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Pharmaceutical Commerce - May/June 2011
Intro
June 30, 2011
2011 Bio/Pharma Cold Chain Sourcebook finds world market for packaging and logistics to be $6.9 billion in 2012
June 24, 2011
Pharmaceutical Commerce’s updated Biopharma Sourcebook estimates a 2009 market of $5.9 billion, heading to $6.9 billion in 2012
What Makes a Pharmaceutical Industry Leader?
June 23, 2011
Personality assessments identify the traits that enable some pharma researchers to ascend to leadership roles in industry
How REMS Affect Pharmaceutical Distribution Processes and Partners
June 23, 2011
First-ever study of the impact of REMS on supply chains finds that collaboration is a critical requirement
US Supreme Court rejects Vermont's restriction on prescribing data for manufacturers
June 23, 2011
Decision rides on “free flow of commercial information,” according to the 6-3 vote
For a Lucky Few, Biopharma Expansion a Reality Again
June 20, 2011
Trends in site selection, regional economic development and business expansion
Automated Contract Management Provides Substantial Benefits to Nektar Therapeutics
June 20, 2011
CLM Matrix system exploits Microsoft SharePoint platform
Making Pallets a Supply Chain Asset Instead of an Unrecoverable Cost
June 20, 2011
Recent product contamination incidents are highlighting the importance of having reliably clean pallets for warehousing and shipping
Sales Force Automation's Latest Kick: Mobile and Touch-Display Applications
June 20, 2011
A pronounced fascination with Apple Computer's iPad is focusing sales-IT efforts on mobility and data access; meanwile, online e-detailing offerings win more acceptance
FDA is overhauling its strategy to meet global regulatory-inspection requirements
June 20, 2011
New strategy involves collaboration with overseas inspectorates; risk-based prioritization of inspections
Aggregate-spend reporting is gradually rising in importance among pharma compliance departments
June 20, 2011
Latest Cegedim survey shows more activity in preparing for nationwide reporting, but gaps remain
Virtual meetings on touch tablets are quickly replacing live dinner meetings with physicians, says MedPoint Digital
June 19, 2011
Unlike other new media initiatives, virtual dinner meetings and the have an existing regulatory framework—and they’r e popular with physicians
New Commercial Model: Fact Vs. Fiction
June 19, 2011
Belief that today’s commercial model is “broken” elicits a wide range of responses from industry
Fixing the Disjointed World of Marketing Operations
June 19, 2011
A supply chain perspective on marketing operations can reduce cost and complexity while improving results
Global Pharma Market Will Reach $880 Billion in 2011, Up 5-7%, predicts IMS Health
June 19, 2011
Generics claim 78% of US market; prescriptions dispensed were up slightly, but doctor visits declined in 2010
Quintiles Survey Finds 'Value in Healthcare' to Have Different Meanings Among Stakeholders
June 19, 2011
Cost dominates the payer and physician perspective, manufacturers look to outcomes, while patients see little value in outcomes
Get Ready for EHRs as the Essential Communications Platform for Pharma
June 19, 2011
Electronic health-record systems (EHRs) are bringing needed drug information to the point of care for prescribers
Marrying CRM and social media: little activity now, huge potential in the future, says Update CRM
June 16, 2011
Survey of life sciences sales organizations finds mobile computing is advancing rapidly
MeadWestvaco's sponsored compliance-packaging study finds 'modest' improvement in medication adherence
June 15, 2011
Rigorous, peer-reviewed analysis of hypertension patients is “an absolute baseline” for justifying compliance packaging, says MWV
HDMA honors AmerisoureBergen's Yost with Nexus Award
June 08, 2011
AmerisourceBergen CEO has had a 37-year career in healthcare distribution
Eight pharma/consumer companies win 2011 HDMA DIANA awards
June 08, 2011
Product innovations, and excellence in trade relations practices are honored
Track-and-trace systems are sprouting in Turkey, Brazil
June 02, 2011
New implementations by Systech and others continue outside the US
$3-billion federal PBM contract goes from Medco to CVS Caremark
May 31, 2011
Contract win could prove to be a turnaround for still-controversial CVS-Caremark merger; will medication adherence programs make a difference?
Sample accountability managers grapple with Vermont's new reporting requirements
May 31, 2011
Vermont’s amended program directly affects how samples are distributed to healthcare providers; ambiguities remain in who and what need to be reported
Dept. of Justice may hit Google with $500-million fine over 'rogue' online pharmacy promotion
May 13, 2011
Coincidentally, federally sponsored study sees a link between high-speed Internet access and online drug sales of narcotic medicines
2011 Bio/Pharma Cold Chain Sourcebook finds world market for packaging and logistics to be $6.9 billion in 2012
May 12, 2011
New edition updates regulatory developments, economics of transportation modes and trends in international product movement
Veeva Systems announces iRep 2, updating its just-announced iRep for the iPad
May 11, 2011
Sales-force automation vendor races to pole position for sales teams deploying the iPad 2
Florida legislation hopes to shut down 'pill mills' dispensing high volumes of addictive pain medications
May 10, 2011
Bill brings state into national efforts at prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), and adds requirements to pharmacists and distributors
Oracle updates applications for clinical trial management, adverse-event reporting
May 09, 2011
Emphasis is on operating a single instance for multiple clients
MeadWestvaco mines prescribing data to prove value of compliance packaging in medication adherence
May 05, 2011
HCPC symposium presentation hints at “science based” data from retrospective patient studies
Novartis, Somaxon Pharma and Catalent win 2010 Compliance Packages of the Year awards
May 04, 2011
Annual competition highlights the value of unit-dose packaging in medication adherence
Channel trends in IMS Institute annual data show continued growth of chain drugstores
May 03, 2011
Chains now handle 54.4% of prescriptions; mail order flat at 6.6%