Permit me to share some personal information—my eldest son has epilepsy. The good news is that his condition is under control due to the wonders of modern medicine.
‘Pay-for-delay’ generic deals illegal
August 14, 2009
8:59 pm
The Obama administration’s Justice Department says that so-called pay-for-delay arrangements in which an innovator drug company pays a generic drug company to delay entry into the market are generally unlawful under antitrust laws.
Biosimilars slated for 12 years market exclusivity
August 14, 2009
8:58 pm
In a move applauded by brand name manufacturers, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and its House counterpart voted in July to support 12 years market exclusivity for biologic innovators under a follow-on biologics (biosimilars) provision attached to its healthcare reform bill.
Throughout my healthcare PR career, I worked on and headed teams that executed innovative and award-winning campaigns to educate patients and healthcare providers.
Picture, if you will, this iconic scene from a classic movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are trapped by an oncoming posse. They face a cliff and weigh their escape options.
Wiley to launch diabetes journal
August 14, 2009
7:02 pm
Responding to an increase in diabetes and diabetes care worldwide, Wiley-Blackwell announced that it will launch the Journal of Diabetes Investigation in 2010.
J&J app aggregates info for doctors
August 14, 2009
6:59 pm
Johnson & Johnson used its JNJ BTW blog to introduce an iPhone app for docs, titled BlackBag.
Economic downturn takes toll on incentives and raises
Results of a study conducted by ZS Associates designed to benchmark incentive practices in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries revealed an increase of 8% in total target compensation in 2009, and that variable pay as a percentage of overall target compensation remained constant at 25%.
Aptilon announced the availability of an expanded set of tools that enables biopharmaceutical companies to increase access to valuable, high-prescribing physicians.