Industry Mergers Reshuffle Animal-Health Leadership
With sales of human pharmaceuticals languishing, several factors are focusing increased attention on animal health products, once a little-noticed industry niche market
PHRMA, Foundations Establish 'Medical Homes' in New Jersey
Program seeks to improve the economics of care for low-income families; more sites to come
Make Adverse Events and Customer Complaints Part of a Holistic Quality Management System
Usually associated with manufacturing or laboratory processes, quality systems can improve post-marketing compliance efforts
Risky Business: What Life Sciences Need to Know About the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Before an Acquisition
Nearly 30% of acquiring companies do not evaluate FCPA risks prior to an acquisition
Putting Nursing Into the Pharmaceutical Usage Equation
While nurses move into a more central role in prescribing and administering pharmaceuticals, the nursing professions debate industry influence
Specialty Pharma Manufacturer Enhances Its Direct-Distribution Capabilities With New Software
TAKE Supply Chain helps Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals organize its distribution and shipping operations
The Pharma Industry's Place in a Connected Health World
New technologies are creating a powerful link between patients and healthcare providers. This Connected Health World has implications for pharmaceutical business practices
The Evolving Retail Pharmacy Channel: Implications for Manufacturers
Aggressive cost competition and the continuing growth of generic substitution will separate retailers’ interests from manufacturers’
Comparative Effectiveness With the Gloves Off
The desire to compare drugs’ efficacy is shifting from a purely medical decision to a financial one
GAO criticizes FDA's management of postmarketing commitments for drug efficacy
FDA counters that the PMC program balances drug efficacy study with patient need
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche Lead on Environmental Sustainability Scoring
Annual surveys rank public companies by environmental, social criteria
IT vendor offers a package for compliance with DEA monitoring requirements
Suspicious Order Monitoring (SOMLink) tracks ordering history with statistical analysis of baseline activity
RxUSA loses its $2.3-billion lawsuit against big distributors and pharma industry; vows to appeal
Comparative Effectiveness with the Gloves Off
New effort on collaboration over product serialization
Globaltrackandtrace.org will try to build industry consensus on pharma security, traceability
A small victory for Pharma in EU parallel trade war
European Court of Justice affirms a lower-court decision in a case dating to 1998
Regenerative medicine coalition gets organized
Though stem cells and other regenerative medicine techniques hold enormous promise, they also face an equally large set of obstacles, ranging from research funding to reimbursement
The Rise of 'Companion' Diagnostics for Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Under the theme of personalized medicine, in vitro diagnostics will play an increasingly important role in new drug entries and new therapies
Biopharma Sales and Marketing Process Changes Are Failing to Keep up With Industry Evolution
Better internal collaboration within companies is critical to improving the vital physician-rep relationship
Our Readiness for the Attack of the Flu Bug
The State of the Industry in Product Security
As legislative mandates have receded, manufacturers must undertake their own initiatives for protecting against counterfeits and diversion
The Business Value of Brand Protection
Specific, technology-based anticounterfeiting measures are a tactical response to a strategic problem. Holistic prevention strategies are needed
MeadWestvaco Readies Portable Medication Packaging
Blister card container has consumer-friendly features
IBM: Pharma Is Good on Supplier Coordination, Poor on Customer Collaboration
Industry survey shows strengths and weaknesses of current IT support of supply chains
Manufacturing IT Association Sponsors Industry-Wide Performance Survey
How to correlate plant performance to business performance
Systech Expands Functionality of its Serialized Product Tracking Application
With new serialization-software release, Systech promotes ‘near-line’ applications
Oncology Drugs Add Promise, Stresses to Healthcare Delivery
Oncology drug development pipelines are overflowing, but the sky-high prices of these agents are turning reimbursement schemes, and the very practice of cancer medicine, on their heads
Flu Season Promises to Put a Spotlight on Vaccine Distribution
CDC is depending on a new distribution process for ‘the largest vaccine distribution in history’
NACDS Annual Profile Tracks Declining Number of Stores
At 28% pharmaceutical sales, chain pharmacy still represents the single largest channel for delivering prescriptions to patients
Training Executives for Marketing Compliance
Conventional training of sales forces is being complemented by executive-level training for corporate compliance
