Leadership: Page 20

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    Last Word

    Combating Opioid Addiction Sarah Akerman, M.D., Senior Medical Director at Alkermes, talks about the industry’s role in opioid use disorder. PV: What are some of the biggest issues around the current treatment system for addiction? Akerman: The current treatment system for opioid addiction is ina...

    By Sarah Akerman • Jan. 1, 2019
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    Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Why Diversity is a Business Imperative

    If verbal assurances were translated into reality, U.S. businesses would be well-ahead of the game when it comes to diversity and inclusion. But that’s just not the case. Unfortunately, a comprehensive study from McKinsey found that far from making progress, gender diversity has stalled. For a 20...

    By Kim Ribbink • Jan. 1, 2019
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    Trendline

    Commercialization, marketing and social media

    As the pharma industry stares down a historic patent cliff, macroeconomic headwinds and challenging R&D costs for increasingly complex medicines, nailing the launch of new medicines has become increasingly critical. 

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    Trend: The Gig Economy

    The rise of the gig economy is empowering workers to maximize their freedom and choose journeys over jobs. According to Morgan Stanley, within 10 years, freelance workers may represent more than 50% of the U.S. working population — leaving big questions as to what are the implications for corpora...

    By Taren Grom • Nov. 15, 2018
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    BMS Participates in V Foundation for Cancer Research Bike Ride For the fifth year in a row, Bristol-Myers Squibb has launched the Coast 2 Coast 4 Cancer, a nearly month-long cross-country bike ride to raise money for cancer research. During the month of September, company employees ride nearly 3,...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2018
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    HealthTech

    Medisafe and Boehringer Ingelheim Partner to Support U.S. Pradaxa Patients Trend Watch: Pharma-backed digital health solutions improve patient care and adherence. Patient adherence app developer Medisafe is partnering with Boehringer Ingelheim to provide Pradaxa patients with educational materia...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2018
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    Addressing Diversity and Inclusion PharmaVOICE 100 — 2018 La’Wana Harris, Director, Global Leadership Development, Sanofi US, discusses diversity and inclusion in the pharmaceutical industry. PV: Why is diversity and inclusion important? Harris: From a business perspective, the data clearly show ...

    By La’Wana Harris • Oct. 1, 2018
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    BioMarin Supports the Hemophilia Community with Theater Program BioMarin Pharmaceutical has entered into a partnership with Believe Limited to produce the Breaking Through! musical theater intensive. The first-of-its-kind program is a three-day music workshop for members of the bleeding disorders...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2018
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    Women & Health: Addressing the Gender Gap

    With 90% of CEOs in S&P 500 companies still being promoted or hired from line roles — only 20% of women in senior VP positions hold line roles — narrowing the gender gap in the C-suite will take upward of 100 years based on current trends, per research by McKinsey Global Institute. Unfortunat...

    By Taren Grom • Sept. 1, 2018
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    SHOWCASE: Big Data: Tapping into Big Data for Optimal Outcomes

    As the industry’s reach expands to include access to anonymized electronic health record (EHR) data and genomic data, the opportunity to gather learnings on disease and treatment patterns continues to grow. The question companies face is how can they best manage big data to gain insights that wil...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2018
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    Analytics — The Secret Sauce that Makes Data Big

    “If we build it, they will come." Most biopharmaceutical companies have spent the last few years focused on a Big Data strategy targeted at reducing costs and increasing effectiveness. Big Data platforms have been built — but did they, “they" being the patients and physicians with whom we need to...

    By Susan Abedi • Sept. 1, 2018
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    Not Your Grandfather's Graphs

    Bar chart, pie chart, line graph, Kaplan-Meier… we’ve all been there and done that. In today’s information-saturated, time-challenged environment, while the tried and tested ways still have their place, it’s time for our data presentations to catch up to the needs of those who we hope will consum...

    By Uma Ginde • Sept. 1, 2018
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    A "People First" Approach to Data Visualization

    We live in an age of “data abundance" — although some might say “overload," especially if you’ve just been confronted with a mass of information you know you need (probably even asked for), but now don’t know what to do with. You may have said you wanted information, but what you really needed wa...

    By Joe DeSalvo • Sept. 1, 2018
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    Creating a New Legacy: The Next Chapter

    So you want to serve on a board. For many, serving on a board is a next step up the career ladder once they have reached senior leadership status. For others, serving on a board is the next chapter after their professional career has come to a successful conclusion. Serving on a board can be very...

    By Robin Robinson • Sept. 1, 2018
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    Mentors

    Ramita Tandon For Being a Powerful Voice Title: Executive VP, Commercialization and Outcomes Research Company: ICON Plc. Education: MD/MPH, Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health Family: Her parents, who are immigrants from India, shaped her values and beliefs, including: respect,...

    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 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
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    Red Jacket Andrea McGonigle

    Andrea McGonigle For Being a Health Technology Convener Title: National Managing Director, Health and Life Sciences Company: Microsoft Education: BS, University of Phoenix Family: Husband, Anthony; two children, Haley, 16, and Patrick, 12 Hobbies: Kids sports, Broadway shows, blogging, and travel...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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    Red Jacket Lynn O'Connor Vos

    Lynn O’Connor Vos For Creating a Greater Impact in the Nonprofit Industry Title: President and CEO Company: Muscular Dystrophy Association Education: BS and BSRN, Alfred University Awards/Honors: HBA Woman of the Year Associations: Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Social Media: Tweet: @lynn...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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    Red Jacket Melinda Richter

    Melinda Richter For Empowering the Extraordinary Title: Global Head Company: Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS Education: B Commerce, University of Saskatchewan; MBA, INSEAD Family: Victor Casale, her partner, her biggest fan and inspiration Hobbies: Heli-boarding in Alaska, diving with sha...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2018
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    Upfront

    Bayer Unites with Advocacy Groups to Raise Awareness about Colorectal Cancer Bayer has announced another year of its partnership with patient advocacy organizations Colorectal Cancer Alliance and Fight Colorectal Cancer. Bayer is touring with the alliance on the national Big Colon Tour in 2018 to...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2018
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    HealthTech

    Caffeine-Containing Biocompatible Gels for Drug Delivery Trend Watch: Gels and AR advances create new methods of disease treatment, monitoring and diagnosis Researchers at MIT may use caffeine to jump start their day, but they are also working on using it as a catalyst for a biocompatible polymer...

    By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2018
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    R&D Leaders On Leadership

    What makes for a great leader? Many books and articles exist to try to tease out the qualities and behaviors that make good leaders great. Many of these detail that leaders inspire employees, position their companies for innovation and change, and they have integrity and the courage to lead. A Mc...

    By Denise Myshko • June 1, 2018
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    Women in Science Gwen Nichols, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, outlines what is needed to bring more women into the sciences. PV: What are some of the big takeaways from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) survey on women in science? Nichols: There was ...

    By Gwen Nichols • May 1, 2018
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    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

    The field of artificial intelligence (AI) research was founded at Dartmouth College during the summer of 1956. Fast-forward more than 60 years to the year 2018 and we are seeing expansive growth in the development of AI, referred to in the business as the “Summer of AI." AI by no means languished...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 1, 2018