Author Archives: Guest Blogger

Taxing Times for French Pharma

By Guest Blogger | Published: May 11, 2012
By Nathan Jessop. While French politics has taken a decisive shift to the left with the election of the country’s first socialist president for 17 years, it does not look like Francois Hollande will be changing or derailing any of the existing — and sometimes quite radical — healthcare reforms that the outgoing Nicolas Sarkozy had introduced [...]
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Drug Shortages Still in Focus

By Guest Blogger | Published: May 9, 2012
By Patricia Van Arnum. Drug shortages, particularly those for sterile injectable drugs, took center stage last year. In response, industry and the federal government, including FDA, took steps to address the problem. Progress has been made, and Congress is further evaluating if additional steps need to be taken.
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Less is More: HHS Austerity Care

By Guest Blogger | Published: May 1, 2012
By Tom Norton As the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) circles around the elements of health care that will actually be included in our new “Essential Health Benefits” (EHB), one aspect of the EHB offering has caused a tremendous stir among dozens of health groups.  Their collective concern is focused on the pharmaceutical [...]
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U.S. Biosimilars Under Threat?

By Guest Blogger | Published: April 27, 2012
by D’vorah Graeser, Graeser Associates International While the FDA continues to develop its guidance for U.S. biosimilars, including a one-day public hearing on May 11, 2012, the basic legal underpinnings of biosimilars in the U.S. may be under threat, as the Supreme Court debates the healthcare law, a large chunk of which includes provisions for biosimilars.
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The Digital World is Changing Fast. Can You Keep Up?

By Guest Blogger | Published: April 26, 2012
by Ritesh Patel, global head of digital at Chandler Chicco Companies I’ve been doing this digital thing for some time now. I’ve been part of and witnessed many changes in our digital world. However, I have never seen such a swift pace of change and digital adoption of late. It’s stunning how quickly things spread and [...]
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