Multichannel and closed-loop marketing need to come together to drive value, says Capgemini
New report assesses the progress in adopting both of these marketing techniques
Product serialization vendor, Systech, combines barcoding with authentication
Patent-pending technology provides an 'e-fingerprint' to go with barcode data; data can be retrieved from a cloud-based repository
Gartner's annual Top 25 in healthcare supply chains again puts Cardinal Health at No. 1
Cardinal is top wholesaler in the ranking, while Mayo Foundation is the top integrated delivery network, CVS Carmark the top retail pharmacy, and Becton Dickinson the top medical products supplier
FedEx expands its SenseAware service for temperature-controlled shipping
Next-gen SenseAware 2000 is deployed, along with a wider international distribution
Pharma's stake in comparative effectiveness research
When drugs in development today hit the marketplace in 2020, they will need evidence of economic and clinical value results to be commercially successful
Liberating time in the Economy of Attention
Pharmaceutical marketing is now operating in a new landscape--the Economy of Attention
Tomorrow's biopharma industry: new biotech products or higher operational efficiency--or both?
Abbott's spinout of AbbVie offers lessons
Walgreens doubles down on 'flagship' neighborhood pharmacies
The 8,000th store opens in Los Angeles; landmarked bank building is a second Chicago flagship store
VALID Compounding Act to regulate compounding pharmacies is introduced
A new policy debate over drug regulation is emerging as the NECC scandal worsens
Understanding customer behavior and making strategic decisions utilizing 'Big Data'
When serializing packages for e-pedigree, go random
The looming California e-pedigree standards do not specify how to generate product codes, but random codes are easy to produce and essential for supply chain security
A conversation with Brian Shotto, Owens & Minor
The Movianto acquisition presages a new era for the company
In an EHR era, adverse event reporting takes on a new look
As the number of adverse events (AEs) grows year by year, regulators and industry managers are looking at automated systems to handle the burden
Medication non-adherence is a $188-billion revenue gap for pharma, says Capgemini
New study magnifies the lost opportunity for industry eighteen-fold; the global gap is $564 billion
FDA approves Juxtapid (lomitapide), a high-cholesterol treatment
Poduct is Aegerion Pharmaceuticals' first approved drug
Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Facts and Figures
HDMA's fourth edition polling its members and manufacturers, on trends in specialty distribution
Amgen, Sanofi US settle with US DoJ on marketing violations
Both cases involve sampling practices; both require corporate integrity agreements; and Amgen pleads guilty to a misdemeanor charge for off-label marketing of Arenesp
New white paper reviews the regulations and case law on compassionate-use access to experimental drugs
Insurance company author points out the liabilities of any clinical trial project
FDA posts warning about illegally imported Botox--another breach of pharmaceutical distribution security
Letters sent to 350 doctors' offices; the same distributor as the fake Avastin case is implicated
LegitScript helps shut down a rogue Internet-pharmacy 'mother ship'
Company is broadening its monitoring services to include devices, nutritional supplements and 'designer drugs'
Medication guides developed under the FDA REMS program are of little value, say researchers
Study of technical readability, and a trial of potential patients, show little progress in improving patient understanding
Live long in Andorra and Japan
Latest global survey of life expectancy shows steady increases for most of the world since 2000
Medication errors from injectable drugs are a $2.7-5.1-billion problem for US hospitals
Peer-reviewed study correlates adverse drug events (ADEs) with form of drug administration; can pharma manufacturers help?
First cell-culture-based flu vaccine, Flucelvax, is approved for distribution
A $1-billion private/public partnership reaches fruition - with implications for vaccine supply chains
Over half of specialty pharmaceutical shipments are cold-chain products, says HDMA survey
Annual publication polls manufacturers and distributors on temperature-controlled shipping practices
Quest Diagnostics biorepository gains international accreditation
Lab is one of the early adopters of the voluntary College of American Pathologists accreditation
A new biopharma giant is born: AbbVie
Abbott's long-scheduled splitup creates two giants
Nurses, pharmacists and medical doctors retain 1, 2, 3 ranking in public's assessment of professional honesty and ethics
Annual Gallup poll shows a slightly rising ranking for most professions
Dept. of Technical Precision: USP adopts a new drug naming policy
After five years of deliberations, a Naming Policy for Salt Drug Substances will go into effect next May
Changing commercial model is primary worry of biopharma execs, says Cegedim survey
Physicians continue to decline as the target customer base for industry marketing, according to survey repondents
