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 October 22, 2015 | ISSUE NUMBER 423 VOL 4
Top Story
What Can Pharma Boards Do in the Era of Hostile Takeovers?
With 2015 already a ‘record year for mega-deals’ and on track to be one of the biggest years ever for M&A, another trend is also developing: a growth in hostile takeover bids. In the US, hostile takeovers in the healthcare sector have hit a post-financial crisis high. Mike Straw asks, what can pharma boards do about it?
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Regulatory
FDA Slow to Tackle Free Speech Challenges
After months of anticipation, pharma marketers continue to wait for FDA to address options for updating its policies governing sponsor communications involving unapproved drug uses. FDA officials said more than a year ago that they would hold a public meeting to discuss agency policy related to industry “speech” on regulated products. That event now appears on hold, writes Jill Wechsler
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Event
CPhI Experts Highlight Importance of Access to Generics, Biosimilars
An expert panel at CPhI Worldwide in Madrid, Spain, last week stressed the continuing importance of emerging market access to generics and biosimilars, but noted the industry’s disappointment with the outcome of the recent TTIP talks
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ZS 2015 sales rep compensation study reveals three new trends in pharma
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Special Feature
Rita Hayworth and Alzheimer’s Redemption
With next month designated National Alzheimer’s Disease and Awareness Month in the US, Julian Upton looks at the film star whose plight pushed the long-misunderstood disorder into the spotlight
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Comment
Hillary’s History on Rx Price Controls
We may think we know all about Senator Clinton’s view on drug and price controls, but to figure out when and how she arrived at her current position, Tom Norton looks at how her stance has evolved over the last 22 years
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U.S. Market Access
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//Crown Bioscience (Santa Clara, CA) named Tetsuya Totsuka, Ph.D., as Manager of Business Development for Japan and Mayet Pantastico as Director of Business development for Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and Korea.//Checkpoint Therapeutics (New York, NY) named James F. Oliviero, III, as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).//REGENXBIO (Rockville, MD) appointed David C. Stump, M.D., to its Board of Directors.//
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