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    The Commanders & CHIEFS

    Johanna Allston, Ph.D.     bioCapture Vicente Anido Jr., Ph.D.    ISTA Pharmaceuticals Mara Aspinall    On-Q-ity Glenn Bilawsky    i3 Jay Bolling    Roska Healthcare David Brennan    AstraZeneca Nick Colucci    Publicis Healthcare Communications Group Lynnette Cooke    Kantar Health David Dunn   ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2010
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    Talent Pool

    Pharma POOL Dr. Mike BURGESS, Roche Dr. Mikael DOLSTEN, Pfizer Kenneth FRAZIER, Merck Adam SCHECHTER, Merck Biotechnology POOL Robert BRADWAY, Amgen Dr. Henry LI, Kylin Therapeutics Kenneth MOCH, Chimerix Dr. George PAINTER, Chimerix Dr. Thomas PITLER, Chimerix Biopharmaceutical POOL Dr. John ALA...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2010
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    Trendline

    Clinical 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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    On The Calendar

    July 15-16 Effective Document Management for the Pharmaceutical, Biotech & Medical Device Industries The Hilton Hotel, Orange County/ Costa Mesa, Calif. The Center for Professional Innovation and Education, http://www.cfpie.com/showitem.aspx?productid=027&source=pv July 15-16 Managed Care...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2010
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    E-Media

    New Electronic and Web-based Applications, Sites, and Technologies Featured Briefs: FDA, NIH Launch Electronic Safety Reporting Portal Insurance Documentation System Helps Prevent Study Delays GSW Worldwide Unveils New Website and Blog Derycz Scientific Offers Solution for Electronic Article Reus...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2010
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, Marketing, and R&D Trends from Industry Analysts Featured Briefs: Financial Disclosure Compliance is Still an Issue for Life-Sciences Firms Sidebars: Slow Outsourcing of Disclosure Reporting Sources for Adverse Event Reports Online Collection of Adverse Event Reports Lags Traditional M...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2010
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    Who's on the List by Company

    Anavex Life Sciences Cameron Durrant, M.D. 18 ApotheCom David Dunn 16 Astellas Pharma US Margaret Long 73 AstraZeneca David Brennan 46 bioCapture Johanna Allston, Ph.D. 12 C3i Robert Piwko 112 Cegedim Dendrite Angela Miccoli 74 Cipla Ltd. Yusuf Hamied, Ph.D. 19 ClearTrial Mike Soenen 29 closerloo...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2010
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    Letter from the Editor

    The PharmaVOICE 100: 2010 Every year, I think this is it, we’ve reached the pinnacle. And yet, every year, I ­continue to be amazed by the ­individuals whom our readers have identified as the most inspiring, ­motivating, and outstanding leaders in the life-sciences industry. This special issue, n...

    By Taren Grom • July 28, 2010
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    Table of Contents

    4 June 2 010 VIEW on Clinical Operations TAB LE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 3 5 10 12 14 16 18 Letter from the Editor The Forum A Prescription for R&D Refills: Pharmaceutical and biotechnology drug developers appear to be making some progress in their perennial quest to bring more and bette...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    Innovating Imaging in Clinical Trials

    Investigators engaged in drug or device discovery and development increasingly regard imaging modalities as technology to improve efficiencies, make faster go/no go decisions and reduce time-to-market. Beyond classic laboratory tests, medical images are raw datasets that empower the industry to i...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    Global Investigator Reimbursement and Protocol Complexity Trends

    Some of the most significant trends in global clinical trial costs are occurring in the area of reimbursement for completed patients/subjects. Over the last five years, in phase II and III studies, reimbursement has increased globally by 30%. France and Germany show the highest percent increase, ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    Finding the Best Clinical Trial Investigators

    How many clinical trial investigators are in the United States, where are they, who are they, and how do you find the best ones? This article presents a newly completed project to answer these questions, and you will see comprehensive statistics that profile investigators. The best investigators ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    A New World of Information Management and Collaboration

    SharePoint has been adopted by more than 17,000 companies, and it has become Microsoft’s fastest-growing server product ever. There is good reason for this exponential growth — people across diverse industries find that it improves productivity and takes the knowledge worker to a new level of rea...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    A Prescription for R&D Refills

    According to the Outlook 2010 report from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD), worldwide sales for all drugs coming off patent from 2009 through 2012 will exceed $88 billion. Drug developers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have worked hard to speed up the drug-deve...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    Supplier Showcase

    BioClinica 826 Newtown-Yardley Rd. Newtown, PA 18940 Phone: 800-392-7456 Fax: 267-757-3010 www.bioclinica.com Discover the Power of a New Combination BioClinica, Inc. is a leading global provider of integrated, technology-enhanced clinical trial management services. BioClinica supports pharmaceut...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    Letter from the Editor

    Social media — Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. — have infiltrated every aspect of our life, so it should be no surprise that these virtual connectors are changing the clinical trial arena. Recruiting patients for clinical trials, and retaining them once they’ve entered those studies, remain two of the t...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 4, 2010
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    ACRP 2010 Global Conference & Exhibition Wrap Up

    The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) remains steadfast in its mission to provide value and excellence to conference participants against a backdrop of continued economic and regulatory challenges to individuals and businesses. This year’s conference featured 55 sessions and 2...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 27, 2010
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    Adaptive by Design

    Adaptive trial designs have the potential to speed development and reduce overall costs — that is, if sponsors invest in up-front planning and can implement these designs correctly. Interest in adaptive designs has risen in recent years. These types of studies involve a broad class of methods and...

    By Denise Myshko • May 25, 2010
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    View on Diversity in Clinical Trials

    Rapidly changing demographics are shifting the texture and fabric of American society. So-called niche markets have become “minority-majority" markets. Current healthcare reform that is focusing on better outcomes will only place more pressure on study sponsors to demonstrate to regulators that t...

    By Kathleen B. Drennan • May 24, 2010
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    Dr. Nancy Simonian: One for All

    There’s no place for the arch ego in today’s most progressive biotechnology companies or for that matter, at pharmaceutical companies. Rather, scientific leaders such as Nancy Simonian, M.D., are leading the charge toward collaborative ingenuity. Teamwork is very much Dr. Simonian’s mantra. Indee...

    By Kim Ribbink • May 24, 2010
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    The Power of the Cloud

    When Dave Powers, senior systems engineer, research and development IT at Eli Lilly and Company, talks about the advantages of cloud computing in the life-sciences industry, he gets pretty excited — as do others who have experienced first hand the benefits of the cloud. According to our thought l...

    By Robin Robinson • May 24, 2010
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    Mixed Media: The Best Ways to Reach Physicians in 2010

    When considering how to successfully communicate with each physician, it is vital to consider individual physicians, their specialty, their current use of technology, their comfort level for learning new technologies, and their personal preferences for receiving information, says Cherie Hicks, pr...

    By Robin Robinson • May 24, 2010
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    Talent Pool

    Pharmaceutical POOL Dr. Roger POMERANTZ Merck Appoints Head of Infectious Diseases Merck has named Roger Pomerantz, M.D., senior VP of Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) and infectious diseases franchise head. Dr. Pomerantz spent the last five years at Johnson & Johnson, where he most recently...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 24, 2010
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    E-Media

    New Electronic and Web-based Applications, Sites, and Technologies Featured Briefs: AAPS Relaunches Online Career Center QuestaWeb Adds to Global Trade ­Management Suite SAS Releases Social Media Enterprise Solution Web Site Provides PwC Health Reform Insights Sidebar: E-upgrades and enhancements...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 24, 2010
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    What's New

    SciQuest has launched the Procurement Business Assessment, a service that enables life-sciences companies to uncover cost-saving opportunities in their procurement operations. Procurement professionals often lack the resources and time to conduct the deep analysis of purchasing processes, systems...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 24, 2010
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    Raise Your Voice

    A personal journey Many of you are no doubt in the midst of data locks, publication deadlines, protocol designs, audits, IRB meetings, accreditation, investigator meetings, or the myriad of events that make up each of our days. If you are reading this letter, we likely met as clinical research co...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 24, 2010