Wolters Kluwer Health & Pharma Solutions said it will divest its Pharma Solutions business unit as part of a strategic decision to focus on point-of-care tools and professional content, offerings it says are poised to grow faster.
The Supreme Court came down on the side of data firms, overturning a Vermont law banning the sale of prescription data to pharmas because it violates First Amendment speech protections.
Joint presidents to run Wolters Kluwer analytics biz
Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions appointed two from within the organization as co-presidents of its analytics business.
Company news: Wolters Kluwer Health & Pharma Solutions, Decision Resources and QuantiaMD
June 7, 2011
7:01 pm
Market research firms Wolters Kluwer Health & Pharma Solutions and Decision Resources announced an agreement designed to make it easier for mutual customers to access managed markets data.
Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions will get a new CEO following the retirement of the pharmacy data and analytics firm’s former head honcho, Mark Spiers, in April.
Data firms, pharmas upbeat on Vermont data ban chances
Paying Minnesota physicians to participate in marketing surveys is no longer considered illegal, but tell that to pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Brand.com sites for sleep aids and ED drugs drive scripts
Levitra.com led the pack among product websites that drove consumers to the doctors to request a prescription, according to a Manhattan Research survey.
IMS Health will acquire SDI, bringing two of the largest data firms servicing the pharmaceutical industry together into one company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
After shrugging at a similar plea for a hearing in July of 2009, the Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on the legality of selling prescriber data – or information that details the prescribing habits of physicians – to drug marketers.