Healthcare Reform
State Surprises as Obamacare Draws Near
This past week or so, with Obamacare’s start up less than a year away, we have been treated to several entertaining vignettes as the nation’s governors begin to wrestle with the realities of the new healthcare law, writes Tom Norton ...Read more
Trends
R&D: Gap Between Success and Failure Widening
A new study by the UK’s Office of Health Economics finds that out-of-pocket costs to bring a new medicine to market have increased by 600% over the last 30 years, and success rates from proof of concept to registration have decreased at least twofold since the 1980s ...Read More
Special Report
Patients on the Picket Line
Good science can’t be rushed, even when the lives of patients hang in the balance. But regulatory science, and its relationship to a drug’s commercial success or failure, can inadvertently block access to individual patients in their hour of need. Frank Burroughs, founder of the Abigail Alliance, speaks to Pharm Exec’s Ben Comer ...Read more
Oncology
Is There a Global Policy Gap on Cancer?
Eli Lilly thinks so, and so gave Monday’s World Cancer Day its due with the launch of a new policy advocacy initiative to ensure that patients actually benefit from the flood of new oncology treatments now emerging from the industry’s research labs ...Read more
Compliance
Tom Abrams: Caronia Won’t Stop Off-Label Enforcement
The much discussed US v. Caronia case, which has raised questions about the FDA prosecution of pharma companies for making off-label product claims, doesn’t change very much, according to FDA’s top drug marketing enforcer. Jill Wechsler reports ...Read more
Leadership
Pharm Exec’s Emerging Pharma Leaders 2013
Pharm Exec is looking for the fresh faces of pharma leadership. And we'd like your input! Tell us who you think should receive Pharmaceutical Executive's Emerging Pharma Leadership Award. These emerging leaders are vital to the future of the industry, and you can help ensure they get the recognition they deserve. Fill out a nomination today at ...Read more
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