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    4 S e p t e m be r / O c t o b e r 2 00 1 PharmaVOICE The promise of things to come The Internet’s future potential is in its infinite ability to allow marketers to develop personalized messages 48 Conquering the market, one segment at a time Cytyc’s launch of the ThinPrep System is making an imp...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 16, 2009
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    Conquering the Market, One Segment at a Time

    To achieve market share for its cervical cancer test, Cytyc marketers must switch physicians, labs, and managed care organizations from the established standard of care. By Virginia Kirk PATRICK SULLIVAN, CEO AND PRESIDENT A best in class sales team and superior product attributes are driving sal...

    By Virginia Kirk • Feb. 16, 2009
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    Oncology R&D

    Cancer research remains a prime focus for the industry and often leads to pharma’s most impactful breakthroughs.   

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    The Promise of Things to Come

    The full impact of the Internet’s capability to create strategic marketing and selling tactics in the pharmaceutical industry has yet to be realized. The Internet’s impact on pharma ceutical marketing and sales has been negligi ble to date, but when used to complement traditional tactics, the fut...

    By Norman Selby • Feb. 16, 2009
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    Training on the Brand Manager Level: a Path Less Traveled

    “The marketplace was screaming bloody murder for our product, and our competitor was eating our lunch as it tried to gobble up market share with a similar product. I was forced to work around the clock just to stay afloat. I was managing strategic planning for the brand, creating Dear Doctor lett...

    By Deborah Ruriani • Feb. 16, 2009
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    Global Harmony Comes to Drug Development

    That document — called the common technical document or CTD — is now being accepted by regulatory agencies in the United States, Europe, and Japan as part of a transition phase. Consensus was reached by the international pharmaceutical community in May of this year. This document will eventually ...

    By Denise Myshko • Feb. 16, 2009
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    E-Media

    NEW ELECTRONIC AND WEBBASED APPLICATIONS, SITES, AND TECHNOLOGIES RapidTrials.com, launched by PCRS Inc., is the first Webbased platform to provide realtime bench mark metrics on trial progress for research centers. The pro gram helps drive revenue, study programs, and marketing research projects...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 12, 2009
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    What's New

    WHAT’S NEW NEW HEALTHCARERELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND COMPANIES The OmniLog ID Microbial Identification System, which includes proprietary software and sophisticat ed hardware, is designed to automate and simplify the process of characterizing and identifying a wide range of aerobic bacteria. ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 12, 2009
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    6 J u l y / A u gu s t 20 01 PharmaVOICE CSOs: Not just hired guns Contract sales organizations have come a long way to stay a step ahead of their clients’ needs 34 Unleashing the power of Nexium AstraZeneca marketers are positioning the company’s new proton pump inhibitor to replace Prilosec, th...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 11, 2009
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    CSOs: Not Just Hired Guns

    Contract sales organizations have come a long way to stay one step ahead of their clients’ needs. Today, the contract sales industry is more than putting bodies in motion. No longer are contract sales organizations just “hired guns” employed for a temporary territory fix. Since 1995, when contrac...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Feb. 11, 2009
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    Making Investigators Top of Mind

    Finding experienced and trained physician investigators will become more of a challenge in the future as new technologies and advances in genomics increase the number of drugs in development. 8,000 In just a few short years, this will be the projected short fall of clinical investigators. In fact...

    By Denise Myshko • Feb. 10, 2009
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    We invite you to explore the digital edition of PharmaVOICE magazine. The interactive format allows you to easily read, share with friends, and click on podcasts, videos, webinars, whitepapers, and Website links to access additional resources. Getting started with your digital edition is this eas...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 28, 2009
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    Electronic Data Capture Turns a Corner ... At Last!

    Dennis Constantinou, Senior Director, Oracle Health Sciences New systems that make trial participation easier for investigation sites spur adoption. Today, setting up an EDC system at an investigative site requires only a standard PC with a Web browser and an Internet connection. With the average...

    By Dennis Constantinou • Jan. 28, 2009
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    Harriet Robinson: A Shot of Daring

    Throughout her life and career, Dr. Harriet Robinson has dared to take on challenges. Today, she is focusing her skills and determination on one of the most sought-after goals in global healthcare: developing a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS. After almost 40 years in the lab, Dr. Harriet Robinson is...

    By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 28, 2009
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    Video Detailing: 10 Years in the Making

    With the proliferation of broadband and advances in technology, e-promotional and educational online activities are on the rise. Detail videos may not have revolutionized the pharma industry in quite the way MTV has revolutionized the music industry, but the medium is gaining traction 10 years af...

    By Robin Robinson • Jan. 28, 2009
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    Last Word

    We are honored to receive this prestigious Enterprise award from Eastern Technology Council, says Robert Broeze, Ph.D., President and CEO of Laureate Pharma. Dr. Broeze, who is with Dr. Michiel Ultee, VP of Process Sciences, in front of an Applikon 20L Bioreactor, says the award validates the com...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 28, 2009
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    Talent Pool

    Pharma POOL William GARBARINI Jr. Ferring Promotes Head of Orthopedics and Urology Business Ferring Pharmaceuticals has promoted William Garbarini Jr. to VP of its orthopedics and urology business unit, recently formed by the merging of these clinical product areas. Mr. Garbarini was formerly exe...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 28, 2009
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    E-Media

    New Electronic and Web-based Applications, Sites, and Technologies Featured Briefs: Lathian Health Offers Closed-Loop Promotion Tool Informa Launches CRM/ROI Tracking Solution Verticals onDemand Offers Analytics and Reporting Solution OpenQ Unveils KOL Solutions Tibco Spotfire Solution Speeds Dru...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 27, 2009
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    What's New

    FemmePharma Global Healthcare Inc. is devoted to developing drugs for diseases and disorders disproportionately affecting women. For more information, visit femmepharma.com. The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) is a not-for-profit organization for medical public...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 27, 2009
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    PharmaTrax

    Sales, marketing, And R&D Trends affecting the healthcare industry U.S. Biochip Market to Reach $2.5 Billion in 2012 U.S. demand for biochip products and services is forecast to grow 9.9% annually, to $2.5 billion in 2012, led by uses in drug discovery and epidemiological research. According ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 27, 2009
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    PharmaOutlet

    When it comes to making drugs safer, cheaper, and more effective, few fields have shown more promise than molecular diagnostics. But the full potential of this revolutionary area of medical research has yet to be reached, not because of technological barriers — although they do exist — but becaus...

    By Peter Pitts • Jan. 27, 2009
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    UpFront

    UpFront Milestones Almac turns 20 Dr. Robert Dunlop, president and managing director of Almac Clinical Services (left), and Sir Allen McClay, chairman of Almac Group, celebrate the division’s 20th anniversary. Almac Clinical Services, one of the key divisions at Almac Group, has grown to become t...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Jan. 27, 2009
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    ON THE COVER Partnering for Success In these times of adversity, strategic alliances become even more crucial than ever for survival. FEATURES No Pens or Mugs? No Problem. The industry is discovering it won’t lose the ability to message effectively under the new PhRMA code. The Green o...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 22, 2008
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    The Benefits of Prelaunch Access

    Contributed by Natalie Douglas, CEO, IDIS Prelaunch access to drugs can provide months and perhaps years of treatment for patients with unmet medical needs when all other therapeutic options have failed or no other options are available. The benefits of named- patient programs are best realized w...

    By Natalie Douglas • Dec. 22, 2008
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    Last Word

    Sirtris’ Dr. Michelle Dipp discusses maintaining corporate culture while integrating cutting-edge science and technology. Biotech business leader Michelle Dipp, M.D., Ph.D., has transitioned from a scientific background — with a medical degree and a Ph.D. — to the corporate side of the life-scien...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 22, 2008
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    Talent Pool

    Pharmaceutical POOL Alex Gorsky Sheri McCoy Johnson & Johnson Shifts Executives Global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson has appointed Alex Gorsky worldwide chairman, surgical care group, with responsibility for the surgical franchises Ethicon, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, and DePuy, as well ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 22, 2008