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March 11 /2015

Emerging Markets

South Africa's BioScience Bounty

Pfizer recently hosted a delegation of start-up entrepreneurs and R&D "incubator" executives with the aim to identify actions to break the logjams around great science through a sustainable network of private-sector bioscience enterprises — particularly in emerging market countries like South Africa, where useful precedents exist on delivering health innovations at lower cost to society ... /Read more/
EU

Stamping on MAPPs: Is Europe Trapped Again by Division?

Just as everyone is starting to talk about MAPPs – medicine adaptive pathways to patients – the European Union has come up with STAMP – a new expert group ostensibly intended to assist the MAPPs process, but which, in its current manifestation, appears just as likely to suffocate it. Reflector reports... /Read more/
UK Pricing

The NICE Threshold Debate Heats Up

The small matter of just what is the threshold for cost effectiveness has never been straightforward. The history of the threshold in the UK is one of first denying that one existed, to recognition formally that it did — but with a range from £20,000 to £30,000 ($30,850 to $46,280) per Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY). Now, more research by the National Institute for Health and Research and the Medical Research Council point to an even lower threshold. Leela Barham reports ... /Read more/
Advertorial

So What is Pharma's Ideal Role in Social?

Patients and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) are active on social media and closed community forums, but Pharma is relatively inactive. But with social media conversations undoubtedly influencing patients and physicians, what role should pharma take in the conversation? ... /Read more/
Leadership

Pharm Exec's Emerging Pharma Leaders 2015: Nominate Now!

It's time for you to tell us who you think should receive Pharm Exec's 2015 Emerging Pharma Leadership Award. Read more for details of how to nominate a colleague — or yourself ... /Read more/
Forecast

Pharm Exec's 2015 Industry Outlook

Pharm Exec's annual report highlights the key scientific, commercial, and reputational trends shaping the industry in the year ahead ... /Read more/

industry update

Adaptimmune (Oxford, UK and Philadelphia, PA, USA) appointed former GSK Head of Oncology R&D Dr Rafael Amado, as Chief Medical Officer, and Adrian Rawcliffe, formerly GSK’s Senior VP of Finance (North America) as Chief Financial Officer.
Werner Baumann was named as Bayer Healthcare’s new Chairman, replacing Olivier Brandicourt who departs on April 2.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) appointed John Kearney as its new President, effective April 24.
Germany's trade body for the pharmaceutical industry the VFA announced that its Chief Executive Birgit Fischer will remain as in her role until 2019.
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