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The pharmaceutical industry’s global reputation is on the mend, even if some countries – notably China – are more hostile, according to the latest Ipsos Reputation Snapshot for the Pharmaceutical Sector, from the Ipsos Global Reputation Centre.

Price Waterhouse Cooper’s “Pharma 2020: From vision to decision” parses a mix of gloomy and glowing scenarios that reflect the fickle, delicate nature of today’s industry.

Given the amount of activity in the hepatitis C drug development space – as evidenced in PharmExec’s 2013 Pipeline report – patients are scouring the internet for information on the disease, available treatments, and soon to be available treatments.

Greece took its part on Wednesday in the latest widespread strikes against austerity measures that swept across Europe.

In the wake of the meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated compounded medications produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC).

How can the emerging field of data science help to fruitfully translate research and discovery into successful drug development.

With the Presidential election decided and President Obama the clear winner, it’s time for Pharma to get down to business on the implementation of ObamaCare.

The pharmaceutical industry as of late has faced a growing movement against patent protection in favor of providing access to low cost medicines, specifically in developing countries.

Providers and patients fish for that delicate balance between access and abandonment.

Prix Galien celebrates a new round of next generation drug technologies.

Pharmaceutical industry leaders Novartis and Merck-among others-released second-quarter 2012 results showing global sales down in third-quarter 2012, with growth in key pharmaceutical products helping to offset losses due to patent expirations.

Global Launch in the IMS Health Era

The sudden departure of EC Health Commissioner John Dalli tops an already difficult year for the European pharma regulators, writes Reflector.

No doubt the November 6th election is going to be close, very close: close for the Presidency, close for the Senate, and possibly close for the House.

Just days before the reports that R&D investment in Spanish pharma had fallen to below EUR1 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2011 for the first time since 2007.

Grey Healthcare Group - Leveraging Your Brand’s Name to Achieve Post-Patent Success

Ethics is a matter of trust, which in the regulatory space requires transparency and openness among all stakeholders, including patients and industry.

Featured panelists at ExL’s annual Digital Pharma East conference this week included practicing physicians, vocal ePatients, social media gurus and digital marketing consultants with plenty of hours logged in big pharma boardrooms.

New stories earlier this year (1) reported that FDA scientists have been suspected of leaking confidential, commercial, and trade secret information to the media.

Lundbeck's Big Bet

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Developing a drug is still very much a game of chance: a round puzzle of soft edges, with pieces that rarely fit the hard rectangles of time and money. Solving the puzzle correctly-with a new product as the sum of its parts-depends on making that lengthy progression from basic science to registration as linear as possible.

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PE June 2012 BPA

The furore that burst across Brussels in late September over reported findings of tumors in rats fed with genetically modified maize may seem only tangentially related to the concerns.