August 11/2015
Top Story
Plugging the China Industry Knowledge Gap
Despite its sheer size, China’s $60+ billion medicines market remains a work in progress. Change is the dominant strategic and operational theme; it’s a “paint as you go” canvas whose color fields are only gradually being filled in. The Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development aims to plug the knowledge gap at the lower end of China’s trade business through a new partnership ... / Read more / |
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Event
Alzheimer’s Update: What to Make of the Latest Buzz
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) researchers have seen more than their share of hopefulness and disillusionment over the years. And to follow the news coming out of July’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington, writes Casey McDonald, one had to be prepared for both glass half-full and half-empty interpretations ...
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Adherence
Activating the Patient
Adherence is no longer. The emphasis is now on patient activation, but how significant will this change be? How can drugmakers become more collaborative in engaging and empowering patients? Mobile tech and data ownership will certainly play a key role ...
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Europe
Greece: More Than Next Week’s Medicines Supply at Risk
There are some evident challenges for pharma in the ongoing Greek crisis. But, writes Reflector, there are some less evident challenges, which may, over time, prove to be more difficult for the industry to cope with ...
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Leadership
Pharm Exec’s Emerging Pharma Leaders 2015
This year’s group of Emerging Pharma Leaders adds to a list of more than 200 alumni dating back to June 2008. We called that first cohort of leaders “the change generation” and frankly the description remains apt today. What is different is a greater diversity in leader backgrounds and the skills required to advance to the “c-suite” ... / Click here for the slide show / |
industry update
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Merck & Co appointed Dr Paul Rothman and Pamela Craig to two newly-created spaces on its board, with effect from next month. Dr Rothman will serve as a member of Merck’s research committee. Ms Craig will serve as a member of the company’s audit committee. |
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Douglas Williams, Biogen’s R&D head, is to leave the Bedford, UK, company (Bedford, UK) for a new role as CEO of an as-yet unnamed biotech start-up that will focus on cancer diagnostics and therapies. |
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Rigontec GmbH (Bonn, Germany) announced that Dr J. Donald (Don) deBethizy has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
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Aprea AB (Stockholm, Sweden) elected Bernd R. Seizinger as Executive Chairman and Jonathan Hepple as a new member of the board. |
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