Monthly Archives: February 2012

Rare Diseases Lead to Unique Legislation

By Jennifer Ringler | Published: February 29, 2012
Since 1983, pharma and patent organizations have been working together to influence policy aimed at improving the lives of those with rare diseases. In 1983—with the help of Abbey Meyers and the drive she had to help her son (more on that here)—the Orphan Drug Act was passed to incentivize pharma to step up and play [...]
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Rare Disease Day: Spotlight on Solidarity

By Jennifer Ringler | Published: February 28, 2012
Patients, policymakers and pharmaceutical companies are uniting around rare diseases on the rarest of calendar days, presaging a leap forward in health outcomes and business opportunities. Aligning humanistic objectives with business incentives is often the sine qua non of effective community activism. This year’s Rare Disease Day – hosted in the US by the National [...]
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Onyx Bullish in 2012 Outlook

By Ben Comer | Published: February 24, 2012
With an all-important FDA decision on carfilzomib scheduled for July 27, Onyx hopes to graduate to the next stage of commercial success. For a feature-length profile of Onyx and CEO Tony Coles, click here. Following on a strong 4Q report, Onyx Pharmaceuticals’ CEO Tony Coles said the company hopes to transform itself from a one-product [...]
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Combating Opioid Abuse With Science

By Ben Comer | Published: February 23, 2012
So far, the creative approaches industry has taken to develop tamper-resistant and abuse-deterrent opioid drugs have been largely matched by the ingenuity of those users who manage to tamper with and abuse those same formulations.
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Tasty Asian Acquisition for Publicis

By Guest Blogger | Published: February 23, 2012
Publicis Healthcare Gobbles Up Another Asian Agency Publicis continues its expansion into Asia with today’s (Feb 20) announcement of its acquisition of U-Link Business Solutions (UBS), one of China’s leading agencies specializing in healthcare communications. As a part of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group, the agency will be renamed UBS Saatchi & Saatchi Health. “The Chinese healthcare market is [...]
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