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    What's New

    WHAT’S NEW NEW HEALTHCARERELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND COMPANIES Pharmaceutical companies wanting to gain an edge in managedcare markets can turn to PharmaStrat Inc. for comprehensive market research services.The recently launched company was founded by Philip J. Patrick, a pharmaceutical execu...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 24, 2008
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    On the Calendar

    February 10,2003,Park Hyatt San Francisco — San Francisco European Regulatory Affairs: An InDepth Review of Registration Procedures in the European Union This Drug Information Association training course will cover the evolu tion of the registration systems available for approval of products sinc...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 24, 2008
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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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    PharmaTrax

    Survey Shows One Third of Americans USE ANTIBIOTICS INAPPROPRIATELY A survey conducted by Harris Interactive has revealed that one out of three Americans mistakenly believes antibiotics are effective in treating viruses such as cold and flu and takes these drugs to fight these viruses. The survey...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 24, 2008
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    PharmaOutlet

    When launching a newproduct, marketers tend to focus on core audiences such as the physician and the patient, and on the clinical aspects of the drug, highlighting safety and clinical effectiveness. These factors are essential to a successful launch, but there are two additional fac tors that are...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 24, 2008
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    Letter from the Editor

    PUBLISHER Lisa Banket EDITOR Taren Grom CREATIVE DIRECTOR Marah Walsh DIRECTOR OF SALES Darlene Kwiatkowski MANAGING EDITOR Denise Myshko CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Elisabeth Pena Kim Ribbink Alex Robinson Lynda Sears Copyright 2003 by PharmaLinx LLC, Titusville, NJ Printed in the U.S.A. Volume Three, ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 24, 2008
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    Walt Woltosz — Quantum Leap

    Walt Woltosz is using his experience with simulation software in the aerospace industry to try to transform the way pharmaceutical companies approach data gathering and research, and he’s proving that it just might take a rocket scientist to get the industry on track. WHAT DOES THE PHARMACEUTICAL...

    By Kim Ribbink • April 24, 2008
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    Crossing the EDC Chasm

    By Dr. Paul Bleicher The emergence of comprehensive eCDM solutions that can seamlessly link together traditional and electronic data management may be the technology that sponsors are still seeking. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PHARMAVOICE, PAUL BLEICHER, M.D., PH.D., FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN, AND CHI...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 24, 2008
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    E-Media

    NEW ELECTRONIC AND WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS, SITES, AND TECHNOLOGIES CLINPHONE Unveils New Website ClinPhone has redesigned its Website, clinphone.com, to give it more functionality and a portal style. The site contains more product information than the previous site, including details of ClinPhone...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 22, 2008
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    What's New

    NEW HEALTHCARE-RELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND COMPANIES DIA AND CENTERWATCH TEAM UP to Disseminate Clinical Research Information This collaborative agreement establishes an ongoing process to jointly deliver, throughout the world, a more complete continuum of practical and valuable information f...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 22, 2008
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    Anthony Tebbutt — A global Perspective

    A Global PERSPECTIVE BY KIM RIBBINK With a diverse professional background, spanning several functions as well as several countries, Anthony Gordon Tebbutt is working to propel UCB Pharma Inc. into a billion-dollar company. A COMPANY WITH A WORLDWIDE PRESENCE AND A PEOPLEORIENTED APPROACH TO BUSI...

    By Kim Ribbink • April 22, 2008
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    Scanning to Save Lives

    To Save Lives BY ELISABETH PENA As the FDA proposes a rule to require bar coding on almost all medications and blood products, the pharmaceutical and hospital industries are moving forward with efforts to incorporate barcodes on unit-dose packages of drugs as a way to prevent hospital medication ...

    By Elisabeth Pena • April 22, 2008
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    Is Bigger Better?

    IS BIGGER BETTER?  IT’S THE QUESTION THAT JUST DOESN’T GO AWAY. A larger organization may be in a better position to survive attrition for a longer period, but in an industry where innovation is expected to be the driver of success for the long term, BIGGER MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE WAY TO GO. BY DEN...

    By Denise Myshko • April 22, 2008
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    For Art's Sake

    CREATIVE review Rich content and bold images are the keys to success for the creative teams behind this month’s selections. Industry experts have identified two ads and a Web site that get straight to the point. Regan Campbell Ward’s Gynecare ad explains what the drug treats in one powerful symbo...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 21, 2008
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    PharmaOutlet

    Contributed by Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D. ANSWERING THE INDUSTRY’S CRITICS: PRICES AND PROFITS For several years, the pharmaceutical industry has been under attack by people and organizations claiming to want nothing more than to ensure people have access to affordable medicines. Although most o...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 21, 2008
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    Opinions

    WHAT’S on your mind More on mentoring … P harmaVOICE wanted to know: Who has played a role in your professional and personal development? And does your company have a mentoring program? A Necessary Luxury Is mentoring a lost art? No. Many of us have worked for those who cared and shared, and led...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 21, 2008
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    Raise Your Voice: Letters

    RAISE your voice LETTERS Asynchronous Discussions Online asynchronous discussions provide savings on travel, and very importantly, they make it possible to get input and dissseminate information globally in a way not previously available. — Diane Hayes, Ph.D. Market Research Recognizing the man...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 21, 2008
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    Spiros Jamas — A Chemical Reaction

    DR.SPIROS JAMAS is leading Enanta Pharmaceuticals by tapping the company’s primary strength in its integration of chemistry and biology to tackle new targets and specific drugdevelopment challenges from all possible angles right from the start. He is relying on the hardwon lessons learned from hi...

    By Kim Ribbink • April 17, 2008
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    What's New

    aaiPharma Inc. has launched a new identity for its pharmaceutical development services division.The former AAI International has been rebranded as AAI Development Services. As part of the new identity, AAI Development Services has realigned its entire customer interface to enhance and focus the s...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 17, 2008
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    PharmaTrax

    52 Aug u s t 20 03 PharmaVOICE PHARMA TRAX SALES, MARKETING, AND R&D TRENDS AFFECTING THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY Patient Recruitment Hindered by TIME CONSTRAINTS Clinical research coordinators (CRCs) spend most of their time managing administrative, data, and reg ulatory requirements of studies....

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 17, 2008
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    For Art's Sake

    Creative Review The visual in the series is striking and powerful on its own.But the language is what draws me in,shows me the disturbing world of schizophrenia,and then encourages me that a solution is at hand. The words themselves illus trate each story through grip ping typography that signifi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 17, 2008
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    PharmaCase

    46 A ug u s t 20 03 PharmaVOICE Highly successful sales managers communicate both upward and downward. They recognize and develop individual abilities and efforts, while at the same time promoting a collaborative, cooperative teamenvironment.They encourageautonomybydel egating responsibility, yet...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 17, 2008
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    Opinions

    8 Au gu s t 2 00 3 PharmaVOICE exacerbated by other nonrelated events of the day, etc.). By employing these highly active listening techniques, a bond of trust and credibility can be established to a degree not possible with the more common approach of attempting to quickly answer questions that ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 17, 2008
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    Raise your voice: Letters

    6 Au gu s t 2 00 3 PharmaVOICE RAISE your voice The key is in the details As a physician and medical educator, I want to offer the doctors’ viewpoint regarding the article “Ask It the Right Way” (PharmaVOICE, June 2003). I whole heartedly agree with the author that most “representatives seem to a...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 17, 2008
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    Letter from the Editor

    3 PharmaVOICE Au gu s t 2 00 3 PUBLISHER Lisa Banket EDITOR Taren Grom CREATIVE DIRECTOR Marah Walsh DIRECTOR OF SALES Darlene Kwiatkowski MANAGING EDITOR Denise Myshko CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Elisabeth Pena Kim Ribbink Lynda Sears Copyright 2003 by PharmaLinx LLC, Titusville, NJ Printed in the U.S....

    By Taren Grom • April 17, 2008
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    An Inquiring Mind: The Pursuit of Knowledge

    AN INQUIRING MIND: The Pursuit of Knowledge FROM ACADEMIA TO GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS TOTHE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, JONATHANKNOWLES,PH.D., BRINGS TO ROCHE A FOCUSED PERSPECTIVE ONTHE UNIVERSAL POWER OF GOOD SCIENCE,WHICH IS HELPING TO STEER THE COMPANY’S DUAL DIAGNOSTIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL A...

    By Kim Ribbink • April 17, 2008