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Patient Adherence: Supporting Patients to Drive Better Outcomes

When it comes to health risks, there is one condition that is doing more harm to the health of patients than poor diets, lack of exercise, or even smoking. It is failure to take prescribed medications, also known as nonadherence. According to a 2012 review in the Annals of Internal Medicine1, 20 ...
By Tara Herington • Oct. 1, 2018
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Create Effective Patient Support Programs by Putting the Patient First

Many industry leaders believe that one of the most exciting opportunities for improving healthcare is the development of digital health solutions that can help manage disease, improve outcomes for patients and positively support healthcare professionals (HCPs) to improve the provision of care. Ho...
By Tim Davis • Oct. 1, 2018
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A Community Model That Delivers — For Patients and Partners

When people living with chronic health conditions think of the resources they need throughout their journeys, HCPs, treatments and care teams often top the list. However, nobody understands the pain, fatigue and frustration better than others who live with these conditions, making the need for in...
By Tim Armand • Oct. 1, 2018
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Reconnecting Patients and Physicians Through Digital Innovations

Annual physicals may be a low priority for many in today’s workforce, interacting with the healthcare system only when ill. Digital tools can strengthen the physician-patient relationship, improving patient engagement and care, but it will require a closer collaboration among all healthcare parti...
By Marshall B. Rovner • Oct. 1, 2018
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Innovative Medicine and Innovative Solutions Go Hand in Hand

In pharmaceutical communication planning, the discovery work of digging into a category, understanding the patient journey, and thinking about how a brand can have a relationship with their customer is both exciting and challenging. The exciting part is creating a communication map to capture the...
By Liz O'Neil • Oct. 1, 2018
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Agencies Pay It Forward

In an open letter to CEOs earlier this year, BlackRock CEO and financial wizard Larry Fink outlined the need for companies to start focusing on the world outside their walls and find a way to serve a larger societal purpose. His thought process is that while focusing on building revenue, companie...
By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2018
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SHOWCASE: Supply Chain: Rethinking the Supply Chain in the Personalized Medicine Age

Typically, pharmaceutical manufacturing has involved large batch production. However, personalized medicines are highly complex and can’t be made to the same scale or delivered using the same siloed supply chain processes. This poses several organizational challenges for companies, which will nee...
By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2018
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Driving Cost Savings Through Shared-Resources Logistics

For years, pharmaceutical manufacturers have been challenged to lower the costs of moving pharmaceuticals from point A to point B, while keeping them safe at every step in the supply chain. This challenge is more pronounced today as manufacturers face growing pressures to reduce costs, increase e...
By Joel Wayment • Oct. 1, 2018
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Marketing to Women

Women make about 80% of healthcare decisions for their families, according to the United States Department of Labor. Crafting messaging that connects with these key decision-makers requires marketers to guard against gender-based stereotypes. “From the #MeToo Movement to Fearless Girl, women are ...
By Robin Robinson • Oct. 1, 2018
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Agency Executive Roundtable

Heavy is the Crown Without a doubt talent — recruitment, retention, and engagement — is the biggest challenge our agency executives face today. At the same time, technology, ideation, shared value, and time are also top of mind. Sharon Callahan. TBWA\WorldHealth. The first challenge that comes to...
By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2018
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Changing the Channel: A Data-First Approach To Marketing

Amazon does it. Zappos does it. Even your local grocery store does it. Yes, stores are using apps to personalize your shopping experience by directing coupons to you that are the most relevant to you and your shopping habits. All of this isn’t new, but what is new is that life-sciences companies ...
By Robin Robinson • Sept. 1, 2018
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SHOWCASE: Marketing: Meeting Customers Where They Are: Marketing 3.0

Today, pharmaceutical marketers are under pressure to assess the channels and methods they have traditionally used to engage with customers in response to the changing behaviors and expectations of physicians, payers, and consumers. That could take a shift in thinking for the industry, since desp...
By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2018
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Is There Room for the Greater Good in Healthcare Marketing?

There was a time when the job of PR departments was either pushing out positive news of a company’s good deeds or reacting to bad news. Over the last two decades, with ever-increasing levels of digitally enabled transparency, this dynamic has shifted. Organizations need to practice what they prea...
By Andrew Schirmer • Sept. 1, 2018
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Trying to Reach Healthcare Professionals and Consumers? Social Media Is the Answer.

Social media is a powerful platform for reaching HCPs and consumers alike. There are nearly 200 million active social media users in the United States alone, so it’s almost guaranteed that your target audience is using social channels, consuming content about anything and everything. So why not t...
By Brandie Linfante • Sept. 1, 2018
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No Brakes: Picking the Partner to Speed Oncology and Rare Disease Candidates to Market

Imagine a company created with an end goal of delivering lifesaving therapies to patients faster while mitigating risks, minimizing obstacles, and maximizing time on market. Sounds like a turbocharged unicorn, right? Enter Precision Medicine Group (PMG)—built with a laser focus on quality and exp...
By Carolyn Morgan • Sept. 1, 2018
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Who's on the List - By Category

Who’s on the List — 2018 Indexed by Category Brand champions Beth Barron CMI/Compas Eric Densmore AbelsonTaylor Vic Noble Shire Pharmaceuticals Change Agents Michel Dahan Akebia Therapeutics Jennifer De Camara Johnson & Johnson Bunny Ellerin Columbia Business School La’Wana Harris Sanofi Dr. ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Brand Champions

Eric Densmore For Helping Hep C Patients Find a Cure Title: Senior VP, Account Director Company: AbelsonTaylor Education: BS, Marketing, University of Illinois — Champaign/Urbana Family: His wife, Amy, he truly couldn’t do what he does without her; his parents, who gave him the advice and educati...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Change Agents

Dr. Patrice Matchaba For Advancing the Quest for Global Access Title: Group Head of Global Health & Corporate Responsibility Company: Novartis AG Education: MD, University of Zimbabwe; Harvard Business School Program for Management Development A number of years ago, Dr. Patrice Matchaba’s mot...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Clinical Experts

Nariman Nasser For Creating Opportunities for Sites Title: VP, Site Engagement Company: Continuum Clinical Education: BS Microbiology, Arizona State University Hobbies: Swimming, biking, snowboarding, and anything outdoors that provides an adrenaline rush Associations: SoCRA, DIA, ACRP Social Med...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Digital Experts

Xavier Flinois For Being a Technology Pioneer Title: President, Parexel Informatics Company: Parexel International Education: MEng, École nationale des ponts et chaussées; MSci, Ecole Polytechnique Family: Wife, Christelle, a laureate writer; children Astrid, Thibault, Alex, and Diane, all passio...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Marketers

Dan Guinipero For Bridging the Gap Between Sales and Marketing Title: Director, Cardiovascular Marketing, Brand Marketing Company: Boehringer Ingelheim Education: BBA, Marketing, Roanoke College Social Media: PErsonal Brand: There are no barriers Dan Guinipero, director, cardiovascular marketing,...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Technologists

Sabina Ewing For Creating a Global Impact by Leveraging Technology Title: VP Company: Pfizer Family: Parents, John and Martina; grandfathers were Paul (Mary) and Randolph (Lucita); husband, Derby; daughters, Kerrine and Malia Hobbies: Traveling, reading, spending time with family and friends, and...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Red Jacket Honorees

PharmaVOICE introduced the Red Jacket Award, now in its fifth year, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the PharmaVOICE 100. One of the criteria for being named a Red Jacket — our version of a Hall of Fame — is having been recognized previously as a PharmaVOICE 100 honoree, but it’s much more th...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Red Jacket Bill Drummy

Bill Drummy For Putting the Heart Into Healthcare Communications Title: Founder and Chairman Emeritus Company: Heartbeat Education: BA, Rutgers College; Henry Rutgers Scholar, Glasgow University Family: Wife Barrie Gillies, whose humor and tolerance have helped him succeed; 13-year-old son, Will,...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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Red Jacket Dr. Sanjit Singh Lamba

Dr. Sanjit Singh Lamba For Building A Bridge Between People and Technology Title: Managing Director Company: Eisai Pharmaceuticals India Education: MBA, Kellogg’s School of Management; PhD, Gitam University; PGDMS, University of Mumbai; MPharm, Pharmaceutical Technology, Panjab University Family:...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018