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Increasing Predictability in Patient Recruitment
Protocol Complexity and Optimization According to industry research1 there is increasing complexity in protocol design. This same research suggests that the demands on patients participating in trials are rising as a result of this and that there has been 70% increase in the total number of patie...
By E.B. McLindon • June 1, 2019 -
Virtual Trials Have (Finally) Arrived: How this remote model is transforming the clinical research experience, leading to lower costs and easier recruiting.
The pharma industry has been talking about the benefits of virtual trials for years, but it’s only recently that the promise of conducting complex efficacy studies in patients’ homes has finally become a reality. Industry leaders began singing the praises of virtual models around 2012, shortly af...
By Josh Rose • June 1, 2019 -
The AI Revolution in Multivigilance
Advanced Technology Helps Protect Patients and Billions in R&D Investment. Bringing a new medicine, medical device, vaccine, or combination product to market today requires enormous investment. PhRMA estimates that a new drug takes nearly a decade to make it from discovery to approval and an ...
By Bruce Palsulich • June 1, 2019 -
Leveraging Patient-Centric Data Analytics to Accelerate Clinical Trials
We are all familiar with the figures — it takes over a decade and $2.6 billion to bring a new drug to market. While these objective statistics are daunting and do give pause, almost every life science professional will agree that they don’t begin to tell the true story of the human element below ...
By Crystal Black • June 1, 2019 -
Clinical Trial Solutions: Technology Disrupters
The biopharma industry faces myriad challenges in the pursuit of its mission to bring new treatments to patients in need of cures, chief among them the “Iron Triangle" of time, cost, and quality with respect to clinical research. The cost of conducting clinical trials is escalating, quality remai...
By A.K. Gupta • June 1, 2019 -
Marketing High Science Brands
The Challenge: Creating compelling campaigns for complex science Cancer immunotherapies and other high-science brands will be busting the market at $34 billion by 2024, according to GlobalData. As the science around these types of treatments continue to drastically change therapeutic options, the...
By Robin Robinson • June 1, 2019 -
Charting Their Own Course
Every entrepreneur’s journey is as unique as he or she is. The common denominator: a passion to improve the lives of patients. Risk-takers, disrupters, change agents, visionaries — more than a dozen industry entrepreneurs discuss what it takes to make the bold step to create something new and th...
By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2019 -
Speak Out
Disruptive Innovation Drives Positive Outcomes Best Practices for Adopting the Shared Investigator Platform The Cognizant Shared Investigator Platform – SIP – is the disruptive innovation our industry sorely needs to reduce the burden placed on sites conducting clinical trials. Stakeholders from ...
By Larissa Comis • June 1, 2019 -
Executive Perspective
Transforming the Lives of Patients: A Conversation with Ron Menezes When Ron Menezes, President and General Manager of Almirall, LLC, took the helm of the U.S. market for the global, Spanish-based company, his mission was clear: become a leader in innovation in the dermatology market. The company...
By Ron Menezes • June 1, 2019 -
Last Word
MSL Certification Christine Megalla, Pharm.D., Associate Director of Educational Programs at the Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs, talks about the organization’s certification process. PV: What is the ACMA doing to ensure standards around the role of medical affairs, and why is this impo...
By Christine Megalla • May 1, 2019 -
SHOWCASE: Connected Health: An Important Tool for Improving Outcomes
The digital age has put more data and insights into the hands of healthcare professionals and patients. Digital technologies — wireless, electronic, mobile, telehealth — have made connected health possible, with the objective of enhancing patient engagement and ultimately health outcomes. To dete...
By PharmaVoice Team • May 1, 2019 -
Connected Health — We Could Learn From Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios is about to release its last Avengers movie. It brings together the biggest superheroes from a myriad of universes for the final epic battle, connecting many storylines for one last big hit. Marvel has done quite a bit over the last 10 years to connect these superhero worlds, throu...
By Angelo Joseph Campano • May 1, 2019 -
Brand Bonds
Trust is the glue of agency/client relationships, and communication is the foundation. Browse a few pharma marketing agency websites and you can learn about the number of awards won, the big name clients, the years in business, the expertise; but where is the link for “Good at Relationships?" One...
By PharmaVoice Team • May 1, 2019 -
The Biosimilars Market
While the bulk of activity in the biosimilar space has taken place outside of the United States, the approval and uptake of biosimilars in the United States is expected to pick up over the next five years. The biosimilar industry has developed rapidly, and regulations have advanced significantly ...
By Denise Myshko • May 1, 2019 -
Speak Out
What do patients really want from pharma? Today, most of us have become digital natives—seamlessly integrating mobile experiences into our daily lives. Many of us are also patients and caregivers. This represents an opportunity for pharma to offer mobile-first approaches to engage healthcare cons...
By Hoss Sooudi • May 1, 2019 -
Letter from the Editor
The Patient Inside Us All… At some point in our lives we have been or will be a patient…and yet we are so much more. We are also parents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, in addition to the roles we embody as leaders in the healthcare ecosystem. We asked the patients interviewed for this second annual ...
By Taren Grom • April 1, 2019 -
Upfront
Amgen Supports STEM Education Amgen has become a pilot partner of STEMissaries, along with Science from Scientists (SfS), a nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth to remain competitive in emerging STEM fields. Together, Amgen, Amgen Foundation, and SfS are partnering on the STEMissaries program ...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2019 -
HealthTech
Ochsner Health System and Pfizer Partner to Develop Innovative Models for Clinical Trials Trend Watch: Technologies Continue to Enhance Clinical Trial Experience and Efficiency Ochsner Health System, Louisiana’s largest non-profit academic healthcare system, and Pfizer have entered into a multi-...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2019 -
Artificial Intelligence
Study: What Consumers Think About AI Trend Watch: From robots to analytics, AI is being used for better patient care and engagement A study commissioned by Pegasystems, “What consumers really think about AI: A global study," revealed consumers are open to the use of AI when it comes to their hea...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2019 -
Last Word
From Patient to Advocate Donna Cryer, President and CEO of the Global Liver Institute, talks about how she channeled her personal experience as an IBD and liver transplant patient into professional advocacy. PV: Tell us about your journey as a patient. Cryer: This is the 25th anniversary of my li...
By Donna Cryer • April 1, 2019 -
Patients Are Waiting…
Patient-focused initiatives are taking hold throughout the industry from R&D through commercialization, yet there is still room for improvement. Progress is being made to include patient insights and perspectives throughout the life-sciences more holistically. Companies are engaging patients ...
By Taren Grom • April 1, 2019 -
Patient-Based Culture
Companies need to cultivate patient-centricity from the inside out. Not much more than five years ago, UCB was one of the first pharma companies to bring patient centeredness deep into its culture, moving away from the traditional product-based model driven by revenue growth and sales toward the ...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2019 -
The Evolving Role of Patient Advocates
Patient advocacy groups have long had relationships with pharma, and now, individual patients are also sharing their voices and their power. While pharma has long had relationships with advocacy organizations, there is a growing wave of individual patients who are willing to speak up, be engaged,...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2019 -
Children on the Frontline: the Toll of Rare Diseases
Parents are the strongest advocates for their children suffering with rare diseases, pushing researchers, companies and regulatory authorities to do more to save their loved ones. For the 350 million people worldwide battling with a rare disease, the impact on their day-to-day lives is profound. ...
By Kim Ribbink • April 1, 2019 -
Patient-Focused Drug Development
Biopharma companies and regulators are working to put the patient truly at the center of drug research and development. Empowered patients are redefining the healthcare environment on their own terms. Today, patients and advocates are playing a more central and proactive role in managing their ow...
By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2019