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US growth remains off the global pace, market will expand by 3-5%, to $320-330 billion

Annual polling and analysis for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index lists 20 healthcare companies

The count of independent pharmacies is growing, belying past pessimism

Distributing products within the European market calls for focused knowledge of national practices

Today’s evolving healthcare environment calls for more collaboration in bringing drugs to market

GSK invests in online resources to address ‘the whole patient’

The 7th Annual Model N survey shows that industry is struggling with the growing complexity of contracts and pricing for managed care and government programs

Axway and AstraZeneca have 33 sites up and running ; Teva is pioneering generics tracking; 4Serialization brings a consortium together

Second annual ranking drops J&J to second place, but the company still leads among pharma mfrs

Acquisition strengthens Cardinal’s presence among independent pharmacies

More pieces for industry-wide track-and-trace are falling into place, but there’s no rush to authenticate products

New device links healthcare providers to patients for reminder notifications

Storing e-pedigree data on the tag is a giveaway added value for users

Kantar Health expands its epidemiology databases to emerging markets, including Turkey and Mexico

As hundreds of candidate drugs receive official “orphan” status, the Orphan Drug Act gets re-examined. Meanwhile, these drugs are driving the growth of specialty pharmacy

The seemingly routine process of identifying and locating prescribing physicians is becoming a critical industry function

How Contract Manufacturers Can Help Pharma Through The Era of Divestiture

Record numbers of attendees and exhibitors came together at Philadelphia meeting

Drivers in the post-healthcare-reform world

The Navippro database, plus some artful online monitoring, could provide outcomes research—of a sort—for drug abuse

International efforts to standardize guidelines for observational research could move the entire field forward