Lilly’s Connelly: The Diversity Issue
Some heat in the Pharma BlogosphereTM is being generated by Dierdre Connelly's keynote presentation at the recent Marketing & Sales Summit hosted by Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine. Mostly the "news" is about...
Andy Grove Calls for Pharma “Wild Ducks.” Quack! Quack!
What stands in the way of more and faster success in getting cures to patients?Newsweek posed this question to Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, in a recent interview ("A Research...
Top Hat And Alli Tales
Last week, in my post "I'm Puttin' on the Ritz Tonight!" over at Pharma BlogosphereTM, I challenged -- well, not exactly challenged; more like offered a prize to -- any pharma...
Online CME Growth is Bad News for Pharma Marketers
It's very instructive to peruse ACCME's annual report data if you want to understand the trends in pharma support of physician continuing medical education (CME). ACCME stands for Accreditation Council for...
MM&M Award Winners Announced at Gala NY Event!
I just got back from the 2007 MM&M Awards dinner in NYC. Here's what it looked like from my table:Here's what it cost me -- in case you are interested in...
AbelsonTaylor and I are off to the 2007 MM&M Awards Gala Event!
Whew! My official invitation arrived in the nick of time and later today I'm off to NYC to attend the MM&M Awards Dinner & Presentation black tie event at Tavern on...
What’s Your Pharma Blogger Dream Team?
Bloggers operating in the Pharma BlogosphereTM are now sought after as speakers and panelists at industry meetings. Last week, I and several other bloggers participated in a couple of different conferences....
Another Award for Rozerem! This one…not so good.
Consumers International (CI), which claims to be the only independent global campaigning voice for consumers, yesterday accused Takeda Pharmaceuticals -- marketer of the sleep aid Rozerem -- of "taking advantage of...
Awards. What Are They Good For?
Awards, huh, yeah!What are they good for?Absolutely nothingUh-huhListen to meOhhh, awards, I despiseBecause it means gala dinnersOf rubber chicken and butter knivesAwards mean tearsTo thousands of advertisers’ eyesWhen their ads are...
J&J Blog, Shire PR: The Whole Story and Nothing But the Whole Story!
Wednesday was another day spent at the ExL Digital Pharma conference in Princeton, NJ -- and it was a day well spent!I caught up with Marc Monseau, Director of Corporate Communications...
