Biotech: Page 46

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    On the Calendar

    November 15 Turn Market Research into a Competitive Advantage McCann Erickson Building, New York For more information, contact Laura DeGroot, Healthcare Marketing & Communications Council, at 610-868-8299, e-mail [email protected], or visit hmc-council.org. November 15-16 International Pa...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Addressing the Silo Mentality

    The industry is made up of hundreds of companies, public and private, large and small, some with highly developed R&D and commercial capabilities, and some with little more than two brilliant scientists and a molecule. cross-functional communications Anyone who works in the pharmaceutical and...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Oncology

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

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    The Winds of Change Continue for the CME Community

    medical education The updated criteria for CME means there will be an increased emphasis on measuring the outcomes of education. In recent years, the CME community has demonstrated the ability to manage complex change in the processes related to seeking funding, as well as assuring independence a...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Letter from the Editor -- A Year in Preview

    As another year comes to a close, it’s natural to stop and take stock of the events that have shaped the industry and to look ahead in anticipation of what’s next on the horizon. Once again, PharmaVOICE appreciates the time that so many industry executives took out of their busy schedules to comm...

    By Taren Grom • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Then & Now

    Year in Preview Prognostications for the future PharmaVOICE asked several experts who participated in the December 2005 issue to review what they predicted for 2006. We wanted to know if indeed their prognostications for the future came true. In some cases, they were right on, and in other instan...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    UpFront

    Year in Preview FAST FACTS The Industry at a Glance In 2007, the market will be absorbing changes that have defined a new economic reality, one in which growth is shifting from mature markets to emerging ones; new product adoption is not keeping pace with the loss of patent protection by establis...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Partnerships For Success

    Year in Preview Strategic Alliances Strategic alliances — between pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and other outsourcing providers — are expected to impact the future of drug development. Pharmaceutical companies are under pressure from the public, analysts, Wall Street,...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    What's New

    GSW Launches Pink Tank Specialty marketing group offers expertise in understanding and speaking to women. Remarkably, many marketers don’t realize that women connect with brands differently from men. We established Pink Tank to help companies understand those differences and to counsel them on ho...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    Industry Events October 2006 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 distributed at more ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Pink Ribbons of Opportunity

    By Cynthia Borda Despite advances in breast cancer treatments, this is still an area of unmet need. Significant opportunities exist in this market, especially for products that are targeted and that have fewer side effects. Tremendous progress has been made in treating breast cancer. Survival rat...

    By Cynthia Borda • Jan. 2, 2008
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    UpFront

    resource hub Grand Opening of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County located in Doylestown, Pa., is a $15 million, 62,000-square-foot facility, funded in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The center seeks to advance biotech...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Bio Meets Pharma to Form the New Age of Biopharma

    By Denise Myshko In the future, broad-based companies will choose the most appropriate approach, whether small molecule or biologic, to create new interventions. The distinction between biotech and pharma is blurring. The result: broad-based companies use their expertise in a disease and the unde...

    By Denise Myshko • Jan. 2, 2008
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    A New Paradigm for Clinical Development

    Year in Preview clinical-development process The current clinical-evaluation process is fraught with inefficiencies, resulting in numerous compound failures and exploding development costs. To offset these obstacles, a number of pharmaceutical companies are employing novel clinical-trial models. ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Marketplace

    Featured Product and Service Showcases 21 West Partners AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Avenue-e Health Strategies Compass Healthcare Communications ePharmaSolutions Inc. etrials Worldwide Inc. Medical Marketing Service Inc. Medidata Solutions Worldwide MedNet Solutions Inc. NXLevel...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    E-media

    New Electronic and Web-based Applications, Sites, and Technologies Phase Forward Offers Enhanced Trial-Management Tools Phase Forward Inc. has released the new InForm Adapter module, providing customers with enhanced integration capabilities for its InForm Integrated Trial Management (ITM) electr...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Table of Contents

    A.J. Kazimi says public perception is one obstacle midsize companies face. Jill Balderson says patients need more information about diseases. Dr. Dahiyat’s technology could change the face of medicine. October 2006 PharmaVOICE On the Cover Midsize pharma: Moving and shaking the industry Unlike th...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    What's New

    New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies Scientific Advantage Launches MSL Outsourcing Subsidiary The new division addresses client requests for MSL professionals. Scientific Advantage LLC has formed MSL Advantage LLC to fill MSL staffing positions within pharmaceutical, biotech, ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    Nanotech Sector Continues Strong Growth Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts The commercialization of nanotechnology continues to gain momentum worldwide, according to The Nanotech Report, 4th Edition, a comprehensive and up-to-date reference study on nanotechnology, releas...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    DIA 2006 -- Annual Conference

    DIA 2006 — Breaks Attendance Records September 2006 Sanjay Gupta, M.D., senior medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN, practicing neurosurgeon, and an assistant professor of neurosurgery gave the keynote speech at the 42nd Annual DIA Meeting. The conference drew record numbe...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    BIO 2006 -- Annual Conference

    BIO 2006 — Annual Conference BIO 2006 — Breaks Attendance Records BIO 2006 conference wrap-up Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, an ethanol-fueled race car, and the world’s largest indoor cornfield boosted attendance at BIO 2006 to a record...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    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 distributed at more than 150 industry events a ye...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    Genomics Will Drive Drug Development Once clear, unambiguous pathways and procedures are laid out, genomic applications will blaze a path through the clinic, the physicians’ offices, and eventually into the hands of consumers, says Mike Goodman, General Manager of CHA Advances Reports. Mike Goodm...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    May 10 2006 HBA Woman of the Year Luncheon Hilton New York, New York For more information, contact Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association at 973-575-0606, e-mail [email protected], or visit hbanet.org. May 10-12 PharmaDiscovery Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, North Bethesda...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    Table of Contents

    On the Cover Creative marketing: New challenges, new tools, new attitudes Marketers are turning to a vast array of tools to meet today’s challenges. The hot tools are predominately patient focused instead of the broader, mass- marketing approach of DTC. FEATURES Combination products: Drugs and de...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008
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    UpFront

    Biotech pioneer recognized Dr. Zaffaroni Receives 2006 Biotech Heritage Award The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) presented the 8th Annual Biotechnology Heritage Award to Alejandro Zaffaroni, a pioneer of the biotechnology revolution and a legendar...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 2, 2008