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
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
On-Demand Digital Printing Rewires Pharma Packaging
Digital systems are changing the economics and functionality of scheduling and production of printed packaging
Labels & Package Content Continue to Attract Regulatory Focus
What keeps the pharma industry from getting its patient-safety message right?
PDMA Sharing Conference 2009
LOOKING AHEAD . . .
Six Essentials for the Next-Generation Sampling Platform
New technological capabilities will enable management of sample-distribution processes to keep up with a challenging environment
2009 PDMA Sharing Conference Exhibitors
2009 PDMA SHARING CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS
McKesson Touts Benefits of Pharmacist-Led Adherence Programs at Annual Confab
Health Mart franchise network is now over 2,300 independent pharmacies
Physicians Interactive Rolls Up Skyscape in Ongoing Acquisition Program
Purchase adds mobile content delivery to PI’s slate of communications services
Getting Ready for Comparative Effectiveness Research
The most basic impulse behind CER is the desire to control healthcare costs. The implications for the biopharma industry could be significant
Information Security in Healthcare and Life Sciences Is Facing a Tipping Point
Are you prepared?
Revisiting 'To Err Is Human'
Preventable medical and medication errors should figure more prominently in the current debate on healthcare reform
Surveying the Mental Health Medication Landscape--Part 2
Central nervous system (CNS) medication for society’s oldest and youngest present special challenges
Tracking the Evolution of Oncology Drug Prescribing
A fast-growing market supports more, and more comprehensive, data services
Follow-on Biologics: A Patent Litigation Perspective
In whatever form biosimilar legislation might take, patent holders will need to review their patent portfolios carefully
A Caution Flag for the Electronic-Medical Records Bandwagon
Deloitte’s annual study of information security trends finds gaping holes in network security
Dealing With REMS Challenges in Drug Commercialization
Five steps to take when the duty for developing Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) is imposed on commercial operations
Tracking physician promotional awareness--internationally and at a lower cost
IMS Health rolls out Global Message IQ service for syndicated market research
French biotech LFB Group picks Apriso to track plasma products
Apriso’s FlexNet software to help trace RFID-tagged plasma throughout supply chain
New Venture, TraceLink, Acquires Pedigree Developer SupplyScape
California pedigree delay proves fatal to pioneering IT firm
Big Pharma R&D is getting more drugs into clinical testing
Biggest focus remains oncologic/immunologic and CNS drugs; about one in six candidates eventually gain approval, according to Tufts study
New opioid drug approval comes with full-featured REMS program
Approval marks an innovative buccal drug-delivery mechanism, as well as signaling how FDA might approach REMS for all opioids
'Active' and 'intelligent' pharma packaging are on a 12.9%/yr growth curve through 2013
Moisture control, time-temperature monitoring are among the application areas being driven by biotech products and others, says Freedonia Group
