Monthly Archives: January 2012

Calculating the Cost of R&D: Defending Tufts Research

By William Looney | Published: January 11, 2012
Estimates of what it takes to deliver a compound to market are more than an academic exercise — such data has an increasingly important on-the-ground impact on industry revenues,  because if you cannot justify your costs how do you expect to prevail on price?   
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Humana CEO: Keep People Out of Hospitals

By Ben Comer | Published: January 10, 2012
Outgoing CEO Michael McCallister said one of Humana’s primary strategies going forward is to keep patients out of hospitals and other healthcare institutions, when possible.
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My Healthcare's Better Than Your Healthcare

By Guest Blogger | Published: January 9, 2012
by Soliant Health Long before the current debate on health care started, there was a different war brewing. For decades, people have been fighting over which program and plan is best: healthcare provided to government workers, military personnel or civilians?
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The Rising Clout of the Patient

By Guest Blogger | Published: January 9, 2012
by Sarah Krüg In 2011, the patient’s clout as a stakeholder was firmly established, as reflected in several industry conferences. What’s next for the patient in 2012?
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Arise Sir Andrew (Witty)

By Guest Blogger | Published: January 4, 2012
Big Pharma received a nod in the UK’s New Year’s Honours List this week when a knighthood was duly bestowed upon GSK’s Andrew Witty — making him ‘Sir Andrew’ to you and me. For once, though, receiving such an honor did not exactly place him in totally exalted company.
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