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Talent Pool
Pharmaceutical Pool Dr. Lawrence Bloch Infinity Names Business Chief Lawrence Bloch, M.D., has joined Infinity Pharmaceuticals as executive VP, chief financial officer, and chief business officer. Dr. Bloch is responsible for the company’s corporate, financial, and business development strategies...
By Carolyn Gretton • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Facing the Challenges of Global Product Registration
Facing the Challenges of Global Product Registration Robin Robinson One could say keeping track of global product registrations and staying compliant with regional and international regulations is more difficult than herding cats — if that common phrase used to describe a situation where numerous...
By Robin Robinson • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Trendline
Commercialization, marketing and social media
As the pharma industry stares down a historic patent cliff, macroeconomic headwinds and challenging R&D costs for increasingly complex medicines, nailing the launch of new medicines has become increasingly critical.
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Insights from the C-Suite: Pharmaceutical Companies
Insights from the C-Suite: Pharmaceutical CompaniesThe pharmaceutical industry is facing a number of well-publicized challenges: increasing generic competition, pricing pressures, innovation hurdles, Wall Street scrutiny, etc. C-suite pharmaceutical executives who were also featured in the Pharma...
By Taren Grom • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Coming of Age: India Grows in Stature
India’s pharmaceutical industry is now the third largest in the world in terms of volume and stands 14th in terms of value. The country’s pharmaceutical market is expected to reach $55 billion in 2020 from $12.6 billion in 2009. And with a population of 1.1 billion, India is predicted to be the m...
By Kim Ribbink • Aug. 30, 2012 -
Talent Pool
Pharmaceutical POOL Dr. Dipak PANIGRAHI Silvia TAYLOR Sucampo Names Executives Global pharmaceutical firm Sucampo Pharmaceuticals has added two VPs to its leadership team. Sucampo has appointed Dipak Panigrahi, M.D., VP, medical affairs. Dr. Panigrahi’s responsibilities include establishing and l...
By Carolyn Gretton • Aug. 30, 2012 -
PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Section
The Commanders & Chiefs 10 Adrian Adams Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Rich Altus PDR Network Matt Baker Compass IRB J. Martin Carroll Boehringer Ingelheim Leo Francis, Ph.D. Publicis Healthcare Communications Group Lisa Costantino EMD Serono David de Graaf, Ph.D. Selventa Asaf Evenhaim Crossix Sol...
By Taren Grom • July 28, 2012 -
What's New
What’s New New Healthcare-Related Products, Services, and Companies By Carolyn Gretton Saatchi & Saatchi Science Focuses on Complex Categories Trend: The agency’s name change reflects its vision for the future and its expertise in distilling scientific and market data into compelling brand...
By Carolyn Gretton • July 28, 2012 -
The PV 100 Book Club
Favorite Books Nonfiction Favorites The Innovator‚Äôs Dilemma: The ¬?Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton Christensen Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn by Gail Evans The Business of Being the Best: ¬?Inside th...
By Taren Grom and Kim Ribbink • July 28, 2012 -
2012 PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Company
360 Vantage Mario Martinez II Agile Therapeutics Marie Foegh, M.D. Alkermes Elliot Ehrich, M.D. Almac Clinical Technologies Graham Nicholls Amgen Martin VanTrieste, R.Ph. Appature Kabir Shahani The Assay Depot Kevin Lustig, Ph.D. Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Adrian Adams Ayogo Games Michael Fergusson...
By Taren Grom • July 28, 2012 -
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor Inspiration… Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. — Albert Einstein. Einstein might have been describing this year’s PharmaVOICE 100 honorees. This distinguished group of individuals — men and women — are committed to achieving results that lead to the g...
By Taren Grom • July 28, 2012 -
2012 DIA Preview
2012 DIA Preview New tools, services, and products to improve drug development from DIA exhibitors. This special Drug Information Association section highlights news as well as new and innovative products being offered by companies exhibiting at the upcoming 2012 DIA, the 48th Annual Meeting, in ...
By Taren Grom • May 29, 2012 -
It's Time for Mobile: Do You Know Where Your Consumers Are?
By Robin Robinson There are several very solid reasons why the industry should be using mobile technology in its marketing efforts, but the one that stands out above all others is quite simple — mobile is where the consumers are. There are more smartphones than personal computers in the United St...
By PharmaVoice Team • May 29, 2012 -
Postapproval Studies: More Critical and Challenging Than Ever
By Robin Robinson Phase IV data are in high demand by more stakeholders. As the need for postapproval data reaches a critical point, the industry explores the multiple options and struggles to determine which methods are best for collecting and analyzing important data. There are as many ways to ...
By PharmaVoice Team • May 29, 2012 -
Insights from the C-Suite: Biotechnology Companies
C-Suite Biotech Companies Insights from the C-Suite: Biotechnology Companies Biotech executives address the need for regulations that address the specific needs of biotech and how funding challenges can impact innovation. According to a recent report by US Biotech Market Analysis, the United Stat...
By Taren Grom • April 27, 2012 -
Addressing Reimbursement During Development
Denise Myshko Pharma companies are experiencing greater scrutiny from government, private payers, and consumers. Creating a comprehensive reimbursement plan that begins at early phases of product development is essential in successfully obtaining coverage. Increasingly in the United States and in...
By Denise Myshko • April 27, 2012 -
New Course for Biotherapeutics
Denise Myshko Companies developing biotherapeutics are beginning to study indications beyond cancer and autoimmune and infectious diseases and are researching how antibodies and proteins can be used to treat other conditions, such as pain and cardiovascular conditions, that have traditionally bee...
By Denise Myshko • April 27, 2012 -
Last Word
Word Building Strong Partnerships John Gargiulo, President and CEO of Daiichi Sankyo Inc., talks about how a philanthropic gift 100 years ago led to a global collaboration for drug development. PV: What is Daiichi Sankyo’s connection to Washington, D.C.’s cherry trees? Gargiulo: One hundred year...
By Carolyn Gretton • April 27, 2012 -
Talent Pool
Talent Pool executive appointments and promotions in the healthcare industry By Carolyn Gretton Pharmaceutical POOL Dr. Charlotte KREMER Astellas Names Global Medical Affairs Head Charlotte Kremer, M.D., has joined Astellas Pharma as head of the global medical affairs organization. Dr. Kremer wa...
By Carolyn Gretton • April 27, 2012 -
Tools of the Trade
Tools of the Trade New electronic and web-based applications, sites, and technologies By Carolyn Gretton New Tool from HealthSTAR Provides Virtual Bridge Between KOLs, HCPs Trend: New advances in digital platforms are allowing for the capture of peer-to-peer programs via a digital platform that ...
By Carolyn Gretton • April 27, 2012 -
What's New
What’s New New healthcare-related products, services, and companies By Carolyn Gretton CAHG Joins Forces With TBWAWorldHealth Trend: Alliances among global communications companies aim to help healthcare clients in major and pharmerging markets to create a healthier world. CAHG, a healthcare comm...
By Carolyn Gretton • April 27, 2012 -
Competitive Intelligence and Strategy in Today's Environment
s the industry experiences a myriad of new pressures, many of its tried-and-true business practices are shifting to meet new challenges, and the world of competitive intelligence (CI) is no exception. Some in the industry are predicting that not only will CI soon be defined differently, but its r...
By Robin Robinson • March 26, 2012 -
Pharma 3.0
As the industry evolves to address a new ecosystem within the complex and global drug development and commercialization arena, companies will need to be open to using new technologies, thinking, and processes to make healthcare more sustainable, affordable, and accessible; improve the efficiency ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Final Phase Goal: Maximize Uptake While Speeding to Launch
In every phase of drug development today, processes are more complex and more costly than ever and the drive to reduce time and expenditure is more critical. In today’s ever-changing marketplace, this holds true especially for the last stages of the process: registration, launch, and postlaunch. ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 26, 2012 -
New Models for Early Development
The number of drugs entering Phase I fell 47% and the number of drugs entering Phase II trials fell 53%, according to 2011 Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook complied by CMR International. Industry experts say there is a trend toward conducting fewer, more complex early-phase studies that often incl...
By Denise Myshko • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Achieving Value from Discovery and Preclinical Endeavors
The need to increase value and productivity throughout the development process has never been more critical. R&D expenditure continued to drop in 2010 to an estimated three-year low of $68 billion, and drug success rates continue to show the declining trends of the past decade, according to t...
By Denise Myshko • Feb. 26, 2012