Authors


Dave Nelleson

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Navigating AMCP’s New Formulary Updates

reviews the two most salient changes in Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's new Format for Formulary Submissions


Mark Bouch

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Leading Integration: Six Steps to Preserve Acquisition Value

Healthy companies with coherent integration strategies will benefit from applying six lessons to ensure successful integration, writes Mark Bouch.


Andrea Schmetz, Stephanie Wise, Matthew Bending, Patricia Hurley

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Integrated Scientific Advice: Helping to Optimize RWE Planning for Market Access

A review of the current use of real-world data and evidence in HTA and payer appraisals, its potential role in lifecycle management, and how the early dialogue provided by Integrated Scientific Advice engagement can be used as a key tool in the planning and generation of RWE.


Norm Phillips, Brand Insights Contributor, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, BioPharm Communications

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Marketing to HCPs in the New World Order

The current COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world of HCP marketing and turned it upside down. Biopharma has had to make instantaneous decisions on how to market in this new environment, who to market to, which tactics to significantly increase, and which tactics to walk away from-all with no historical playbook.


Edward Sherwood

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FDA’s Generic Drug Program Offers Assistance, Resources For ANDA Applicants

A look at how to develop a generic drug and the resources FDA supplies to Abbreviated New Drug Application applications.


Vincent Sansone

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FDA’s Generic Drug Program Offers Assistance, Resources For ANDA Applicants

A look at how to develop a generic drug and the resources FDA supplies to Abbreviated New Drug Application applications.


Dr. Pamela Walker and Tom Murdoch

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A Meaningful Customer-Centric Digital Strategy

Without a clear, customer-centric digital experience at the core of every brand, it is impossible to deliver on the brand promise at scale, write Dr. Pamela Walker and Tom Murdoch.


Jenny Lee and Eric Latch

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Trends in Payer Reliance on ICER Assessments

In response to growing Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) activity, Jenny Lee and Eric Latch take a revised look at payer reliance on ICER assessments and perceptions on value-based pricing.


Rebecca Cenni-Leventhal

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Revamping Internship Programs for a Virtual World

A look at how internship programs in the pharma industry have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Nick DeSanctis

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Uncover Potential Life Cycle Opportunities in Oncology Using Patient-Centric Outcomes

Focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care monitoring during the patient journey in oncology to create value for stakeholders.


Subbarao Jayanthi

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Rethinking Unmet Patient Medical Needs Through the Lens of the Patient Journey

Biopharma companies can foster patient-centered innovation by focusing on unmet needs along each stage of the patient journey while collaborating with key stakeholders directly or indirectly responsible for disease management.


James Hoyes

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Maximize New Product Potential Through Early Commercial Planning

Five key areas biopharma manufacturers focus on to predict where the markets will be and determine how standards of care will evolve to effectively position new products.



Robert A. Freeman

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Can Global Innovation in Oncology be Sustained in the Face of Price Controls?

Pricing in the context of patient access and affordability continues to present problems and constitute a real threat to innovation. Meaningful reform involves rectifying market imperfections in public and private third-party prescription drug payment sectors, writes Robert A. Freeman.


Jan van den Burg and Abid Rahman

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Digital Transformation: A Guide for Pharma Marketers

Organizations need to be correctly set up to deploy AI and machine learning. A new approach to processes and content is often required, write Jan van den Burg and Abid Rahman.


Bill Woywod

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Four Critical Considerations for Launching Digital Diagnostic Tools

Creating a digital diagnostic that is supplemental and strategic to a company’s therapeutic asset requires due diligence to monetize the digital health innovation, or at least ensure optionality through the product development cycle.


David Weiss

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How Machine Learning Gives Life Sciences Sales a Competitive Advantage

How machine learning can provide an on-demand portfolio-wide view of optimal provider targeting and related field deployment.


Jeremy Docken

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PDPRA's Operational Challenges

Whether or not the new Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act is a good policy, if it is enacted, its proposals have to work as intended and ensure compliant operationalization, writes Jeremy Docken.


John Nelson, Brand Insights Contributor, Head of Strategy, CultHealth

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Text ROI to 55150

Channel mix nirvana. It’s like a group of superheroes with all different strengths; working together to achieve the extraordinary. Deploy different channels to achieve different objectives.


Myra Reinhardt, Brand Insights Contributor, VP of Product Innovation and Analytics, Lash Group

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Evaluating Electronic Benefit Verification Solutions for Your Patient Support Program

As specialty therapies evolve and more treatment options for chronic and complex diseases become available, patients are seeking treatment options that are both effective and affordable.


Vinay Torani

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505(b)(2): A Pathway to Competitiveness Through Innovation for Specialty and Generic Companies

As the market for specialty and generic products continues to become more competitive and pricing pressures increase, the 505(b)(2) pathway may allow companies more options to diversify their portfolios.


Eduardo Schur

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Commercial Models for the Changing Life Sciences Market

Life sciences companies have an opportunity to craft a sales approach that resonates with clients, protects against future disruptions and stands out from the competition.


Mohit Jain

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505(b)(2): A Pathway to Competitiveness Through Innovation for Specialty and Generic Companies

As the market for specialty and generic products continues to become more competitive and pricing pressures increase, the 505(b)(2) pathway may allow companies more options to diversify their portfolios.


Doug Balogh

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505(b)(2): A Pathway to Competitiveness Through Innovation for Specialty and Generic Companies

As the market for specialty and generic products continues to become more competitive and pricing pressures increase, the 505(b)(2) pathway may allow companies more options to diversify their portfolios.


Wolfgang Bauriedel

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Beyond “Tech Talent”: New Leadership in Pharma’s Digital Age

With an increase in digital technology being utilized as a strategic differentiator and business enabler in pharma, where is talent coming from?


Maneesh Dube

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Beyond “Tech Talent”: New Leadership in Pharma’s Digital Age

With an increase in digital technology being utilized as a strategic differentiator and business enabler in pharma, where is talent coming from?


Sandy Jennings

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A Bad Deal with Data?

Approach for pharma field sales reps in need of reboot.


Melanie Sena

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435 New Medicines in Development for “Older Americans”

According to a new report by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are developing 435 new medicines to target 15 leading chronic conditions affecting the Medicare population.