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Big pharma – come back to mental health and invest in Europe

Big pharma – come back to mental health and invest in Europe

As Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 begins (13/5/19), King’s College London Professor of Psychiatry Allan Young offers his thoughts on how a new European pharmacovigilance consortium could pave the way for new mental health drugs for UK patients.

NHS prescribing is back in the spotlight – where does tech fit?

NHS prescribing is back in the spotlight – where does tech fit?

Dr Simon Hendricks, clinical strategy lead at FDB (First Databank), is excited by the recent attention from Whitehall to improving NHS prescribing. He asks what progress is already being made, what needs to happen next, and where technology can play a role.

SmartPeople: Jenna McDonnell

SmartPeople: Jenna McDonnell

PharmaTimes talks to Jenna McDonnell, Program Manager, Project Delivery & Operational Leader for TrialConsent, at clinical research technology group CRF Bracket

Can pharma survive as data-driven therapy takes centre stage?

Can pharma survive as data-driven therapy takes centre stage?

The rise of digital therapeutics and the shift of the health market towards payment for outcomes could be seen as a significant double threat to pharma. However, cross-industry collaboration could turn these threats into opportunities, says S3 Connected Health’s Jim O’Donoghue.

Embedding ethics in pharma’s DNA

Embedding ethics in pharma’s DNA

Compliance training should focus on promoting trust and integrity, rather than on fear of the consequences of non-compliance. Louise Vamvoukaki offers an insight into how AstraZeneca is working to ensure that its globally dispersed workforce are all living and breathing the same values and ethics.

Nothing less than a bleed-free life

Nothing less than a bleed-free life

To mark World Haemophilia Day, Laurence Woollard talks to PharmaTimes about engaging today’s generation of young people living with the condition to advocate for nothing less than a bleed-free life

Lonely at the top?

Lonely at the top?

Ex England cricketer Jeremy Snape says pharma leaders looking to inspire their teams during volatile times should see what lessons they can learn from other industries faced with similar challenges

AI and pharma sales

AI and pharma sales

Alex Dale looks at where we are with AI and how it might help pharma sales

The Amazon effect

The Amazon effect

The pharma industry needs to transform the supply chain from a source of regulatory risk to a legitimate business opportunity.