Pharmaceutical Commerce - April 2009

XStream Systems’ X-ray technology finds fakes in the returns stream

New parent, Take Solutions, adds biopharma application expertise

Can software tools help manage business partnerships?

Integrated offering target business intelligence applications

WAM Systems and Ortems link up for joint IT solutions

US market will enter negative growth this year, says IMS Health

A 3.8% CAGR will rise to 8.0% for 2009-2013, says Kalorama Information

States continue to push for a ‘bio-economic’ foundation

The current economic downturn may fuel the creation of new, more sustainable business models

Specialty manufacturers have a range of options to consider in how to go to market

Spurred by some recent successful launches, and with hefty R&D funding commitments, the vaccine business is booming

Sustainability initiatives add to the complexity of managing reverse logistics for life sciences products

Drug sponsors have options in both how the new FDA risk programs are structured and how to execute them

AcuTemp unit remains the only FAA-approved container for domestic US use

Meanwhile, Ziment offers tools for assessing physician communications

Winners will be honored at May Annual Symposium

Innovative middleware lowers the administrative burden of managing large databases

US total reaches $291.5 billion; dispensed prescriptions up 0.9%

Federal- and state-level attention drove technology adoption

Medication dispensed in patient-specific multi-dose packets

Medical information service alerts U.S. physicians to Raptiva recall within hours

No. 3 pharmacy benefits manager to swallow No. 4

New unit will ship from La Vergne, TN specialty-care products warehouse

Second annual survey solidifies understanding of consumer segments

But, AHRQ data show that e-prescribing systems can hurt branded-pharma sales

Real-time web mining technology gathers data for use by legal and federal entities