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Changing the DNA of Pharma Patient Adherence Programs

By Guest Blogger | Published: March 12, 2013
by Grant Corbett Epigenetics is the study of changes in human gene expression, in particular from environmental factors.  Pharma is also experiencing epigenetic change.  Human genes are formed from DNA, which are instructions much like a blueprint.  Similarly, the environment is changing pharmaceutical DNA and how brand marketing is instructed.
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Five Compliance Questions to Ask Yourself, from the DOJ

By Ben Comer | Published: January 31, 2013
At CBI’s 10th Annual Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, deputy assistant attorney general, consumer protection branch, civil division, at the US Department of Justice, said being compliant means understanding people, and their motivations. Frimpong said non-compliance boils down to a failure of individuals, and offered five questions for chief compliance officers to ask themselves [...]
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Compliance and Legal Not Always Eye-to-Eye

By Ben Comer | Published: December 19, 2012
As the role and stature of the compliance officer grows, legacy senior management structures and hierarchies can accidentally pit lawyers against one another. What is strictly legal in the context of sales and marketing practices, working with government officials in global markets, and running and reporting on clinical programs, may not always be the [...]
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Forest Labs Hit with Bad Ad Tattle

By Ben Comer | Published: August 7, 2012
Forest Labs has had a tough time with regulators over the last two years. The company’s sales reps can’t seem to stop breaking the law. The latest offense, which generated an Untitled Letter from the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP), was brought to light through OPDP’s Bad Ad program, which encourages physicians to report on [...]
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Compliance: Europe Feels the Sunshine

By Julian Upton | Published: February 15, 2012
As the perceived urgency for transparency and compliance in global pharma grows ever stronger, the ‘Sunshine provisions’ of the US’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) seem increasingly aptly named. The spotlight that has been exposing and illuminating – and sometimes burning – issues around the financial interests of physicians and academic medical centers [...]
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