Julian Upton

Julian Upton is Pharmaceutical Executive’s European and Online Editor. He can be reached at jupton@mjhlifesciences.com

Articles by Julian Upton

Implementing a Customer-Centric Mindset in Medical Affairs

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The Medical Affairs Digital Strategy Council's Mary Alice Dwyer and Indegene's Sameer Lal talk to Pharm Exec about how digital solutions can help the Medical Affairs function take a leadership role 
in ensuring fast, efficient, and meaningful responses to all stakeholders at a time of intense pressure.

New Roads to China

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How the nation’s rapidly changing regulatory climate is creating a new landscape for pharmaceutical service providers

AI/Data Trends to Watch: Mark Lambrecht, SAS

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Pharm Exec speaks to Mark Lambrecht, Director of the Health and Life Sciences Global Practice at SAS, about the growing role of big data analytics in pharma and how the industry is evolving to keep pace with it.

Securing a Winning Strategy for Real-World Evidence

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While the increasing importance of real-world evidence (RWE) is widely acknowledged, the dramatic shift required by pharma to embed meaningful and holistic benefits from this capability is still a work in progress.

RWE: Answering Questions in Rare Disease

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Sonalee Agarwal, head of value and evidence strategy for Alnylam, talks with Pharm Exec about the role of real-world evidence in the rare and ultra-rare disease space.

Choosing the Right Track: Pharma & Healthcare MBAs

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A growing range of MBAs with concentrations in pharmaceuticals and healthcare management are on offer. Pharm Exec look at how three of the top programs in the US prepare their students for industry success.

Paul Perreault: The Global CEO

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Pharm Exec talks with CSL Limited’s top executive about the realities of running the global, Australian-headquartered specialty biotech company and sustaining a strong focus in a fast-encroaching era of disruptive technologies and new priorities in innovation and R&D.

Risk Sharing, Italian Style

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Amid contrasting views on the success of the now well-established system of outcomes-based agreements in Italy, further demands on global healthcare budgets will likely point to their adoption on a wider scale

The EFPIA Disclosure Experience: An Update

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Nine months on from the 2016 EFPIA Disclosure Code deadline - requiring all member companies across Europe to publish their data concerning their transfer-of-value transactions to HCPs - EFPIA's Andrew Powrie-Smith offered an update on media and industry responses.

Advancing Rare Disease R&D: A Mission Update

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Six years in, Pharm Exec looks at the progress of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium-an ambitious global effort focused on accelerating orphan disease diagnosis, and ultimately enabling better treatment options for these underserved patient populations.

Big Data: Is It Crunch Time for Pharma?

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With big data one of the hot healthcare topics of the moment, we gauge pharma’s response to the hype to see if the industry is poised to take advantage of the promise of advanced analytics.

Setting Sights on the Smart Supply Chain

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Amid the push for a more intelligent and predictive supply chain, is it imperative for pharma companies to advance with their supply chain digitization strategies now-or is there still time to “wait and see?”

A Vision for Vaccines

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Pharm Exec talks to Hugo Fry, Sanofi’s General Manager for the UK and General Manager for Sanofi Pasteur UK and Ireland, about his vision for the company and the vaccine space in these markets.

The UK's Catapult to Drug Discovery Collaboration

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Pharm Exec speaks to Chris Molloy, CEO of the newly established Medicines Discovery Catapult, which aims to establish new approaches to grow and sustain the UK's reputation for innovative, fast-to-patient drug discovery.

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