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Europe: Go Easy on Your Pharma Lobbyists

By Julian Upton | Published: October 27, 2009
European pharmaceutical executives are sometimes heard to complain that their public affairs departments are not doing a good job for them, and that their industry associations are a waste of time and money. A report published in Brussels earlier this month suggests that this judgment may be excessively harsh. Lobbyists for healthcare and pharmaceuticals score [...]
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Upcoming Webcast: The Unvarnished Truth about Comparative Effectiveness

By George Koroneos | Published: June 4, 2009
The mere mention of the term “comparative effectiveness” evokes a host of reactions among pharmaceutical manufacturers: confusion, skepticism, even fear. With President Obama calling for a national agency for comparative effectiveness, no one doubts that it is coming to healthcare—but what will it encompass? How will comparative effectiveness impact access to medications? What can manufacturers [...]
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JP Morgan Healthcare Conference:
It’s All About "Money…Rather the Economy!"

By Audrey Erbes | Published: January 15, 2009
JP Morgan’s Healthcare Conference has always been about financing, but money has never been the main focus like it is at this year’s annual gathering in San Francisco. The hallmark of this investment meeting has been innovation, with companies passionately pitching their new product or technology and management team’s capability to execute on a [...]
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Eliminate Waste (Whatever That Is)

By Patrick Clinton | Published: October 30, 2008
There’s a fascinating editorial in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine by Henry J. Aaron, a healthcare economist at the Brookings Institution. Aaron argues that on average healtchare spending is not wasteful, since its benefits exceed its costs. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t waste. The trick, though, is to identify it, and as [...]
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