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Upcoming Webcast: The Visibility Solution

By George Koroneos | Published: March 15, 2010
The Visibility Solution: Delivering an Accurate View of Clinical Operations Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM PT; 2:00 PM ET; 16:00 GMT This event focuses on our Clinical Trials solution with HighPoint Solutions and is designed to illustrate how pharma companies can reduce the risk and expense of the clinical trial process with better use of [...]
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FDA and GSK on the Hunt for Stolen Drugs

By George Koroneos | Published: February 24, 2010
Image by Johnny Grim via Flickr We typically don’t get emails from FDA  asking for information about stolen goods with massive bold letters, but that’s what just came into our inbox. Looks like a transport truck containing a mix of GlaxoSmithKline’s pharmaceutical and over-the-counter medications was jacked in Puerto Rico on January 29, and the feds [...]
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Health Reform Hazards: Steering Your Course Through the Rhetorical Shallows

By William Looney | Published: December 9, 2009
Image by Getty Images via Dayli Crafting consensus legislation on health reform depends heavily on all parties understanding precisely the terms of the debate. With the two House and Senate bills now topping out at more than 4,000 text pages, prospects for even a basic awareness of the implications of this reform for big pharma and [...]
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Pharma Celebrates its Own

By Andrew Sheivachman | Published: October 7, 2009
At the gala ceremony for the 2009 Prix Galien USA award on October 1, a paradigm shift in drug development took center stage. “The most successful new [cancer] therapies will be based on a precise molecular understanding of disease basis—that’s exactly what we did with Gleevec,” said keynote speaker Brian Druker, director of the Oregon Health [...]
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Pharma Industry Booming in Eastern Europe

By Amelia Tope | Published: September 2, 2009
Eastern Europe’s pharmaceutical market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of more than 10 percent to be worth more than $41 billion by 2014, according to a report from globalbusinessinsights.com. The highest sales are expected to be seen in the cardiovascular market ($7.8 billion), followed by alimentary canal and metabolic disorders ($6 billion). According to [...]
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