By Julie Stauffer (julie.stauffer@rxcomms.com) Pharmaceutical companies depend on data – and lots of it – to develop drugs and measure their effectiveness. And many patients are eager to supply that…
By Julie Stauffer (julie.stauffer@rxcomms.com) Staying on top of new developments can be a daunting task in today’s hyper-connected world. If you’re feeling swamped in a sea of information, make the…
By David Woods (david.woods@rxcomms.com) Speaking at the March World Health Care Conference in Washington , DC , Joshua J Ofman, MD, vice president, global coverage and reimbursement for Amgen, said…
By Ruth Whittington (ruth.whittington@rxcomms.com) According to Michael Wilks, Chairman of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME; an organisation facing the challenges of its current 2 million doctors in 27…
By David Woods (david.woods@rxcomms.com) A meeting, according to my dictionary, is an assembly of persons for a specific purpose. Perhaps a more whimsical definition might be that of an anonymous…
By Heather Haley (heather.haley@rxcomms.com) Ever asked yourself: “Is there a better way to do this?” while sifting through 300 plus potential articles. PubMed offers several features that can dramatically improve…
By Julie Stauffer (julie.stauffer.rxcomms.com) Sustaining staff morale is about much more than delivering a wage slip at the end of the month. If the past few years of restructurings, closures,…
By Mary Gabb (mary.gabb@rxcomms.com) Obnoxious, annoying, Big Pharma strikes again – these are just some of the sentiments heard when encountering a direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisement, the myriad commercials on radio…
While economics is the main ingredient in most healthcare decisions today, health economics still has many pharmacologists, clinicians, physicians and marketing personnel left confused and appalled that quality of life…
By Robert Hand (robert.hand@rxcomms.com) For those interested in entering or advancing in the field of health economics and outcomes research, and for those looking for newly-minted researchers to employ, it…
