Elaine Quilici

Panelists in a recent roundtable share ideas on transforming company culture, fostering greater patient diversity, and acting on pharma’s fast-evolving social mandate.

Scott Nawrocki, managing director of digital investigations and cyber defense at Nardello & Co., discusses cybersecurity in pharma, including topics from prevention to crisis management.

Editorial Director, Lisa Henderson; European and online editor, Julian Upton; Senior Editor, Elaine Quilici ;and Assistant Editors of Pharmaceutical Executive, Miranda Schmalfuhs and Andy Studna, discuss some exciting industry trends for 2021, which they recently wrote for the January issue.

Deeply shaped by the experiences of his parents and an early charge to help drive social change, Global Blood Therapeutics’ Ted Love comes at sickle cell disease from a place of caring and urges pharma to follow suit to bring justice to all.

The need to prioritize digital skill-building companywide.

Gregg Beloff, co-founder of Danforth Advisors, discusses the banner year biotech IPOs had in 2020, the drive behind that boom, and what the future of industry IPOs might look like.

Rich Horgan, founder and president of Cure Rare Disease (CRD), discusses how he sprang into action when his brother was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, by starting a nonprofit biotech to help find a cure.

How the pandemic’s impact on physicians and patients has spurred fundamental changes and redefined approaches in areas such as adherence and drug formulation and delivery.

A look at the leadership themes that have resonated most in 2020.

Sacha Ward, chief client officer of Point of Care Network, discusses how COVID has affected the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and why marketing managers should take a moment to understand this growing group of health care influencers.

Krystle Buntemeyer, president of SCORR Marketing, and Bharat Mehta, co-founder of PharmaCompass, discuss a new, free online tool called Pipeline Prospector, which they recently launched in collaboration.

How the pandemic helped prove a point.

Dr. Gregg Sylvester, chief medical officer of Seqirus, discusses the importance of vaccinating against the seasonal flu amid the COVID pandemic, and how the two viruses should be considered in light of each other.

Michael Henderson, Chief Business Officer, BridgeBio spoke to Pharm Exec about his efforts in developing potential treatments for rare diseases.

Panna Sharma, CEO of Lantern Pharma, discusses garage biotech, what he’s learned from the culture, and how it might help transform certain areas of pharma, including innovation and pricing.

Sanjeev Luther, president and CEO of Rafael Pharmaceuticals, discusses how he managed to turn around a company on the brink of bankruptcy and advance clinical trials for its lead cancer drug through COVID-19.

A recent roundtable moderated by Rob Jekielek of The Harris Poll gathered five biopharma CEOs to discuss the industry’s shifting reputational landscape in the public eye.

How ramped-up support and educational services have helped bridge the chasms and ease fears along the patient care continuum.

Tips for rounding out the rough edges in crossover.

Dr. Neil Hayward, CEO and founder of eXlthera, is here to discuss his company, which is developing Factor XI inhibitor antithrombotics that are attacking blood clots from a new angle and are giving patients new hope.

George Baxter, CEO of Edinburgh Innovations, is here to discuss the company's commercialization model, and how his group is bringing innovation to market in Scotland.

The world’s most expensive drug put in context.

Creating behavioral change in the pharma workplace.

Jack Khattar, president and CEO of Supernus Pharmaceuticals, talks about his experience bringing ADHD drugs to market in a challenging environment.

Eric Turbiville, author of the recently published book “The Perfect Leadership Triad: How Top Executives Maximize Productivity through People, Coaching, and Performance," a 25-year pharma veteran, credentialed executive coach, and director of mentoring for the Southwest region of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association says there are three leadership principles can help executives through tumultuous times.

Collaboratives, company initiatives address systemic barriers.

Kurt Orlofski, CEO of Pharmaceutical Associates Inc., discusses what the pharmaceutical supply chain might look like post COVID-19, and how companies can prepare for that.

Jim and Cindy DiBiasi, co-founders of 3D Communications, talk about how to prepare for virtual high-level meetings, such as important regulatory presentations and keynote addresses, in the wake of COVID-19.

Tim Walbert, CEO of Horizon Therapeutics, shares his unique perspective on managing a company through COVID-19, in light of the fact that he himself is immunocompromised.