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Cegedim Dendrite finds industry focused on changing business model

Friday, June 18th, 2010

The top issue vexing pharmaceutical executives is the changing commercial business model, according to "2010 Pharma Insights," a new report from Cegedim Dendrite. The pharma CRM and data solutions company conducted an online survey of 211 pharmaceutical executives in North and South America. Thirty-five percent of surveyed executives cited the ...

Deloitte gauges public opinion on healthcare reform

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

The June issues of Med Ad News and R&D Directions are now online, and between the two issues you’ll find substantial coverage of what the provisions in the new healthcare reform legislation will mean for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. In Med Ad News’ 19th annual Top 100 Biotechnology Companies report, ...

All my Rx’s come from Texas

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

SK&A, A Cegedim Company, has recently released a report, “Top 50 U.S. ZIP Codes With Most Physicians,” which as the name implies provides a list of the densest groupings of U.S. physicians geographically. Interestingly, among the top 11 zip codes, four are located in the state of Texas, including the ...

Peril and promise of healthcare reform

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Healthcare reform has taken a major step forward as the Democratic caucus voted to curtail debate on the bill. The final vote on the Senate’s version of healthcare reform could come by Christmas, at which point the Senate must then draft a compromise with the House, which approved its own ...

Government and pharmacists face off in Ireland

Monday, August 10th, 2009

As the debate over government involvement in healthcare builds in the United States, a battle between pharmacists and the government health authority in the Republic of Ireland over the last several weeks is offering policymakers a real-world lesson in the challenges of public administration of healthcare. The troubles began June 18, ...

Tax break for tobacco, not pharma? Here’s some irony …

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

In case you've been under a rock lately, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, proposed last week eliminating the tax deduction for prescription drug advertising. Mr. Rangel believes that this could bring in $37 billion that could go towards the costs of healthcare ...