past the Paper

    PharmaVOICE W While adoption of a paperless approach by pharmaceutical companies has been gradual, Forrester Research, based on a recent survey of 400 pharmaceutical profession als, is projecting that 24% of all new clinical trials will be Web enabled by 2004. Integrated electronic applica tion, ...

    By Taren Grom • Jan. 14, 2010
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    NEUROTHERAPEUTICS AND GENE AMPLIFICATION Markets Predicted to Grow Unmet need and ballooning incidence are expected to create huge market potential in neuro logical drugs,according to a study by Kalorama Infor mation. The world market stands at $70 billion, but steady growth in demand and product...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 13, 2010
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    Pharma Outlet

    Fewer new drug approvals, the political spotlight on the pharmaceutical industry, promotional budget cutbacks. What else can go wrong in the healthcare communications industry? Pitted against their more endowed competitors, small agencies may be wellsuited to survive in today’s adverse environmen...

    By Rico Viray • Jan. 13, 2010
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    What's on your mind: Opinions

    R&D will tell I am not sure that the mega company strategy/structure will support the trend toward biopharmaceutical products (and fur ther into the future, gene therapies) that offer therapeutic solutions for more specific diseases. The trend toward blockbuster product launches will give way...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 13, 2010
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    John T. Spitznagel — A New Horizon

    PharmaVOICE EARLY ON IN HIS CAREER,JOHN SPITZNAGEL SET HIS SIGHTS ON ONE DAY RUNNING A HEALTHCARE COMPANY. IN MAY 2002, AS CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF ESP PHARMA, HIS VISION BECAMEAREALITYONCEAGAIN. Mr. Spitznagel already has proven that he has what it takes to drive a company to success, having engineer...

    By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 11, 2010
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    Finding a Spot for Frova

    Instead of trying to conquer the entire antimigraine market, Frova will stake its claim by focusing on a niche market segment that can benefit from the drug’s unique halflife and superior safety profile Frova isn’t the drug for every migraine patient. The marketers of the latest triptan to enter ...

    By Elisabeth Pena • Jan. 11, 2010
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    Manufacturing for Bio Capacity

    George Coleman President, Biomedex Inc., Spokane, Wash.; Biomedex specializes in a broad spectrum of contract manufacturing services for bio- pharmaceutical clients, from regulatory compliance to aseptic filling, to validation, to cleanroom sanitizing agents, to quality assurance, to component cl...

    By Denise Myshko • Jan. 11, 2010
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    What's New

    NEW HEALTHCARE RELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND COMPANIES Dorland Sweeney Jones Health Communications is reaffirming its position as a leader in global health communications and creating a power brand by simplifying its name and organizational structure. The agency has returned to its original nam...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 11, 2010
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    PharmaTrax

    Teams and effective practices that drive corporate growth. “Successful new product plan ning efforts realize that analytical teamstaffing efforts are essential to today’s blockbuster products,” says Paul Meade, VP at Best Prac tices. “Teams that have well rounded members who can bring a combinati...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 11, 2010
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    Partners in Public Health

    The first influenza pandemic of the 21st century is under way. H1N1 influenza A has affected more than 207 countries and overseas territories worldwide, according the World Health Organization. As of the end of November 2009, 622,482 cases have been reported, including more than 7,820 deaths. In ...

    By Denise Myshko • Dec. 28, 2009
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    Executive Coaching

    The goal of coaching is the goal of good ­management: and that is to make the most of an organization’s valuable resources — ­Harvard Business Review he International Coach Federation (ICF), one of the largest worldwide resources for professional coaches, defines coaching as partnering with clien...

    By Taren Grom • Dec. 28, 2009
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    Dr. Thomas Steitz: The Right Chemistry

    Brilliance begets brilliance, and from early in his career, Thomas Steitz, Ph.D., has learned from and kept company with some of the most highly lauded scientific minds of the 20th and 21st centuries. Over the years, breakthrough discoveries regarding the ribosome have led to Dr. Steitz being oft...

    By Kim Ribbink • Dec. 28, 2009
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    Talent Pool

    Biotechnology POOL Dr. Diane JORKASKY Aileron Therapeutics Appoints Medical Chief Aileron Therapeutics, a biotechnology company discovering and developing a novel class of therapeutics called stapled peptides, has appointed Diane Jorkasky, M.D., senior VP, head of development and chief medical of...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 28, 2009
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    E-media

    E-upgrades and enhancements Prolifiq’s recent software release, Prolifiq for Life Sciences, is designed to help pharma, biotech, and medical-device companies comply with an increasingly complex web of regulations governing electronic sales communications. Constantly evolving guidelines, regulatio...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 28, 2009
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    What's New

    Oncology Performance Edge, Health Strategies Group’s recently launched strategic research service, helps marketing and sales executives in the oncology field improve brand performance by understanding how best to invest their resources. “The oncology market is significantly different from others,...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 28, 2009
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts Featured Briefs: Most Americans Want More Info on New Biotechnologies Sidebars: What Do You Think Synthetic Biology Is? Rating the Best Drivers of Attendance to speaker events Pharma Rebranding of Speaker Events Is Paying Off Japan Prese...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 28, 2009