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Pharm Exec's 15th Annual Press Audit: Opioid Crisis Dominates the News

Resolving a Key Bottleneck in NASH Drug R&D

How Biopharma is Applying AI and Machine Learning

Interview
On a Double Mission: Chris Round, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Chris Round, Head of International Operations & Global Core Franchises at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, talks to Pharm Exec about his role in advancing the company’s “double mission"
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Interview
Seizing the Opportunity in Europe: Bruno Wohlschlegel
Bruno Wohlschlegel, European head of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's Healthcare business, outlines the highlights of his career and talks about how his vision for Europe draws strength from the region’s diversity to advance collaboration and progress
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Special Feature
Pharm Exec’s Top 50 Companies 2019
Our 19th annual listing reveals some interesting maneuvering of ranks, as companies focus on diversification, big-brand expansions, and positioning a new wave of products to compete in an advancing but complex future treatment market
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Asia
The PD-1 Race in China
Both foreign and domestic pharmas are in a race to bring PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors into China, writes Jin Zhang
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Outcomes-Based Contracting
The Next Steps to Better Patient Care
While there are challenges at every turn, the promise of outcomes-based contracting is a level of care for patients that might otherwise not be possible, while striking the right balance of benefits and risks for all parties involved, writes Melonie Warfel
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Audio
The Pharm Exec Podcast: The Future of the Life Sciences Executive
Cameron Turtle, Chief Business Officer of Eidos Therapeutics, Robin Toft, Founder and CEO of The Toft Group Executive Search, and Sabrina Johnson, President and CEO, Daré Bioscience, join the Pharm Exec editors to talk about the future of the life sciences executive
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Calendar
/ August 8–9: Direct-to-Patient Clinical Trials /
Philadelphia, PA
/ September 10–11: 5th Annual Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Launch Summit /
Cambridge, MA
/ September 12–13: 5th Annual Compliance Congress for Specialty Products/
Cambridge, MA
/ September 18–19: 5th Edition Drug Pricing Transparency Congress /
Philadelphia, PA
/ October 8–9: Life Sciences West Coast Compliance Congress /
San Francisco, CA
/ November 13–14: 6th Annual Global Compliance Congress /
London, UK
/ December 11: eyeforpharma Awards 2019 /
Philadelphia, PA

Industry update
// Professor Peter Johnson has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer for Cancer Research UK’s Centre for Drug Development. Professor Johnson previously served as Cancer Research UK’s chief clinician for 10 years. // ReViral (Londom, UK) announced that Alex C. Sapir has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Sapir succeeds Dr. Eddy Littler, who will serve as Chief Operating Officer. // NeoPhore (Cambridge, UK) named Dr. Matthew Baker as VP Immunology. // Valo Therapeutics (Oxford, UK, and Helsinki, Finland) appointed Dr. Michael Stein to the full-time role of Chief Executive Officer, having served as part-time co-Chairman since the company’s inception in January 2017. // Axovant Gene Therapies (Basel, Switzerland) appointed David Nassif as Chief Financial Officer.
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