Data & Technology

First new-product release since the IMS Health-Cegedim Relationship Management acquisition

New IT tools are propelling a more focused approach to product launch

New advisory capability for field reps will be built into Veeva's CRM

Combining high-quality patient-support services with comprehensive and continually updated analytics results in better outcomes

Company wins $10 million in venture capital as it lines up key life sciences service providers

Identity Hub expedites access to regulated content in prescribing and other commercial applications

Collaboration with American College of Cardiology could result in new health-outcomes results

Cloud computing opens a new array of benefits--and challenges--to data-sharing

Identity Management

Contracts with payers that contain terms based on outcomes can highlight a drug's value

MDM practices are moving far beyond compliance concerns

The Commercial Cloud integrates more pharma-rep activities into a common, cloud-based system

Marketers will be able to track individual pharmacy inventories, dispensing trends

Setting a foundation for long-term success: How the pharmaceutical industry can transform Big Data into actionable insight

Researchers suggest that the surge in analysis of large data sets may have limitations for understanding healthcare patterns

Enhanced reuse could be possible with ProEnvision system

Pharma industry is invited into some EHRs, excluded from others

Optimized multichannel communications will prevent illness and save lives

Diving for customer insights through an ocean of crowdsourced data

Today's cloud-based, fast-evolving CRM systems call for a closer partnership between vendor and client

AdverseEvents, Inc., finds a receptive client base among managed-care providers

UPS acquires a temperature-controlled ground fleet, while Pelican buys Cool Logistics

Finance, marketing and other nontraditional users find value in the company's sales and inventory data

Liaison Healthcare Informatics predicts trends for healthcare and life sciences

Why cloud-based software applications require a new training model

Upcoming California regulatory mandates, and the prospect of a national compliance requirement, are focusing industry attention. Here's what some industry leaders have to say

CommonWell Health Alliance, led by McKesson and Cerner, wants to create a private-industry-focused, neutral forum for resolving technical issues

Track-and-trace, serialized-product pilot demonstrates supply chain interoperability

Virtuwell, operated by a MN healthcare provider, has expanded to three states