Author Archives: Pharm Exec

Elmendorf Refuses to Go Quietly Into the Night of HCR

By Pharm Exec | Published: June 9, 2010

Guest Blog by Tom Norton of NHD Smart Communications. You can reach him at tnorton@nhdcomm.com. Amidst all the gurgling of oil last week(bad! bad! bad!), a competing thunderstorm of words erupted as Doug Elmendorf, Director of CBO, had the temerity to revisit the real costs of the new HCR law. Addressing something that, for whatever reason, [...]

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, Doug Elmendorf, Health care, New York Times, Office of Management and Budget, United States, United States Congress | 2 Comments

Help Us Help You

By Pharm Exec | Published: February 12, 2010

Sponsored Blog by: Craig Nestel Business Solutions Manager SAS Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice I wasn’t the biggest fan of the movie Jerry McGuire, but it certainly had its share of memorable quotes. Who can forget “mission statement” or “show me the money!” My personal favorite was “help me help you” which brings me to the subject of [...]

Posted in Guest Blog, Strategy | Tagged Biology, Film, Jerry Maguire, Life Science, Money, Near real-time, Special Air Service, Technology | Leave a comment

Pharma and Haiti: Can Altruism Backfire?

By Pharm Exec | Published: January 25, 2010

Guest blog by Pharm Exec Europe’s Jacky Law. Pharma companies are responding swiftly to the recent earthquake in Haiti with millions of dollars in cash and drugs. GlaxoSmithKline boasted, for example, that its initial $1.2 million offering of medicines — mainly oral and topical antibiotics — was on the first airlift to the Caribbean island and [...]

Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Global, Guest Blog, News | Tagged Big Pharma, corporate social responsibility, donations, Haiti, Johnson & Johnson, Pharma | Leave a comment

JP Morgan Healthcare Conference Marked by Hesitant Optimism

By Pharm Exec | Published: January 13, 2010

Guest blog by Audrey S. Erbes, Principal, Erbes & Associates While last year’s meeting was dominated by the global economic crisis and its impact on the healthcare industry, this year’s presenters tried to give investors a glimmer of hope for better outcomes in the future. The fear that darkened moods of attendees in 2009 was gone [...]

Posted in Events, Guest Blog | Tagged Audrey Erbes, business, Clinical trial, Erbes & Associates, Health care, JPMorgan Chase, San Francisco | 1 Comment

If Not This, Then What? If Not Now, Then When?

By Pharm Exec | Published: October 28, 2009

Sponsored Guest Blog by: Craig Nestel Business Solutions Manager SAS Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice I’ve been an avid runner for a long time. A while back, I had an injury that just wasn’t responding to any of the methods that I had used for years. And yet, I was reluctant to change anything. My physical therapist hit [...]

Posted in Guest Blog, Strategy | Tagged Biology, business, Competition, Industry, Management, Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Promotion | 1 Comment