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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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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 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineArtificial 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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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...
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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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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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Raise Your Voice -- Letters
Making Personalized Medicine Understandable Education is Key As William D. Young, CEO of Monogram Bioscience, states in The Age of Personalized Medicine, (PharmaVOICE February 2007), honestly and clearly addressing the concerns of the stakeholders (drug makers, insurance companies, doctors, and p...
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PharmaOutlet
Contributed by Nancy Smerkanich The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called a Part 15 (21 CFR Part 15) hearing on Dec. 18, 2006, primarily as “a listening exercise” to gather information so that the agency could move forward to “an all electronic submission environment and electronic data ...
By Nancy Smerkanich • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents April 2007 On the Cover The Evolving Role of the Clinical Project Manager Clinical studies have become more complicated, are multinational, and must adhere to a variety of laws and regulations. As a result, the project manager role has become a core capability needed for drug de...
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DNA-Based Diagnostics: Testing for Personalized Medicine
By Cynthia Borda Theranostic testing There will come a time when genetic testing will be as common in the physician’s office as a blood pressure reading or the use of an MRI. The pharmaceutical industry is making headway in the personalized medicine arena, and diagnostic companies are actively de...
By Cynthia Borda • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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E-Media
etrials Unveils New Version of EDC Solution etrials Worldwide has unveiled EDC 2.0 solution. Combining more than 10 years of market validation and customer deployments, the newest solution builds upon existing Web-based software as a service (SaaS) solution for collecting, managing, and analyzing...
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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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On the Calendar
On the Calendar February 2007 Industry Events 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 dis...
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Talent Pool
Talent Pool Executive Appointments and Promotions Pharma POOL Mark Acosta Diana Bodden Anne Carlson Robert Corrie Cynthia Devereux Barry Gorewit Patrick Gose Darbi James Lawrence Kristoff Richard Laurie Randy Lawson Dr. David Levin Rita Myers June Nguyen Lynda Parker Bradley Pierson John Schillo ...
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PharmaOutlet
Medicare Part D: It’s Crunch Time … Again Manufacturers are facing déjà vu with Part D. While the 2006 Part D year recently came to a close and the 2007 Part D year is nascent, crucial decisions related to 2008 Part D are right around the corner. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CM...
By Kevin Barnett • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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UpFront
PDUFA Update FDA Requests $87.4 million increase The FDA has put before Congress its recommendations for reauthorizing the Prescription Drug User Fee program (PDUFA). If adopted, PDUFA IV — the fourth reauthorization since the program began almost 15 years ago — would significantly broaden and up...
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PharmaOutlet
Greg Sarian discusses executive trading rules. Contributed by Greg Sarian In an age when corporate scandals are top of mind and full financial disclosure is a must, executives may find it difficult to trade their company’s stock without raising eyebrows about how their insider knowledge may have ...
By Greg Sarian • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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PharmaTrax
Life-Sciences Marketers Capitalize on Media Engagement Level A recent survey — Marketing to Life Scientists 2006: Capitalizing on Media Engagement — from BioInformatics LLC found that life scientists who are highly engaged differ significantly from less engaged scientists in their media preferenc...
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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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Targeted Media Messaging: Patient Recruitment Marketing
By Kim Ribbink Patient recruitment is widely considered to be the most costly and time-consuming aspect of clinical trials, and the need to improve the process is pressing. One key aspect to achieving this goal is the use of appropriate media as part of a marketing campaign to improve patient enr...
By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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E-Media
Blue Spoon Releases Ecosystem Solution For Pharma Sales Effectiveness Blue Spoon Consulting has released a marketing ecosystem-based solution for pharmaceutical sales effectiveness. The new design links the context, content, and process of the virtual and physical domains of pharmaceutical sales ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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Global Connections
By Taren Grom, Editor Global outsourcing, as it relates to international sponsor/supplier relationships, is constantly changing and growing. Pharmaceutical companies and their partners can gain significant competitive advantages through global outsourcing when sound business practices are applied...
By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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A New Era in the Science of Aging
By Cynthia Borda Older Americans face new and growing challenges in managing chronic diseases, which are now the leading causes of death among people older than the age of 65. Every seven seconds someone in the United States is celebrating a 60th birthday. This trend began Jan. 1, 2006, and will ...
By Cynthia Borda • Jan. 2, 2008 -
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Master Plan: The Making of a Successful Publication Strategy
By Elisabeth Pena Villarroel Publication planning is an essential part of the drug-development process. The results of the long, labor-intensive years of a clinical trial are announced to the industry and medical professionals through publication in medical journals. Preparing trial results for p...
By Elisabeth Pena Villarroel • Jan. 2, 2008 -
PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
PharmaTrax
Drug Counterfeiting Creates Need for RFID in European Markets The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) by Europe’s pharmaceutical industry continues to be driven by increasing counterfeit products in the market. Such counterfeiting is largely due to deficiencies in the supply chain and th...
By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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