Biotech: Page 28

  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    The Calendar

    Coming Attractions The Pennsylvania BIO 2016 Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration is the premier event of the season for the life-sciences industry in Pennsylvania. On March 10th, more than 1,000 attendees will convene for this can’t-miss event Thursday, March 10, 2016, at the PA Convention Cente...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 1, 2016
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Reflections and Predictions

    The world today is much different from when PharmaVOICE began publishing 15 years ago. In the United States, George W. Bush had just taken office, replacing Bill Clinton. Today, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are running for president. Okay, so while some of the names in politics remain the same, t...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 1, 2016
  • cancer healthcare Explore the Trendline➔
    Image attribution tooltip
    Stock via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Trendline

    Oncology

    As investments in cancer R&D stay high, waves of innovative new treatments are on the horizon.

    By PharmaVoice staff
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    The Calendar

    Coming Attractions CNS Summit 2015 will take place Oct. 8 – Oct. 11 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, Boca Raton, Fla.  The CNS Summit is committed to collaboration among all stakeholders, with the objective of advancing drug development. It is in this spirit of collaboration that all CNS Summ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Talent Pool

    Pharma Pool Susan Benton Tracey Dawson Shire Appoints New Executive Team Leads Susan Benton, an industry veteran with more than 25 years of commercial business experience, including 17 years focused in ophthalmology, has been named head of business development, ophthalmics, Shire. She is responsi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    The Calendar

    Coming Attractions The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s (HBA) Annual Conference — Influence and Impact: Imagine the Possibilities — will take place November 3-5, 2015, at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. More than 1,200 executives — women and men — will convene to engage in meaningful dia...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Talent Pool

    Biotech Pool Dr. Nathalie Adda Enanta Names Chief Medical Officer Enanta Pharmaceuticals, a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, has appointed Nathalie Adda, M.D., as senior VP and chief medical ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Letter from the Editor

    Celebrating Inspiration When we first conceptualized this special issue 11 years ago, the idea was that it would be nice to showcase the people who are having a positive impact on the industry. We didn’t know then that this issue would come to mean so much more than a metaphoric high five. Over t...

    By Taren Grom • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    UpFront

    High School Students from Canada and Arizona Receive Top Honors in BioGENEius Challenge Winners of the annual International BioGENEius Challenge were announced at the 2015 BIO International Convention in Philadelphia. Anvita Gupta (12th Grade, Scottsdale, Ariz.) received top prize for the Global ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Who's on the list by Company

    AbelsonTaylor Inc.    Keith Stenlund Achillion Pharmaceuticals    Kevin Kucharski Advanced Clinical LLC    Leo Sheridan Alcobra Pharma    David Baker Altasciences    Chris Perkin AmerisourceBergen Corp.    Marc Kikuchi Artcraft Health    Marc Sirockman Astellas Pharma US Inc.    Jim Robinson Astr...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    The Calendar

    Coming Attractions The PharmaVOICE 100 Celebration, to be held Sept. 17, at the Apella Event Space Riverpark Tom Colicchio Restaurant located at The Alexandria Center for Life Science, convenes the most influential and inspirational leaders from across all sectors of the life-sciences industry. P...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Talent Pool

    Pharma Pool Marcello Agosti Takeda Names Head of New Global Commercial Organization Takeda has named Marcello Agosti head of global commercial, based in Zurich. The company established the global commercial organization as part of its plans to structure operations to become more agile and custome...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Who's On The List by Section

    Commanders & Chiefs Dr. Michelle Berrey    Chimerix Rob Cosinuke    athenahealth and Epocrates Jim Curtis    Remedy Health Media Dr. Bruce Feinberg    Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions Lisa Giles    Giles & Associates Consultancy Inc. and Optivara Inc. Peter Goldschmidt    Sandoz Inc. D...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Commanders & Chiefs

    Mark Timney Title: President and CEO Company: Purdue Pharma LP Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Sports, majoring in Marketing, Newcastle Polytechnic, (now Northumbria University) Family: Wife, Michelle; son, Aidan, 12 Bucket List: Attend a European Champions League final, in which Liverpool wins A...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Entrepreneurs

    Elizabeth Holmes Title: Chairman, CEO, Founder Company: Theranos Education: Honorary doctorate degree, Pepperdine University Awards/Honors:  Youngest person to be awarded the Horatio Alger Award; TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015; Best Health Startup, Crunchies Awards, 2015; T...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Researchers & Scientists

    Dr. Anish Suri Title: Senior Scientific Director, Discovery Immunology Company: Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Education: Ph.D., Immunology, Washington University St. Louis; B.S., Biology, Angelo State University Famil...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Fun Facts About the PharmaVOICE 100

    Where they were born? The PharmaVOICE 100 may come from all over, but what they have in common is a sincere desire to improve the lives of patients everywhere. What was their first job? We thought it would be fun to know how these highly successful executives earned their first paychecks. As it t...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Overcoming the Challenges that Hinder Innovation

    PharmaVOICE 100 honorees discuss the challenges that the industry needs to overcome to support future innovation. Between 2009 and 2014, the annual growth rate for the top 25 life-sciences companies slowed from the prior decade’s double-digit average to only 1% annually, according to a recent rep...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Innovation In a Patient-Centric World

    From healthcare reform to the push for value in medicines to personalized healthcare, the patient is now at the center of, well, everything. This means that pharmaceutical companies are now required to create a new paradigm, with the patient at the center. An initiative that began last year withi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Letter from the Editor

    In the rare disease community there is saying: Alone we are rare, together we are strong. Wendy White, senior VP, for rare diseases, at Dohmen Life Science Services, a board member of Global Genes,  and the president of the Heathcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA), shared her personal rare dis...

    By Taren Grom • June 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    The Calendar

    Coming Attractions The annual BIO International Convention, June 15-18, 2015, in Philadelphia covers the wide spectrum of life-sciences innovations and application areas. Drug discovery, biomanufacturing, genomics, biofuels, nanotechnology,  and cell therapy are just a few of the industries repre...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Talent Pool

    Biopharma Pool David Allsop Amicus Therapeutics Appoints Senior VP, International Amicus Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of therapies for rare and orphan diseases, has appointed David Allsop as senior VP, international. He is responsible for Amicus’ international organi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Talent Pool

    Biopharma Pool Steven Ertel Dr. Matthew Sherman Acceleron Pharma Announces Executive Appointments and Promotions Acceleron Pharma, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutic candidates that regulate cellular growth...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    2015 HBA Luminaries

    The Importance of Mentoring and Sponsorship Emily Lightfoot. AmerisourceBergen. Relationships with mentors have been the key to my career success. Having an advocate and coach to help me plan my career, discover my strengths, and identify opportunities has helped me develop confidence to take on ...

    By Taren Grom • May 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Pharma Trax

    Venture Funding Trends Trending now: Report shows an increase in funding for rare diseases and a decrease in funding for chronic diseases. Seventy-eight percent of U.S. venture investment for therapeutics went toward novel drug R&D, suggesting innovation is a core priority for venture investo...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2015
  • Image attribution tooltip
    PharmaVoice Team/PharmaVoice
    Image attribution tooltip

    Talent Pool

    Biotechnology Pool Mary Thistle Dimension Names Chief Business Officer Dimension Therapeutics, a rare disease company advancing novel treatments for diverse genetic disorders of the liver based upon an AAV gene therapy platform, has appointed Mary Thistle to the newly created position of chief bu...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2015