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    Patient Advocates

    Dr. Stella Blackburn Title: VP, Global Head of Risk Management, Real World & Late Phase Research Company: Quintiles Education: M.B., B.S., Medicine, Guy’s Hospital Med School, London University; M.Sc., Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London; M.A., Medical S...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    Mentors

    David Baker Title: Chief Commercial Officer Company: Alcobra Pharma Education: MBA, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business; B.A., Duke University Family: Wife, Irene; son, Adam, 22; daughter, Rachel, 18 Hobbies: Avid Philadelphia and Duke sports fan; restaurants; travel; sampling fine wine, wh...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    Artificial intelligence & machine learning

    After years of excited buzz around the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning, pharma has begun to realize the true implications and potential value of these technologies.

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    Technologists

    Tim Slevin Title: Senior VP, OpenData Global Company: Veeva Systems Education: MBA, BBA, University of Missouri-Kansas City Family: Wife, Susan; children, Ben and Grace; dog, Lucy Hobbies: Golfing, cycling Bucket List:  Play golf at Pebble Beach with Huey Lewis; perform a three-minute stand-up co...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    Fun Facts About the PharmaVOICE 100

    Where they were born? The PharmaVOICE 100 may come from all over, but what they have in common is a sincere desire to improve the lives of patients everywhere. What was their first job? We thought it would be fun to know how these highly successful executives earned their first paychecks. As it t...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    The Importance of Mentoring

    Most of our PharmaVOICE 100 honorees say having and being a mentor are important for success in this industry. Here is what they say about the value of being a mentor to others. Sound Bites from the PharmaVOICE 100 Our honorees talk about the importance of mentoring. David Baker Chief Commercial ...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    Overcoming the Challenges that Hinder Innovation

    PharmaVOICE 100 honorees discuss the challenges that the industry needs to overcome to support future innovation. Between 2009 and 2014, the annual growth rate for the top 25 life-sciences companies slowed from the prior decade’s double-digit average to only 1% annually, according to a recent rep...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    Innovation In a Patient-Centric World

    From healthcare reform to the push for value in medicines to personalized healthcare, the patient is now at the center of, well, everything. This means that pharmaceutical companies are now required to create a new paradigm, with the patient at the center. An initiative that began last year withi...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015
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    Letter from the Editor

    In the rare disease community there is saying: Alone we are rare, together we are strong. Wendy White, senior VP, for rare diseases, at Dohmen Life Science Services, a board member of Global Genes,  and the president of the Heathcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA), shared her personal rare dis...

    By Taren Grom • June 1, 2015
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    2015 HBA Luminaries

    The Importance of Mentoring and Sponsorship Emily Lightfoot. AmerisourceBergen. Relationships with mentors have been the key to my career success. Having an advocate and coach to help me plan my career, discover my strengths, and identify opportunities has helped me develop confidence to take on ...

    By Taren Grom • May 1, 2015
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    Talent Pool

    Biotechnology Pool Mary Thistle Dimension Names Chief Business Officer Dimension Therapeutics, a rare disease company advancing novel treatments for diverse genetic disorders of the liver based upon an AAV gene therapy platform, has appointed Mary Thistle to the newly created position of chief bu...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2015
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    Innovations: Platforms

    Creating Custom Multichannel Customer Engagement Cegedim’s Hub Helps Sales Reps Simplify Complex Digital Mix In these challenging times of shrinking prescriber access, pharmaceutical marketers need to determine a meaningful digital channel mix to engage their customers right out of the gate. Cege...

    By PharmaVoice Team • April 1, 2015
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    On the Calendar

    Coming Attractions Denice Torres, president of McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson company, has been named the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association’s 2015 Woman of the Year (WOTY). She will be honored at the 26th Woman of the Year event at the New York Hilton Midtown on Thursday...

    By PharmaVoice Team • March 1, 2015
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    Gen Y - Gen How

    Whether you want to hire them or sell them a product, meeting the needs of ­Millennials requires new strategies.   As the newest generation of healthcare consumers and employment pool, the Gen Y population — all 77 million of them — want you to know something. They want to be happy, they want to ...

    By Robin Robinson • Feb. 1, 2015
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    Year in Preview: On the Horizon: Looking Ahead…

    Experts from across all sectors of the industry provide their input on the trends in 2015 that will have the biggest impact on the industry, and how they will shape the future of healthcare. For this year’s special Year in Preview issue we took a slightly different tact than in years past. We are...

    By Taren Grom • Nov. 15, 2014
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    On the Calendar

    The Calendar Industry Events and Conferences, including SPECIAL DISCOUNTS Coming ATTRACTIONS The mHealth Summit, Dec. 7-11, convenes an array of healthcare stakeholders focused on the integration of mHealth and wireless solutions to improve systemic healthcare systems, patient outcomes, and acces...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 15, 2014
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    The Researchers & Scientists

    Dr. Rob Kotin Seeing the Big Picture in Gene Therapy Driven to innovate by Curiosity One of the most influential thought leaders in gene therapy today, Rob Kotin, Ph.D.’s work has the potential to make a lasting impact on the lives of patients suffering from debilitating diseases of the central n...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Nov. 6, 2014
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    A New Era of Collaboration: Knowledge Sharing

    To innovate in an efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner in today’s drug development environment, companies won’t be able to go it alone; they will need to share data and collaborate in new ways. There was a time when a drugmaker would own and guard every aspect of its research and developm...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 27, 2014
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    On the Calendar

    The Calendar Industry Events and Conferences, including special discounts Coming Attractions The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Assocation is holding its annual conference at the Chicago Hilton, Nov. 12-14, 2014. The conference ‚- Inspired Leaders. Powering Innovation. ‚- is expected draw more than 1...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 27, 2014
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    ACA Expands Pharma Market

    Prescription drug coverage through the ACA’s health exchanges includes 8 million patients. While this is an opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry, it also puts more focus on value, costs, and outcomes. Pharmaceutical companies are finding a changed market for prescription drugs now that con...

    By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 28, 2014
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    SHOWCASE FEATURE: Clinical Trial Solutions: The Upside of Clinical Solutions

    Even as pharmaceutical companies and their development partners continue to grapple with bringing safe products to market on time and on budget, new technologies, models, and analytics are driving improvements to counter the industry’s challenges. According to R&D leaders who recently partici...

    By PharmaVoice Team • May 29, 2014
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    The Change Agents

    The Change Agents Jessica BruEggeman Changing Health Behavior with Insight and Compassion Passionate and knowledgeable about her belief that changing health behavior can lead to improved health outcomes, Jessica Brueggeman succeeds in making a believer out of anyone who comes within her sphere of...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 29, 2013
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    The Entrepreneurs

    The Entrepreneurs Amy Ellis Fearless Innovation Drawing on her highly successful new product development skills in consumer products, Amy Ellis embarked on an ambitious journey: to resolve one of the industry’s most intractable problems, the unsustainably high rate of inconclusive CNS trials. Wit...

    By PharmaVoice Team • July 29, 2013
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    PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Section

    The Commanders & Chiefs David Berry Pronutria Damian Braga Sanofi Pasteur David Bruggeman Clinical Research Advantage Walter Capone The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Steve Collis AmerisourceBergen Corp. Nick Colucci Publicis Healthcare Communications Group Jim Curtis Remedy Health Medi...

    By Taren Grom • July 29, 2013
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    2013 PharmaVOICE 100 - Who's on the List by Company

    2013 PharmaVOICE 100 – Who’s on the List by Company Indexed by Company Affiliation Accelrys Ken Rapp Acorda Therapeutics Denise Duca Acurian Kristin Gross Addgene Dr. Joanne Kamens Advanced Clinical Concepts David Rear Agano Solutions and Auditgraph Mauricha Marcussen AmerisourceBergen Corp. Stev...

    By Taren Grom • July 29, 2013
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    Letter from the Editor

    Letter from the Editor By Taren Grom The 2013 PharmaVOICE 100 Each year we have the privilege of showcasing 100 of the most inspiring and motivational individuals throughout the life-sciences industry. This special issue, now in its ninth year, once again showcases the individuals as identified b...

    By Taren Grom • July 29, 2013