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Innovator's Corner
An App Store for Genomic Information Justin Kao, Senior VP of Corporate Development, Operations, and Strategy at Helix, talks about his company’s plans to build the infrastructure that gives consumers power and control over their genetic information. Imagine a time when consumers can access detai...
By Justin Kao • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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The Network
Wearables Market Continues to Expand Trending Now: Wearables technology is rapidly diversifying and growing globally. A Frost & Sullivan report, Growth Opportunities in the Global Wearable Devices Market, finds that wearable devices will play a large role in the healthcare industry delivering...
By PharmaVoice Team • Oct. 1, 2015 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineCommercialization, 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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Last Word
Communications and Public Health Gil Bashe, Chair of the American Heart Association Founders’ Affiliate Northeastern Region and Head of Finn Partners’ health practice, talks about the intersection of public relations, communications, and public health. PV: What are the challenges facing public h...
By Gil Bashe • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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SHOWCASE FEATURE: Patient Solutions
Patient solutions can be as varied as the different stages of the disease “journey" that patients are experiencing: beginning with the first symptoms, continuing to diagnosis, then to treatment choice and optimization and eventually the improved life with disease. Additionally, all of those steps...
By Taren Grom • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Not all Rx Adherence Solutions are Created Equal
In a world where the majority — 60% to 80% — of people don’t follow their prescribed treatment, pharma manufacturers continue to struggle to address the health consequences and financial burden of non- adherence. Education, reminder tactics, points for prizes and gaming techniques; there are many...
By Jennifer Sigaud • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Bridging the Gap Between Patients and Providers for Better Health Outcomes
Pharma has expanded the scope of patient solutions in the marketplace, but most of these solutions remain product-focused. The emphasis is currently on product messaging or tools to make access to products more convenient and easier for the patient. Sure, these solutions can enhance the product e...
By Alyson Connor • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Mission No. 1: Making the World a Better Place
“The world would be a better place…" It’s a short phrase that can provoke powerful thought experiments… and can even transform the way we live. At Ogilvy, and Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, we start all of our discussions with this simple framework. The world would be a better place, if… And whe...
By Johanna Skilling • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Letter from the Editor
Patient-centric, patient-centricity, patients at the center…these buzzwords or terms are permeating the healthcare industry consciousness. Like Tom Hanks’ character in You’ve Got Mail, I too, believe most of life’s questions can be answered by the Godfather, so to paraphrase the Michael Corleone:...
By Taren Grom • Sept. 1, 2015 -
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Upfront
Lilly Launches Disney Book for Children Affected by Diabetes Lilly Diabetes has expanded its collection of resources for families of children with type 1 diabetes with the publication of Go, Team Coco! The story is the fourth Disney book in a series featuring Coco, a charismatic and fun-loving mo...
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Talent Pool
Biotech Pool Dr. Nathalie Adda Enanta Names Chief Medical Officer Enanta Pharmaceuticals, a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, has appointed Nathalie Adda, M.D., as senior VP and chief medical ...
By PharmaVoice Team • Sept. 1, 2015 -
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The Patient Journey: Moments of Care
We’ve all seen them: the patient-centric diagrams that represent as many as seven or even up to 20 stakeholders per patient, all of whom are somehow involved in that patient’s care. From drug and device manufacturers, to healthcare providers, to social media sites and even fitness centers, there ...
By Robin Robinson • Sept. 1, 2015 -
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Letter from the Editor
Celebrating Inspiration When we first conceptualized this special issue 11 years ago, the idea was that it would be nice to showcase the people who are having a positive impact on the industry. We didn’t know then that this issue would come to mean so much more than a metaphoric high five. Over t...
By Taren Grom • Aug. 1, 2015 -
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Who's on the list by Company
AbelsonTaylor Inc. Keith Stenlund Achillion Pharmaceuticals Kevin Kucharski Advanced Clinical LLC Leo Sheridan Alcobra Pharma David Baker Altasciences Chris Perkin AmerisourceBergen Corp. Marc Kikuchi Artcraft Health Marc Sirockman Astellas Pharma US Inc. Jim Robinson Astr...
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Pharma Trax
Prescription Drugs Under the Affordable Care Act Trending Now: The newly insured are driving prescription volume and the balance point between cost and value may be shifting with the entrance of a new patient population and continued concerns over rising costs of care. Of the top 10 physician sp...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015 -
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Talent Pool
Pharma Pool Marcello Agosti Takeda Names Head of New Global Commercial Organization Takeda has named Marcello Agosti head of global commercial, based in Zurich. The company established the global commercial organization as part of its plans to structure operations to become more agile and custome...
By PharmaVoice Team • Aug. 1, 2015 -
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Who's On The List by Section
Commanders & Chiefs Dr. Michelle Berrey Chimerix Rob Cosinuke athenahealth and Epocrates Jim Curtis Remedy Health Media Dr. Bruce Feinberg Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions Lisa Giles Giles & Associates Consultancy Inc. and Optivara Inc. Peter Goldschmidt Sandoz Inc. D...
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Entrepreneurs
Elizabeth Holmes Title: Chairman, CEO, Founder Company: Theranos Education: Honorary doctorate degree, Pepperdine University Awards/Honors: Youngest person to be awarded the Horatio Alger Award; TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015; Best Health Startup, Crunchies Awards, 2015; T...
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Clinical Experts
Kevin Kucharski Title: Senior VP, Clinical Operations Company: Achillion Pharmaceuticals Education: B.S., Biology Research, University of Scranton Family: Wife, Marion; son, Kevin, 23; daughter, Alison, 21 Hobbies: Golfing, landscaping, traveling, wine Bucket List: Golf at Pebble Beach with his s...
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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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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...
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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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Pharma Trax
Uptake of Digital Records Not sufficient to Drive Better Care Trending now: Despite increased use of electronic medical records, fewer U.S. doctors believe it improves health outcomes. Most U.S. doctors are more proficient using electronic medical records (EMR) than they were two years ago, but f...
By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2015 -
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Patient Engagement: Not Just For Physicians Anymore
When Pfizer wanted to engage with people living with chronic pain, it used an online crowdsourcing model and social media campaign that connected thousands of people, from patients and caregivers, to nurses and doctors. In what was the first initiative of its kind by a pharmaceutical company, Pfi...
By Robin Robinson • June 1, 2015 -
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2015 DIA Preview
The DIA Annual Meeting brings together key thought leaders and innovators from industry, academia, government and regulatory agencies, health, patient, and philanthropic organizations from around the globe and across all disciplines involved in the discovery, development, and life-cycle managemen...
By PharmaVoice Team • June 1, 2015
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