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July 14/2015

Top Story

Four Launch Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them

In the white heat of a major brand launch, pharma companies can become consumed by the day-to-day challenges and make mistakes. But some of the worst mistakes can be avoided with a little foresight, writes Ken Begasse ...
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Breaking through the complexity
Improving oncology treatment and access in the UK

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Join Dean Summerfield, Senior Vice President, Commercial and Consulting from Quintiles and Dr Jason Lester, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Velindre Cancer Centre as they discuss improving innovative oncology treatment and access in the UK ... / Read more /
Leadership

Pharm Exec’s Emerging Pharma Leaders 2015

This year’s group of Emerging Pharma Leaders adds to a list of more than 200 alumni dating back to June 2008. We called that first cohort of leaders “the change generation” and the description remains apt today. What is different is a greater diversity in leader backgrounds and the skills required to advance to the “c-suite” ...
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Patient adherence in Germany - benefit vs. cost-containment

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Join Joanne Thiele, Market Access Project Manager from Quintiles Germany and Hans Holger Bleβ, Director of Health Services Research department at IGES Institut GmbH as they discuss the importance of patient adherence programs in Germany
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Europe

Joint Procurement of Medicines Climbs the EU Agenda

Ireland’s signing of a vaccine procurement agreement last month gives it membership of a growing club of EU member states who are interested in working together to purchase vaccines, writes Reflector ...
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Europe

Europe Needs New Timeline for IDMP Implementation

All indications are that the July 2016 deadline for transition from Europe’s eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary (XEVMPD) to the new Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) is not achievable. Sophie Daniels reports ...
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Investment

Pharma’s Trillion-Dollar Sales Trophy: Will Payers Pony Up?

A combination of factors – strong science, internal asset management efficiencies, risk tolerant regulators and willing patients – are pushing the biopharma business toward a fresh landmark: $1 trillion in global sales by 2020. That’s the finding from market analytics firm EvaluatePharma’s “World Preview 2015 — Outlook to 2020”. William Looney looks at the report’s predictions ...
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industry update

Vectura Group (Chippenham, UK) appointed James Ward-Lilley as CEO and Executive Director.
Baroness Delyth Morgan was appointed as Chair of the UK’s National Cancer Research Institute.
Affimed N.V. (Heidelberg, Germany) announced that it has established operations in the US and appointed Caroline Stewart and Dr. Oscar Kashala as Head of Investor Relations & Communication and Vice President, Medical US, respectively.
ADC Therapeutics (Lausanne, Swirtzerland) named Dr. Chris Martin as its Chief Executive Officer.
MSA Media (Farnham, UK) has been acquired by Four Communications Group. Emma Statham will continue as Managing Director and Ben Mansfield has been promoted to Deputy Managing Director.
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/ China’s Big Opportunity for Big Data /

/ World Health Assembly Underlines Pharma’s Global Challenges /