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Research shows that budget cuts on advertising and marketing during times of recession have a long term negative impact.

Pharma marketers must focus their efforts and resources on changing the behavior of professionals and concumsers.

It may not be sexy but now, more than ever, marketers need to look at their analytics.

This latest action from the FDA has resulted in confusion, a need for counsel, and conjecture at what might be next.

When economizing on agency spend, a key question needs to be answered: "Are you getting great value for your promotion?"

Pharma vet Hans Bishop readily admits to being ruthless in his career.

Jennifer Spear Smith may be soft-spoken and petite, but she is loud, clear, and stands tall for one part of industry that she is clearly passionate about: continuing medical education (CME).

I started off as a pathologist at Boehringer-Ingelheim in Germany.

I got my first taste of this industry as an intern at Schering-Plough's Managed Care group.

I started my career as a medical liaison. It was a wonderful opportunity to shape how companies and physicians further scientific understanding of difficult medical problems, focus on key research questions, and address unmet patient needs.

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I have had the tremendous good fortune of strong leadership throughout my career.

1 June 2009

I joined Merck in 1996 as a customer account representative, processing pharmaceutical and vaccine orders for our direct customers.

Prior to joining Exelixis, I was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, focusing on M&A and corporate finance.

It's hard to believe that Michelle Dipp has been in the industry for only five years considering her significant impact thus far on it.

FDA slaps down Cheerios and forces pharma companies that use Google to make technical changes no consumer will ever notice. Big whoop.

I've always loved the life sciences, and have been fortunate to have my career take place during a time of profound advances in biology.

Even in our crowd of underage overachievers, Luca Santarelli, MD, PhD, is a standout.

There is increasing importance of differentiation in the pharmaceutical industry, especially given the political, regulatory, and financial challenges we face.

People define "work" differently. For some, it's making useful objects that you can see and touch.

I began my career with an interest in medicine and pharmaceutical sciences.

The Primary Care Business Unit at Pfizer has taken some major steps to respond to the needs of our customers.

I started out as a cardiovascular primary care sales rep with Merck in the UK.

At 22, Stephanie Bova left the United States to teach English in Japan.

I trained as a journalist and worked at news organizations where all the reporters wanted to cover politics and crime.

In 1993, my father died of lung cancer in India. During the years I watched him suffer with the disease, I decided that I would join pharmaceutical industry after my PhD to develop drugs (particularly aimed at treating cancer) and help improve the lives of patients.

28 May 2009