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May 30, 2013 | ISSUE NUMBER 302 VOL 10

Special Report
Pharm Exec’s Top 50 Pharma Companies
It’s time for our annual round-up of the world’s top 50 pharma companies: this year, patent expiries dampen revenues for some of the biggest Big Pharma, but growth continues unabated for a few nimble "stealth" players moving steadily up the list ...Read more

CEO Compensation Data
Complete salary, bonus & market capitalization data in biotech.
www.bioworld.com

Healthcare Reform
Obamacare to Boost Private Managed Healthcare
Over 30 million newly insured patients under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will receive coverage through the mandated Health Insurance Exchanges or the now-optional Medicaid expansion. Sounds like government expansion, right? Well, not exactly ...Read More

The Waiting Game: Ways to Prepare for the AMP Final Rule
Live Webcast: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 from Noon to 1:00 PM Eastern
Register Free at www.pharmexec.com/ampfinal

Washington Report
Generic Drug Gains and Grumbles
All the reports on the rise and fall in drug spending have one common feature: most savings come from increased use of generic drugs. Low-cost copycat medicines now account for more than 80 percent of US prescriptions, the number rising in recent years as more blockbuster therapies have lost patent protection. Jill Wechsler reports
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Global
FDA Issues Warning to Boehringer Ingelheim for cGMP Violations
FDA has issued a Warning Letter to Boehringer Ingelheim for cGMP violations for the manufacture of APIs and finished pharmaceuticals at its facility in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany. The letter, issued on May 6, 2013, was based on an inspection of the facility Nov. 5–12, 2012 and subsequent response by the company based on that inspection in which FDA cited insufficient corrective actions
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Global
Read the New Pharm Exec Global Digest — Patents Special
In May’s issue: India’s Glivec Ruling — the Aftermath; Europe’s Unitary Patent — cause for excitement?; the UK Patent Box — will it hold delights for the industry? Also: a new era for UK’s NICE; smarter multichannel marketing; and more
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// Harvard Professor Dr Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas joined Biogen Idec (Weston, MA) on a permanent basis.//Millward Brown announced the appointment of Travyn Rhall as Global CEO, succeeding Eileen Campbell. Rhall will be based in London.//Sanofi hired David Loew, formerly of Roche, as Senior VP, commercial operations, Europe.//

June 12: Delivering Value During Healthcare Reform (Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Boston Chapter)
Cambridge, MA.


July 17–18: CBI’s Orphan Drug Information Summit
Philadelphia, PA.


August 19–21: 7th Annual Forum on Sunshine and Aggregate Spend
Washington DC.


 
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