Tag Archives: medical device

Elevating Standards: Industry Benchmarks on Building Medical Excellence Groups

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, Medical Excellence (Med X) groups play a pivotal role in driving transformation within Medical Affairs. These groups are instrumental in both tactical and strategic phases of evolution. During their inception, Med X teams focus

Best Practices Hosting 6th Medical Affairs Consortium on HEOR

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Best Practices will be hosting the sixth roundtable of our Medical Affairs Consortium on Thursday (May 28th) from 11:00AM-12:30PM (EST) via a virtual roundtable to discuss “Medical Affairs’ Role in Health Economics & Outcomes Research.” This is the final roundtable

As Mobile Surpasses Desktop Search, Poll of Digital Marketers Finds Industry Divided on Pharma’s Next Steps

In a digital advertising conference yesterday, Google announced that mobile searches have surpassed desktop searches in the U.S. and numerous other countries. This is big news, but a not necessarily stunning development to anyone paying close attention to the inexorable

Six Digital Marketing Trends that will Affect the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2015

The pharma sector has long trailed more consumer and tech-savvy industries in the uptake of digital media for marketing their products. Uncertainty around industry regulations and how to safely interact with patients and physicians have prevented many large pharma organizations

Top Trends in 2015 – Is Your Organization Prepared?

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2015 is here & with the New Year comes many new trends and topics of discussion. With the increasing importance of payers and high demand on evidence-based information, it is clear that there are many shifts happening in the pharmaceutical,

Internal Communication Commandments to Live By

In order to improve an organization as a whole, it is critical to improve internal corporate communications. Best Practices, LLC’s work highlights how companies deliver their internal messages and find the proper balance between informing and educating employees. We have seen companies

Best Practices in Lifecycle Management: Maximizing the Potential of Mature Brands

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As many drugs are reaching the patent cliff, strategies to extend the commercial life of mature brands is critical to today’s pharmaceutical industry. Used correctly, lifecycle management strategies can add as many as 10 years and billions of dollars to

Medical Affairs Consortium: Impact Measures, Globalization & Compliance

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On November 6, 2014 Best Practices, LLC hosted the 1st roundtable of the 2014-2015 Medical Affairs’ Consortium. The roundtable brought together leaders from: Baxter, Crescendo, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Incyte Corporation, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Santen Inc., Teva, and Upsher-Smith. Leaders from

Pharma Companies Feeling the Heat From the Sunshine Act

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Last week marked the release of the initial data from the Sunshine Act law of the Affordable Care Act, which had been dreaded by many health care professionals and pharmaceutical and medical device executives. So, for the past few years,

Thou Shalt Build Credibility But Plan for the Worst

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As pharma companies plan for the launch of new products, much of the discussion centers around how to position a new drug or device to the rest of the world. Still, much of that same planning can be internalized and

Developing & Maintaining Strategic Professional & Trade Relations Functions

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Professional and trade relations groups are critical for dealing with a company’s critical stakeholder groups, such as professional, payer, and patient organizations. Despite this, these groups still must show value within healthcare organizations, while external trends are constantly shaping the

10 Commandments of Internal Brand Messaging For Pharma

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Today’s brand leaders must communicate new disease state information to their own employees as well as to physicians, patients and payers. Most companies rely on established external communication practices to reach internal audiences, but leading brand teams develop specialized internal

SPECIAL: 2014-2015 Medical Affairs Consortium Survey Has Launched

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As the healthcare landscape changes, the Medical Affairs function has begun to play increasingly important roles in clinical development, market education, and regulatory compliance. Now, more than ever, leaders can learn valuable lessons from their peers on how they overcome

Google & Apple Announce New Health Care Innovations

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When Google and Novartis business unit Alcon announced recently that they would partner to bring a “smart” contact lens to the market, it put an exclamation mark on the next wave in health care innovation. Earlier this year, Apple announced its