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Innovations: Apps and Websites
App Screens for Early Vision Loss GoCheckKids Screens Children Younger than 5 Years Pediatricians now have a new way to screen for amblyopia, a leading cause of vision loss in children. Gobiquity Mobile Health’s GoCheck Kids is the first pediatric vision screener app designed to facilitate early ...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2015 -
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Innovations: Drug Therapies
First and Only Vaccine Approved for Meningitis Pfizer’s Trumenba a Key Public Health Advance A serious and life-threatening disease can now be prevented with the first and only FDA-approved vaccine in its class. Pfizer’s Trumenba Meningococcal Group B Vaccine was granted accelerated approval by ...
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Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineRare diseases
As drug developers find promise in the rare diseases, deals and treatments are on the rise
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UpFront
Film to Shed Light on Neurological Condition The film crew chats with Kirk J., a young stroke victim currently coping with PBA. Avanir Pharmaceuticals has begun production of The PBA Film Project, a documentary to provide an intimate look at six real people living with a little-known neuro...
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Innovator's Corner
The Next-Generation Artificial Lung Patients with acute respiratory failure have a new treatment option beyond ventilation. ALung Technologies has developed a next-generation device that could minimize or even replace mechanical ventilation. It is a simple, minimally invasive device that could be...
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Tools of the Trade
Veeva Brings User-Guided Detailing to the Cloud Trending Now: New remote detailing solution expands life-sciences companies’ multichannel capabilities for improved customer engagement. Veeva CRM CoBrowse is a new remote detailing solution that enables real-time, interactive engagement and collabo...
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Last Word
Guiding Regulators About Patient Safety Volker Knappertz, M.D., VP and Head of Global Clinical Development for MS at Teva Pharmaceuticals, provides a clinician’s view on patient safety, in particular, how the industry might help educate regulators in the development of new regulations for follow-...
By Volker Knappertz • Dec. 31, 2014 -
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Payers: Addressing the Needs of Payers
Helping payers contain costs and improve outcomes becomes paramount for pharma in the healthcare reform future. According to an EY report, the majority of payers in the United States and Europe believe that drug adherence solutions and data that pharma companies possess are vital to lowering heal...
By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 15, 2014 -
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R&D Crowdsourcing: Crowdsourcing in Pharma
Companies are looking at nontraditional ways of collaborating to access new insights that could lead to innovative therapies. There is a growing movement within the industry toward open access and crowdsourcing scientific information to accelerate research and development. This open environment r...
By Denise Myshko • Nov. 15, 2014 -
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Year in Preview: On the Horizon: Looking Ahead…
Experts from across all sectors of the industry provide their input on the trends in 2015 that will have the biggest impact on the industry, and how they will shape the future of healthcare. For this year’s special Year in Preview issue we took a slightly different tact than in years past. We are...
By Taren Grom • Nov. 15, 2014 -
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On the Calendar
The Calendar Industry Events and Conferences, including SPECIAL DISCOUNTS Coming ATTRACTIONS The mHealth Summit, Dec. 7-11, convenes an array of healthcare stakeholders focused on the integration of mHealth and wireless solutions to improve systemic healthcare systems, patient outcomes, and acces...
By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 15, 2014 -
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The Researchers & Scientists
Dr. Rob Kotin Seeing the Big Picture in Gene Therapy Driven to innovate by Curiosity One of the most influential thought leaders in gene therapy today, Rob Kotin, Ph.D.’s work has the potential to make a lasting impact on the lives of patients suffering from debilitating diseases of the central n...
By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 6, 2014 -
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A New Era of Collaboration: Knowledge Sharing
To innovate in an efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner in today’s drug development environment, companies won’t be able to go it alone; they will need to share data and collaborate in new ways. There was a time when a drugmaker would own and guard every aspect of its research and developm...
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On the Calendar
The Calendar Industry Events and Conferences, including special discounts Coming Attractions The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Assocation is holding its annual conference at the Chicago Hilton, Nov. 12-14, 2014. The conference ‚- Inspired Leaders. Powering Innovation. ‚- is expected draw more than 1...
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ACA Expands Pharma Market
Prescription drug coverage through the ACA’s health exchanges includes 8 million patients. While this is an opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry, it also puts more focus on value, costs, and outcomes. Pharmaceutical companies are finding a changed market for prescription drugs now that con...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 28, 2014 -
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Talent Pool
Pharma Pool DR. JOHN ORLOFF Baxter Appoints VP of BioScience R&D Baxter International has appointed John Orloff, M.D., as VP and global head of research and development for Baxter BioScience. Dr. Orloff joins Baxter from Merck Serono Pharmaceuticals, where he served as global head of clinical...
By Ann Grey • Aug. 28, 2014 -
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Social Buzz
A collection of social media news, events, and strategies. Trending now: Mobile technology improves patient outcomes. A randomized control trial conducted through the Montefiore Medical Center earlier this year found a significant improvement in a number of key patient engagement metrics when car...
By Taren Grom • Aug. 28, 2014 -
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Red Jacket Awards
In celebration of 10 years of the PharmaVOICE 100, we are proud to launch the Red Jacket Award. This honor recognizes individuals who have been nominated multiple times by their colleagues and peers as inspirational leaders. Throughout their careers, they have demonstrated a commitment to further...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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The Technologists
Will Cheung Business Intelligence Meets Clinical Data Driven to innovate by Inefficiencies When problem solving, Will Cheung takes a step back to look at the big picture and identify common themes to see what clicks. He challenges traditional project plans and digs deep to create customized, cust...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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The Strategists
Lisa Adler Champion of Customer Engagement Driven to innovate by Progress Now more than ever, corporate communications plays a key role in creating a positive and engaging corporate culture that attracts and retains top scientific, managerial, and business operations talent while providing an inn...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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The Entrepreneurs
Daniel Ghinn Digital Engagement Driven to innovate by Vision As cofounder of Creation Healthcare, a digital training, research, and planning consultancy, Daniel Ghinn is focused on helping some of the world’s largest healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations integrate digital channels into thei...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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The Commanders & Chiefs
Michelle Keefe An Engaging Presence Driven to innovate by Excellence In just two years, Michelle Keefe has had a hugely positive impact at Publicis Touchpoint Solutions. Always coming up with unique, clever, and reasoned solutions, she combines a confident and energetic presence with a warm, appr...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Section
These extraordinary leaders, representing a wide range of industry sectors and functional areas of expertise, are having a positive impact on their colleagues, their companies, and the greater healthcare community. See who you know! Who’s on the List — 2014 Indexed by Section The Academics Dr. Mo...
By Taren Grom • July 28, 2014 -
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Talent Pool
Pharma Pool Stephen Aselage Retrophin Names President and Chief Operations Officer Retrophin has appointed Stephen Aselage as president and chief operations officer. In this new role, Mr. Aselage is responsible for managing corporate development activities, including the commercialization of exis...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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On the Calendar
August 5-6 2nd Annual Medical Affairs Leaders Forum Asia Le Meridien Cyberport, Hong Kong NextLevel Pharma, http://medicalaffairs asia2014. nextlevelpharma.com/ August 5-7 CPhI South America Expo Center Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil UBM Live, http://www.cphi.com /south-america/home August 7 3rd Annual...
By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2014 -
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2014 PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Company
Who’s on the List — 2014 Indexed by Company Affiliation AbelsonTaylor – Dr. Jeffrey Berg Advanced Clinical LLC – Susan Seroskie Advanced Clinical LLC – Julie Ross Baxter Healthcare Corp. – John Glasspool BBK Worldwide – Aaron Fleishman BioClinica Inc. – Dr. Boaz Mendzelevski Biogen Idec – Dr. Kat...
By Robin Robinson • July 28, 2014
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