Authors


Jean-Patrick Tsang

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Patient Data Come of Age

Contrary to popular belief, physicians still can't retrieve the full medical history of every patient who walks into their offices. Nor can they zap prescriptions through a clearinghouse that shows whether patients are eligible for coverage and reviews all medications they are taking to forestall drug?drug interactions.


Ellen Gordon

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The Battle for Oncology KOLs

Companies are fighting for strong relationships with key opinion leaders-and Genentech is winning, hands down.


David E. Kitchen, University of Richmond

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Bringing in the Green

Pharma can stand to win hearts, minds, and tax credits by launching an eco bandwagon


Keith Mandia

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Inside the Doughnut Hole

An answer to your question: What does the Part D coverage gap do to drug sales?


Bryan A. Liang

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Biologic Drugs Are like Siblings

Though they are made up of similar genetic material, siblings are very different people. Michael Jackson is different from La Toya Jackson. Julia Roberts is different from Eric Roberts. They share many characteristics, but they certainly are not the same.


Adam Zuckerman

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Managing the Innovator

Innovative products, and the research and development teams that produce them, are pharma's life blood. So it's no surprise that, according to PE's 2003 Top 50 Pharma, the largest 20 pharma companies alone spent $45.5 billion on R&D.


Brad Cooper

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The Virtues of Virtual Training

As the popularity of online training grows, many pharma companies are likely to implement learning management systems (LMS) that can manage the reams of data generated by training divisions in a regulated environment.


Tom McDonnell, Vyvanse Marketing

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Tough Nut to Crack

An innovative approach bridges the pediatric communication gap


Gayle Lorenzi

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Spanning the Treatment Gap

How a diabetes field team helped docs overcome the treatment gap


George Abercrombie, Hoffmann-La Roche

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Crisis Planning: Flu Preparedness

The pharma industry has come a long way since Hurricane Katrina when it comes to disaster planning. Now, with experts predicting an influenza pandemic, companies have a chance to prepare systems before a crisis happens.


Pablo Przygoda

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Beyond the Norm

One company's program provides an interesting model for the future of DTP


Charles Piper

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Make a Match

Big Pharma is finally making a commitment to partner-based outsourcing.


Jill Van Bos, Milliman

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Want to Be in a Health Plan? Think Like One

Pharmacoactuarial analysis helps drug companies communicate value to health plans


Jane Finney

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The Hispanic Factor

What Big Pharma needs to learn-and value-about this rapidly growing US demographic


Mark Chataway

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Can Social Media Give Big Pharma Back its Reputation?

Industry's ability to master the external environment depends on making the 140-character shorthand of the Twitter generation its own.


Jeffrey M. Sandman

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Staying Ahead of the Curve

Significant and dramatic healthcare policy changes are likely to follow after Barack Obama takes the oath of office and the expanded Democratic congressional majority settles in. But what does the electoral outcome mean for healthcare companies and the industry as a whole?


Julian Upton

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Data Vigilance and Validation: Lessons Learned, Future Hopes for Real-World Data

Biopharma experts at the forefront of applying real-world data and real-world evidence across the product life cycle converge to discuss the lingering challenges in fully realizing the vast potential of these insights to transform the value equation.


Tracy Harmon Blumenfeld

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Rethinking the Sponsor-Investigator Relationship

When it comes to working with clinical research sites, pharmaceutical companies should take a page out of the automakers' playbook


Kenneth Getz, MBA

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ROI and Rare Disease: Retooling the ‘Gene’ Value Machine

Framework proposes three strategies designed to address the unique challenges of personalized and genetic therapies for rare diseases—and increase the probability of economic success for a new wave of potential curative treatments for these conditions.


Jimmy Black

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Spanning the Treatment Gap

How a diabetes field team helped docs overcome the treatment gap


Dee Lee

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Put the freeze on credit card debt

Avoid high interest and dig out of debt.


Paul LeBon

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Boost your productivity with voicemail

Simple messages can be tremendous tools fo success.


Rachael Zuckerman

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Make a Match

Big Pharma is finally making a commitment to partner-based outsourcing.


Simon Estcourt, IDIS

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Boundaries of Expanded Access

More patients are demanding drugs--and showing up everywhere form YouTube to the Supreme Court. But to offer access to investigational drugs, companies first need to know the rules


Mike Turcotte

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Reimbursement: The foundation for financial decisions

In our quest as sales reps to provide our physician customers with a valuable sales call, it is crucial to understand what the driving forces are in healthcare delivery and how they affect these customers.


Peter Carlin

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The Battle for Oncology KOLs

Companies are fighting for strong relationships with key opinion leaders-and Genentech is winning, hands down.


Anthony Bianciella

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Ready, Aim, Sell

Technology isn't the magic bullet, but it can help you hit your target


Linda Meyerson

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Rethinking the Sponsor-Investigator Relationship

When it comes to working with clinical research sites, pharmaceutical companies should take a page out of the automakers' playbook


Margaret-Ann Cole

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Putting the "I" in "Team"

Pharma is embracing the cross-functional team. But that doesn't mean that you must blend in with the sheep. Putting your best foot forward strengthens the team...and you.


Alan Klein

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Wyeth V. Levine: An Attorneys' Perspective

Lawyers from Duane Morris LLP offer their take on the Supreme Court's groundshaking preemption decision