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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
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    Artificial intelligence & machine learning

    After years of excited buzz around the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning, pharma has begun to realize the true implications and potential value of these technologies.

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    PharmaTrax

    Cost Deters Cancer Patients from Seeking Treatment In addition to considerable physical and emotional burdens, cancer patients must also shoulder costly treatments resulting from their disease. A recent Thomson Reuters survey shows that the financial repercussions of cancer are taking a toll on p...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Dec. 22, 2008
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    Doctors' Choice Awards

    Identifying POWERful MEDICAL ADVERTISING 6th Annual Program Generated Responses From More Than 5,700 Physicians Dusa’s ClindaReach and Pfizer’s Chantix Highest Scoring Ads ClindaReach Category: Highest-Scoring Ad (Specialist Audience) Marketer: Dusa Agency: Topin & Associates Chantix Category...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 22, 2008
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    Patient Recruitment

    RESEARCH & Development BY DENISE MYSHKO Patient Recruitment The Continuing Saga of Patient-Recruitment Bottlenecks If patient recruitment wasn’t already hard enough, larger, more complex trials have made the enrollment of patients even more challenging. Clinical-trial patient recruitment and ...

    By Denise Myshko • Nov. 22, 2008
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    Personalized Medicine

    RESEARCH & Development PERSONALIZED MEDICINE The Right Dose at the Right time BY DENISE MYSHKO Obstacles and challenges still remain to make the vision of personalized medicine a reality. Despite some early successes, the development of targeted medicines and pharmacogenomics-based testing ha...

    By Denise Myshko • Nov. 22, 2008
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    Early Research

    RESEARCH & Development Early Research The Future of innovation Discovery and research technologies are advancing and will have a tremendous impact on the pipelines of the future. BY DENISE MYSHKO The way new medicines are discovered is on the cusp of revolutionary change. Advances in the unde...

    By Denise Myshko • Nov. 22, 2008
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    At A Glance

    Looking Forward At a GLANCE This special Year in Preview issue provides insights into the trends that will impact the industry in the coming year and beyond. Below are some highlights from the sectors covered in the following pages. Focus on specialty markets David Avitabile President JFK Communi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 22, 2008
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    Talent Pool

    Pharma POOL Dr. Barry Goldstein Merck Appoints Head of Diabetes, Obesity Development Global pharmaceutical company Merck, Whitehouse Station, N.J., has named Barry Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FACE, VP of diabetes and obesity clinical development. In addition to leading overall development of co...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 22, 2008
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    UpFront

    CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE Consumers Wary of Therapeutic Switches Almost three quarters of prescription drug users would be very concerned if a drug they were prescribed was switched to another drug designed to treat the same condition without their doctor’s knowledge, according to a survey released by...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 22, 2008
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    eClinical Meets eLearning - Integrated eLearning Enables Efficient

    16 October 2008 VIEW on ESolutions ECLINICAL Multifunction eClinical systems are becoming the norm for capturing and managing data in clinical trials. Unfortunately, the training of site staff to use these systems is still taking place in one on one sessions or at investigator meetings. The use o...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 24, 2008
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    Where eClinical Meets Business Process

    14 October 2008 VIEW on ESolutions ECLINICAL Early electronic data capture focused on finding efficiencies in data management activities, such as data entry and cleaning. When eClinical hit the mainstream, it delivered a clear view of complete trial data on a realtime basis, enabling clinical tri...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 24, 2008
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    Table of Contents

    4 October 2008 VIEW on ESolutions TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Editor The Forum Hitting a MobileTarget: New technologies, such as social networking and wireless mobile applications, have the potential to connect pharma with consumers, patients, and physicians more quickly and effectively tha...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 24, 2008
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    Joe Jimenez: Straightforward and Consumer Focused

    BY KIM RIBBINK COMPLETE The Package With an ability to step back from the protracted machinations that often prevail at pharma companies, is leading Novartis with a focus on the customer and a commitment to meeting goals and priorities. JOE Jimenez Sometimes it’s the simplest observations that he...

    By Kim Ribbink • Sept. 30, 2008
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    Life After the Focus Group

    BY ROBIN ROBINSON IS THE FOCUS GROUP DEAD OR JUST DECLINING? While some people say the focus group is dead, others say it will never entirely disappear. Their opinions hinge on what position they hold in the market research process and what objective the research is trying to meet (turn to page 3...

    By Robin Robinson • Sept. 30, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    October 15 3rd Leadership Summit on Medicare Enrollment and PDE Data Reconciliation Hilton Old Town, Alexandria, Va. PharmaVOICE subscribers receive $300 discount; register using keycode HYU957. For more information, contact Jodi Bova, Center for Business Intelligence, at 781-939-2563, email jodi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 30, 2008
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    E-Media

    NEW ELECTRONIC AND WEB BASED APPLICATIONS, SITES, AND TECHNOLOGIES inVentiv Health has relaunched The Rx Law Book, an online library that provides pharmaceutical companies with convenient, centralized access to comprehensive state and federal regulatory information pertaining to product marketing...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 30, 2008
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    What's New

    NEW HEALTH CARE RELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND COMPANIES Julie Kampf has launched Career Central, a consulting firm that provides executive skill building to job seekers ranging from recent college graduates to senior level managers to professionals seeking a second or third career. Career Centr...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 30, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    Cubist Pharmaceuticals’ Cubicin (daptomycin), the first of the cyclic lipopeptides to gain U.S.market approval, is currently the fastest growing product in the antibiotic class, with 2007 sales surging 53% to $290.4 million. The first oxazolidinone to win U.S.Food and Drug Administration approval...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 30, 2008
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    Michael Pucci — The Man, The Mission, The Message

    BY TAREN GROM He started as one man with a mission five years ago. Today Michael Pucci is inspiring legions as one of the industry’s staunchest advocates as he strives to improve the image of pharma with a message based on science and solid data. MAN THE MISSION THE MESSAGE THE PV0908LayoutFINAL ...

    By Taren Grom • Aug. 27, 2008
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    The Green Movement: Rethinking Chemistry

    BY DENISE MYSHKO Major pharmaceutical companies are working together to minimize the environmental impact of how they make their products. The GREEN MOVEMENT Rethinking Chemistry GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK. The push to make prescription drugs more efficient, cleaner, and safer is gaining momentum ami...

    By Denise Myshko • Aug. 27, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    4th Integrating Electronic Health Records and eClinical Technologies Conference Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel,Baltimore For more information, contact Jasmaine John, ExL Pharma,at 2124006235, email [email protected], or visit exlpharma.com. September 1516 Biotech Patents Royal Sonesta Hote...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 27, 2008
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    UpFront

    MARKET BUSTERS Global Drug Market to Exceed $1 Trillion According to a new market research report from BCC Research, the global market for pharmaceuticals is expected to reach more than $1.0 trillion in 2013. The 2008 estimated market value is $737.6 billion. The market is broken down into brande...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 27, 2008
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    Cover

    PharmaVOICE PharmaVOICE 100 THE FORUM FOR THE INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE July/August 2008 SPECIAL ISSUE 100 of the Most Inspiring People www.pharmavoice.com Download PDF

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 28, 2008
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    Letter from the Editor

    PharmaVOICE is delighted to publish the fourth annual special issue featuring 100 of the most inspiring individuals in the life-sciences industry. This issue has become one of my favorites and, from all accounts, one of yours as well. What’s not to love? This issue celebrates the men and women of...

    By Taren Grom • July 27, 2008