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Global Patient Recruitment
Robin Robinson Social media, regulations, and outsourcing are shaping global trial recruitment models. According to a recent CEI survey, more than 20% of responding companies use text messaging for patient visit reminders in Phase I through Phase III. Source: Cutting Edge Information As is tru...
By Taren Grom • March 26, 2012 -
Clinical Trial Technology Continues to Evolve
By Denise Myshko Electronic processes for data collection are now widely used in clinical trials. But the use of technology and electronic processes for the operational side of trials is still lagging. Ten years ago, when PharmaVOICE first started writing about clinical trial technologies, elect...
By Denise Myshko • March 26, 2012 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Stock via Getty ImagesTrendlineClinical trial diversity
As pharma wises up to the fact that the current playbook for improving clinical trial diversity has yet to make a meaningful impact, the quest is on to refine that approach.
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Patient Communities: Getting to Know You
Patient Communities: Getting to Know You By Robin Robinson The industry is tapping into the wealth of market research available through patient communities. In 2010, UCB and PatientsLikeMe launched a patient community designed as an online forum for epilepsy patients to share their experiences in...
By Robin Robinson • March 26, 2012 -
Last Word
The Promise of Stem Cell Therapies for Chronic Diseases Andrew Pecora, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Director at Neostem, discusses the company’s work using stem cells for cardiovascular conditions. The company’s lead product candidate, AMR-001, is for the preservation of heart function after a...
By Dr. Andrew Pecora • March 26, 2012 -
Talent Pool
executive appointments and promotions in the healthcare industry By Carolyn Gretton Pharmaceutical POOL Dr. Rob KOREMANS Former Sanofi VP Takes Lead Role at Teva Europe Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has appointed Rob Koremans, M.D., to succeed Dr. Gerard van Odijk as president and CEO, Teva Euro...
By Carolyn Gretton • March 26, 2012 -
PharmaTrax
Sales, marketing, And R&D?Trends affecting the healthcare industry Study Explores How Consumers Interact With Pharma Companies Trend: Growing numbers of patients are turning to social media and digital tools to obtain drug information before meeting with their physicians, representing a key ...
By Carolyn Gretton • March 26, 2012 -
What's New
New healthcare-related products, services, and companies Transparency Life Sciences Launches with Open Innovation-Based Model Trend: This new breed of drug development company aims to achieve much greater efficiency in its patient-centric trials by harnessing the power of collaborative intellige...
By Carolyn Gretton • March 26, 2012 -
UpFront
Upfront Awards… CSL Honored for Work in Rare Diseases CSL Behring is the recipient of a 2012 European Organization for Rare Diseases Award for its work in developing and manufacturing therapies used to treat rare and serious medical conditions. One of the primary criteria for the award is a...
By Taren Grom • March 26, 2012 -
Letter from the Editor
The forum for the industry executive Volume 12 • Number 4 Publisher Lisa Banket Editor Taren Grom Creative Director Marah Walsh Managing EDitor Denise Myshko Senior EDitor Robin Robinson features EDitor Kim Ribbink Contributing Editor Carolyn Gretton design associate Ariel Medel national account ...
By Taren Grom • March 26, 2012 -
Germany: A Market for Clinical Research
G ermany is a pre-eminent pharmaceutical market. In 2008, for example, the German pharmaceutical industry comprised 243 companies, employed 126,000 people, and generated EUR 41.5 billion ($53.8 billion) in revenue, according to Germany Trade & Invest, a German investment agency. Germany is th...
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Payers Play Larger Role In PostLaunch Strategies
The focus of postlaunch activities has changed dramatically in just a few short years. Robin Robinson Due to the increased power of payers and managed care companies, Phase IV studies have become more imperative to sustaining a successful postlaunch campaign. Companies have had to reprioritize th...
By Robin Robinson • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Rising Costs Are Top of Mind in Phase III
The good news: more drugs are entering Phase III trials. The bad news: clinical trial costs continue to rise. The number of drugs in Phase III development in 2011 increased by 13%, representing the largest year-over-year improvement seen, according to Citeline’s 2011 Annual Review of Trends in Ph...
By Denise Myshko • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Creating the Message in Phase II Trials
Decisions made in Phase II trials can have an impact on the development and marketing program for new products, and experts say Phase II is becoming a critical stage for planning the potential launch and marketing of products. Bringing agencies in earlier in the process makes a lot of sense, says...
By Denise Myshko • 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 -
Molecule to Market - Along the Continuum
According to the most recent report from Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, it still takes about 10 to 15 years on average for an experimental drug to travel from the lab to U.S. patients. Only five in 5,000 compounds that enter preclinical testing make it to human testing. Only one ...
By Taren Grom • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Talent Pool
Pharmaceutical POOL Dr. Anders EKBLOM Dr. Briggs MORRISON AstraZeneca Bolsters R&D Leadership Global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has tapped Anders Ekblom, M.D., to build and lead the science and technology integration office within the company’s R&D organization. In addition to th...
By Carolyn Gretton • Feb. 26, 2012 -
What's New
New Healthcare-related Products, Services, and Companies Featured Briefs: Kantar Health Focuses on Cancer Patients’ Healthcare Decision-Making Aerpio Therapeutics Makes Debut In other news… Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Moves Corporate Headquarters AROUND THE GLOBE Kantar Health, a healthcare-fo...
By Carolyn Gretton • Feb. 26, 2012 -
PharmaTrax
Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts Featured Briefs: Long-Term Planning Tactics Key to Maintaining Portfolio Health Sidebar: Groups Responsible for Aligning Brand and Corporate Strategy Therapeutic Fast Trax… Other market insights… Brand Positioning Should Balance PR, RO...
By Taren Grom • Feb. 26, 2012 -
UpFront
Awards… » Invivodata Co-Founder wins Carnegie Science Awards Invivodata Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Saul Shiffman has been recognized by the Carnegie Science Center as an honorable mention in the Entrepreneur Category of its 2012 Carnegie Science Awards. Dr. Shiffman is being ...
By Taren Grom • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Letter from the Editor
From Molecule through Market… the vision is clear — to be successful pharmaceutical companies and their valued development partners need to understand the underlying challenges, trends, and opportunities that each molecule, compound, diagnostic, or biotech product faces as it progresses along the...
By Taren Grom • Feb. 26, 2012 -
Outsourcing: Enhance, Support, Grow
You cannot do today’s job with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow." The wise words of Nelson Jackson should be the driving force behind every outsourcing partnership today. Implementing innovative strategies through outsourcing helps pharmaceutical companies meet the changing demands...
By Erin Neary and Dennis McLoughlin • Jan. 27, 2012 -
Commercialization - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
In recent years, the research and development landscape in the pharmaceutical industry has radically changed. The search for the next big blockbuster has been replaced by the search for medicines targeted toward specific patient subpopulations or toward diseases with high unmet medical need to ma...
By Dr. Michael Ackerman • Jan. 27, 2012 -
Pharmaceutical Call Centers Build relationships with Healthcare Providers and Patients
Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies have a significant need to build relationships with prescribers and patients. However, these audiences have very different needs that require companies to take varying approaches to communicate effectively with them. Healthcare providers...
By Lou Shapiro • Jan. 27, 2012 -
The Emergence of Strategic Outsourcing in Clinical Supply Chain Management
Ten years ago few biopharmaceutical industry professionals could have predicted how broadly the landscape for outsourcing would change by 2012. Most companies were outsourcing in a tactical, project-by-project manner and utilizing dozens of providers across functional areas. Some were moving to a...
By Robert Dunlop • Jan. 27, 2012