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It’s something of an enigma that most physicians are keen to learn about and use cutting edge medicines and devices for their patients.

In the American version of the Australian TV series Wilfred, the show’s title character declares that for him, human life begins at 10 years old.

Public policy activities should be a distinct, mission critical function for Big Pharma - our business depends increasingly on government as a key customer.

The European Union is at last groping its way towards some form of standardization in judging the value of medicines.

The European Union is at last groping its way towards some form of standardization in judging the value of medicines.

Global Launch in the Post-Blockbuster Era

Today’s big product story - the apparent end to a decade-long drought in the drug development pipeline - is the prep stage for tomorrow’s big policy question: are industry R&D priorities in synch with the changing burden of disease?

Forest Labs has had a tough time with regulators over the last two years. The company’s sales reps can’t seem to stop breaking the law.

Can’t get your sales rep into that academic medical center? Try sending a medical science liaison (MSL).

This month's feature by Ben Comer highlights what's behind the new Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) imposed on GSK by theHHS Office of Inspector-General to compensate for a long list of marketing and pricing malfeasances

The decisions you make today about patents – what, when and where to file – could have implications tantamount to billions of dollars in R&D investment and sales over the next two decades.

Patient groups are a growing force, not just in the debate around tactical areas of medical specialities, but also on the vital question of pricing and reimbursement rules. But will their voices be heard? Reflector reports.

Industry is finding it harder to secure market access and payer uptake for new products. Innovative contracting may offer a solution. But is it working? Andrea Sobrio reports.

It’s an unusual sight in the UK - a television commercial for a Big Pharma company. But among the cultural and commercial innovations being attributed to the London Olympic Games is GSK’s first UK consumer-facing corporate brand campaign, showcasing its anti-doping operations.

At CBI’s 7th Annual Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Leadership Congress, speakers and attendees identified areas where pharma can improve the way it approaches rare disease and treatment.

Like governors in the US vowing to block Medicaid expansion in their home states, local primary care trusts (PCTs) in the UK don’t always follow national guidelines on drug access due to budgetary concerns.

It may surprise some working in the industry, but pharmaceutical companies, in particular those in Europe, rank among the world’s best online corporate communicators, writes David Bowen.

Last month, Pharm Exec, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development and software vendor Clear Trial brought companies together for an editorial exchange on current challenges in budgeting and spend for clinical trials.

EFPIA president Andrew Witty is hoping that the deepening European economic crisis will impel European leaders towards more courageous and radical solutions, writes Reflector.

2012 Emerging Pharma Leaders

Pharm Exec's 2012 roster of Emerging Leaders-our sixth to date-is not only a way to recognize a few individuals who've made a difference in their organizations. It also serves as a barometer to track larger changes in the workplace.

If you’re like me, you probably bounded out of bed on Thursday morning, took in all the news you could find about the Supreme Court and healthcare reform…and then you waited.

Examples of the various video formats that can now be offered from Advanstar Pharma Science Multimedia

Patients who live for many years following a cancer diagnosis will likely require additional support, and a whole new kind of follow-up care.

A diverse group of HIT professionals – including physicians, academics, developers and entrepreneurs – gathered at Sudler & Hennessey’s Health and Technology Summit in New York City to discuss the challenges related to health information technology implementation, and the ways to move forward.

Following his keynote address last week at the Financial Times US Healthcare and Life Sciences Conference in New York, Eli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter huddled into a corridor to speak with PharmExec about his agenda as incoming chairman of PhRMA, and how to fix innovation.

Multidrug resistant [MDR] TB is the front line in the global battle against infectious disease. It accounts for more than 5 per cent of new cases of TB, which itself takes more than 2 million lives per year – a death toll second only to HIV.