COVER STORY Pharm Exec sits down with RaQualia CEO Atsushi Nagahisa to detail his vision to build a new company around a distinct model for drug development that fuses the latest attributes of US and Asian management.

Rx Club’s 25th Anniversary
A special look back at 25 years of The Rx Club Awards, which celebrates the best of marketing creativity in the industry. Through shifts in culture, policy, and attractiveness of the traditional business model, the returns from quality healthcare advertising remain timeless and relevant.

M&A activity, Trends in Biotech Deals (Peter Young)
Key facts and figures from Young & Partners’ Financial Trends Report, compiled by Pharm Exec Editorial Advisory Board member Peter Young. Topics will include analysis on important deals within the year, an examination of financing trends in the US and European markets, and how the sustainability of startup biotech in an era of economic uncertainty is functioning as the global economy waxes and wanes.

German Health Reform
Our editors survey the landscape in Europe’s largest pharmaceutical market in the aftermath of an expansive and controversial reform in drug reimbursement rules, with global implications for industry.

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