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September 08, 2010.

Reinvention takes more than a pithy redraft of the strategy plan or mission statement; money, a change in business culture, and the mindset of thousands of employees is required too

Results from a new study reveal that patients taking Takeda's diabetes treatment Actos have the same rate and kind of side effects as GSK's embattled Avandia. Is this a good sign?

In a huge blow to Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's pipeline, the drug giant was forced to end two clinical trials due to the fact that the treatment was actually making patients' memory recall worse.

Head-and-neck cancer treatment trial flops in Phase 3 trials causing Amgen stock to drop. The first-line therapy failed first and secondary goals compared with chemotherapy alone.

In the wake of FDA's refusal to approve the lead drug in NicOx's pipeline, the French firm has decided to close its US headquarters.

An industry struggling to meet expectations for new science may find the best strategy is the "controlled burn."

August 2, 2010.

Bonuses for reps at GlaxoSmithKline will soon be based on customer feedback and adherence to company policy, not sales targets. The move promises to transform sales & marketing, but the company offered few details about how the plan will be implemented.

Just weeks after ending tanezunab clinical studies in osteoarthritis patients, the drug giant is ceasing additional trials for two other indications.

July 14, 2010.

John Castellani received the nod from PhRMA on Tuesday to take over the role of president and CEO in September.

Vivus's weight-loss drug Qnexa is heading into an FDA review with the backing of generally positive study data. Will FDA give the thumbs up? Depends on how severe it thinks the side effects are.

With a long, hard fight looming, President Obama decided to go around Congress to install Don Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, as the top administrator of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

Focus Reports discusses kep questions regarding France's pharma industry

Why do patients drop drug therapy after 12 months?

If there was ever a justification for endorsing a "triple bottom line" strategy for measuring Big Pharma's investment performance, it's the BP crisis.

GSK's blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia was the subject of a number of studies this week offering good and bad news. But the company's big challenge is going to be FDA's advisory review panel set to meet in two short weeks.

Emerging Pharma Leaders 2010

FDA's meeting on the adoption of REMS for certain prescription opioids doesn't begin until July 22, but the agency's proposal released Tuesday portends a meeting fraught with conflict over the balance between curbing abuse and protecting patient access.

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Pfizer was forced (voluntarily) to put the kibosh on a fast-tracked Wyeth drug after some not-so-favorable postmarket data. Was this a good catch or an endemic problem with expedited drugs?

A new study indicates that doctors are no longer switching offices - largely due to current economic woes. What does this mean for sales reps? Pharm Exec interviews SK&A to find out more about its survey.

Mark Gordon looks at how real partnership opportunities are developing in a virtual pharma world.

Merck has established a stable of 15 to 20 investigators focused solely on cancer compounds in an effort to boost efficiency and help move along the bevy of oncology products the firm has in its pipeline.

A heavily rigid agency network structure that fights against their strategic objectives is the last thing clients should be looking for.