Authors



Jim Banigan, Conduent

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Hub Programs from Patient Perspective

Disruption is the order of the day to create a more individual-centric hub experience from the patient’s point of view


PCI Pharma Services

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Viable Options: Packaging and Partnering for Successful Storage and Transport of Conventional Cold-Chain Vaccines for Covid-19

***Live: Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 11am EST | 8am PST | 4pm GMT | 5pm CET*** As strategic planning among manufacturers and logistics partners commences, this webinar will serve as a platform to discuss service offerings and explore the most effective possible solutions. *** On demand until Feb. 25, 2022**


Dean Alms, Aravo

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Prescribing Resilience: Third-Party Risks and Pharma

What stands between pharma and other industries when it comes to remaining vigilant?


Brandon Newman

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A Closer Look at PBM Spread Pricing

While often portrayed in a negative light, it is important to find a balanced perspective on its role in the pharma sector.


William Borden

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The Risk of Doubling Down on Pharma

Examining the divestment risks, as more large companies look to spin off consumer health and other business units to focus on branded pharmaceuticals


Model N

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Navigating New State Drug Price Transparency Laws

As the State Drug Pricing Transparency Program expands, what does that mean for manufacturers? Jesse Mendelsohn, Vice President, Centers of Excellence for Model N, the leader in cloud revenue management solutions for life science companies, discusses challenges for manufacturers as the State Price Transparency Program expands how they should plan for this change and the solutions they will need.


Elle Kowal

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Keep Supply Chains Flowing with Streamlined Healthcare Vendor Payments

Vendor relationships are best supported by practices that emphasize efficiency, visibility, and the streamlining of the invoice to pay process


Danial Arkwell, PhD

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How Efficient Logistics Can Change the Lives of Rare Disease Patients

If manufacturers cannot ensure safe, cost-effective delivery of treatments for rare diseases, access will remain a challenges for many patients living with these conditions.


Dave Ehlert

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Algorithms and accountability

Drug shortages are inevitable—being caught off guard isn’t. The best ways distributors can use and position data to drive today’s inventory solutions


Fran Gregory, PharmD, MBA

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Getting the Lay of the Land After a Banner Year for Biosimilars

Biosimilars market experiences massive growth, but regulatory and adoption challenges remain.


Killian Meara

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Adalimumab Biosimilar Now Available at Significant Discount to Humira

Boehringer Ingelheim’s unbranded adalimumab-adbm biosimilar will be available at an 81% discount to adalimumab (Humira).


Guy Levy-Yurista, PhD, Synthace

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Setting Science Free

How CDMOs will lead the way toward true cloud lab enablement



Mallikaarjunan Rajendran, Mohammed Yaseen, and Prasana Santhuru

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Challenges and Benefits of Implementing IDMP in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The Identification of Medicinal Product framework seeks to establish a common language for identifying, documenting, and exchanging information about medicinal products.


Christiane Wirrig, PhD, Spherity and OCI

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Closing a Key Gap in DSCSA Compliance

Outlining the work of the Open Credentialing Initiative in establishing digital proof of identity, licensure status, and authorship using digital wallets and verifiable credentials


Gaëlle Jaron

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What the Pharma Industry Can Learn from the Food Sector about Digital Quality Management

Pharma compliance requires stringent quality assurance in order to ensure patient safety, but the default for many pharma companies is still to use manual processes for supplier vetting and reporting. Gaëlle Jaron looks at how the food industry might inspire pharma to transform its processes


Urmi Prasad Richardson

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Environmental Sustainability: An Imperative for the Life Sciences Sector

Given the biopharma sector‘s complex set of networks and supply chains, so it is not straightforward to shift towards net zero across all operations.



Mike Hennessy Jr.

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Cold Chain, PBMs, and More

An exploration of the new demands in cold-chain visibility and sustainability—and the resulting tech-driven efforts to address them—leads off our coverage in this month's issue.


Neta Bendelac, 4G Clinical

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Assessing Adoption of Hybrid DtP Models

The benefits of hybrid direct-to-patient studies and supply chain structures in boosting drug access, influencing clinical trial design


Karl Hoelper, CCL Healthcare

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Exploring Uses of RFID Technology

Offer potential to improve patient care, including in medication adherence.


Richard Ogborne

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Rethinking Pharma Commercialization Models as Healthcare Evolves

How cross-functional commercialization teams can hone their role within clinical management pathways, communicate value to all stakeholders, achieve excellence in evidence generation, and maximize the opportunities of digital technologies


Michael D. Howell, Ph.D.

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Precision-based Diagnostics

Precision-based diagnostic approaches can help us improve patient outcomes and reach patient success sooner


Ian Riches

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A First-Class Patient Engagement Service: Do Strategic Partnerships Hold the Key?

Delivering a first-class patient engagement approach is complex enough in a large pharma market. For smaller European markets, it can be even more challenging. Ian Riches looks at how pharma companies can put all patients at the center of their engagement plans, no matter which country they live in.


Omar Agado

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Why Independent 3PLs Matter

What makes a third-party logistics provider independent?


Shea Vincent

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CO2 Shortages and the Case for Permanent ULT Infrastructure

The UK‘s imminent CO2 shortage crisis is second time in less than a year that CO2 shortages have threatened critical cold chains. As the demand for COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA-based therapies and precision medicine treatments grows, organizations will have to rethink their ultra-low temperature (ULT) strategies to prevent these shortages from impacting the pharma cold chain, writes Shea Vincent.


Estelle Ricoux

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Future of Personalized Medicine Hinges on Pharma Executives Revolutionizing Business Models

The era of big pharma as product-first companies must end, as services become the larger priority.


Ray Almgren, Swift Sensors

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How pharmacies can safeguard Covid-19 vaccine doses

Best practices for pharmacies in storage, monitoring and maintenance of their Covid vaccine shipments


Klinge

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Rising sea level: The transportation of pharmaceuticals by sea continues to gain momentum in the quest for greater supply chain resilience

When shipping pharmaceuticals internationally, the decision of ocean shipping versus air shipping might seem obvious if the speed of air shipping is the only factor at play when sending sensitive medical supplies and drugs. For the last several years, however, more companies have decided to embrace ocean shipping as a means of delivering their medicines. Industry experts Alan Kennedy and Allan Klinge discuss how, with more cold chain control, a lower carbon footprint and lower costs, ocean-going vessels often have clear advantages over air freight.

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