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Open Payments
CMS Struggles to Fix Sunshine System
The feds have "a long way to go" to get the Open Payments system operating effectively and user friendly. Doug Brown, acting director of the Data Sharing & Partnership Group at the Center for Program Integrity, explained at this month's Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress what needs to be done ...Read more
Events
Health 2.0: HCP Apps Steal the Show
Two of the industry's most influential conferences — TEDMED (Washington, DC) and Health 2.0 (San Francisco, CA) — occurred within weeks of each other this autumn. Pharm Exec Editorial Advisory Board member Bill Drummy was at both events and found the major trends easy to see ...Read more
Europe
Guido Rasi's EMA Exit: No-one's in Charge of Pharmaceuticals in Europe!
Last week’s story by Peter O’Donnell — Who’s in charge of Medicines in Brussels? — has been overtaken by history with the departure of Guido Rasi from his post of Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency. At a time of flux in the European context for pharmaceuticals, Rasi’s moderate manner and capacity for strategic thinking will be missed ...Read more
Europe
EU Edges Toward a New HTA Understanding
The European Union is moving ahead, in its own slightly crabwise fashion, with its attempts to work out what healthcare budgets should be used for. It has been flirting with health technology assessment (HTA) for some time now, but for a long while the relationship was conducted in the EU's usual hands-off "don't look at me while I'm doing this" approach to pharmaceuticals and money. Reflector reports
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Special Feature
Pharm Exec's 2015 Pipeline Report
This year's pipeline report checks in on the emerging technologies, as well as potential therapies to address metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. There's a lot to like in the pipeline and more than a little competitive drama to make it really interesting. But is pharma ready to raise its game and cut a deal with all those "prove it to me" payers?
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