Leadership: Page 7


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    The stories you’ve read the most in 2023 (so far)

    From staff shortages to presidential candidates and the M&A outlook, here are our most-read stories from the first half of the year.

    By PharmaVoice Staff • July 3, 2023
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    A pharma summer — how leaders unwind and recharge their teams in the warmer months

    Vacation is calling, but so are patients. Here's how the industry adjusts in the summer. 

    By June 30, 2023
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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. 

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    Q&A

    How Sanofi is taking a ‘creative’ approach to dealmaking

    Dr. Monika Vnuk, SVP of global partnering and business development, is setting her sights on out-of-the-box partnerships.

    By June 23, 2023
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    10 years proud: Pharma’s top companies for LGBTQ+ inclusivity

    These six Big Pharma companies have ranked among the best places to work for LGTBQ+ equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for over 10 years. Here’s why. 

    By Karissa Waddick , June 22, 2023
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    Q&A

    DIA’s chief exec is on a mission to grow its footprint across healthcare

    Marwan Fathallah came onboard earlier this year to lead the organization into an era of change.

    By June 22, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Stealth BioTherapeutics’ Reenie McCarthy

    How the CEO navigated a regulatory odyssey to bring the company’s lead program for an ultra-rare disease to a fast track approval.

    By June 21, 2023
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    Duty to serve: an Army officer’s unexpected path to GSK

    How Court Horncastle, SVP, business unit head of the anti-infective and respiratory team at GSK, applies lessons from combat to his work in antibiotics.

    By Alexandra Pecci • June 21, 2023
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    Opinion

    Shaking up pharma: Change that leaders would like to see

    Industry execs give voice to the “game changers” they believe would have the greatest impact on the healthcare ecosystem for all.

    By June 16, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Gamida Cell’s Abbey Jenkins

    The first-time CEO discusses the lessons she has learned since taking the role last year and how she’s pivoting the company into a commercial entity.

    By June 14, 2023
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    The ingredients of a successful biopharma collaboration

    Collaboration is important along the entire spectrum and lifecycle of biopharma, and finding an effective partner is harder than it sounds.

    By June 13, 2023
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    Yes, biopharma still has a reputation problem. These leaders are looking for solutions.

    Negative news is breaking down the public’s perception of the biopharma industry — but leaders around the industry have some ideas to fix it.

    By June 8, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Marinus Pharmaceuticals’ Christy Shafer

    The chief commercial officer shares how the company “beat the odds” to bring a rare disease drug to market.

    By June 7, 2023
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    Q&A

    Ranking reveals biopharma’s most innovative companies

    IDEA Pharma’s 12th index finds that Pfizer and AstraZeneca reign supreme again.

    By June 7, 2023
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    BIO’s CEO digs into the hot-button issues facing the industry

    Rachel King took the reins at BIO during a rocky time. Now, after steadying the ship, she’s brought the trade association’s focus back to the industry’s most pressing priorities.

    By Alexandra Pecci • June 5, 2023
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    Janssen and Legend’s longtime collaboration lands a CAR-T win at ASCO

    A partnership going on six years between the pharma giant and the Chinese biotech is showing that their CAR-T cell therapy for multiple myeloma is highly effective.

    By June 5, 2023
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    Opinion

    A key to ‘winning’ in today’s market — and other trends pharma leaders are tracking

    Healthcare pros share the market drivers they believe are having the biggest impact on the industry.

    By June 2, 2023
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    Q&A

    How Takeda finds the hottest new science to fuel its oncology work

    Takeda's president of the global oncology business unit is always "scanning the horizon" for the partnerships that will drive the next big innovations.

    By June 1, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Mirati Therapeutics’ Laurie Stelzer

    With the recent approval of Krazati, the biotech veteran is guiding Mirati into its next phase as a commercial organization.

    By May 31, 2023
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    Opinion

    The ‘superpowers’ pharma leaders should cultivate

    Executives honored by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association share the key traits that help them drive results.

    By May 26, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Cognition Therapeutics’ Lisa Ricciardi

    As CEO of the neurogenerative company, Ricciardi is applying her decades of “human capital” to advance Alzheimer’s and dementia treatments.

    By May 24, 2023
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    Opinion

    How biopharma executives fight burnout

    Pharma leaders share what they do to keep their teams from fizzling out.

    By May 19, 2023
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    Opinion

    What pharma can teach biotech about the life cycle management of a drug

    Global product teams are common in pharma but have yet to gain traction in biotech. Here's why this model can work.

    By Dr. Stephen Dale and Kathleen Ford • May 18, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Genentech’s Veronica Sandoval

    How the Genentech diversity exec is using ‘three Ms’ to reduce health disparities and improve access for under-supported communities.

    By May 17, 2023
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    A day in the life of a pharma exec: Lyndra’s Patricia Hurter

    How the CEO starts each day with a ride on one of her horses, reduces daily meetings and uses her network to get through crises like the SVB Bank collapse.

    By May 17, 2023
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    AbbVie’s Christopher Boone on RWE’s potential — and its ‘profound ethical dilemmas’

    With decades of experience in public health, Boone is leveraging RWE to move the needle within clinical development.

    By May 10, 2023