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Showing posts with label green pharma news. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Complimentary Webinar: Insights and Perspectives from the FDA Public Hearing on the Use of Social Media

Insights and Perspectives from the FDA Public Hearing on the Use of Social Media and Internet for Health-Related Communications

Date: Wednesday, December 9
Time: 12:00-1:00PM EST

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/668144112

Please mention priority code: P1506W2TWITTERBLOG

About the webinar:
The FDA Social Media and Internet Public Hearing November 12-13, 2009 posed many questions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Hear impressions of the event in a live interview with Jonathan Richman, Director of Business Development, Bridge Worldwide (Hearing Speaker) and Mel Halkyard, Global eCapabilities Director, Eli Lilly (Hearing Attendee) .

What You Will Learn:

* Potential policy and regulatory actions from the FDA as a result of the hearing
* Major obstacles and challenges presented by the industry due to lack of guidance
* Solutions suggested by the industry to address current issues with internet and social media

About the Speakers:


About the webinar:
The FDA Social Media and Internet Public Hearing November 12-13, 2009 posed many questions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Hear impressions of the event in a live interview with Jonathan Richman, Director of Business Development, Bridge Worldwide (Hearing Speaker) and Mel Halkyard, Global eCapabilities Director, Eli Lilly (Hearing Attendee) .

What You Will Learn:

* Potential policy and regulatory actions from the FDA as a result of the hearing
* Major obstacles and challenges presented by the industry due to lack of guidance
* Solutions suggested by the industry to address current issues with internet and social media

About the Speakers:


Jonathan Richman, Director of Business Development
Bridge Worldwide
Author, Dose of Digital

Jonathan provides strategic direction and leadership for our clients with a concentration in healthcare. A big part of Jonathan’s role is helping solve clients’ business challenges by finding the right solutions among all of the many choices available to today’s brand managers. From social networking to relationship marketing to channels such as mobile and complex back-end technology platforms, Jonathan helps clients sift through the clutter and hype to find the best options for their brands.

Prior to joining Bridge Worldwide, Jonathan worked at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals for more than 11 years, holding positions in sales, training, sales leadership, and marketing in diverse disease areas including cardiovascular, oncology, asthma, and neuroscience.

Jonathan is a well-known and widely regarded thought leader in pharma digital strategy. He is the author of the popular industry blog, Dose of Digital, which provides insights on digital marketing in pharma and healthcare. It is one of the most read blogs of its kind and is one of the top marketing blogs according to the AdAge Power 150 (currently ranked at #133). Jonathan is a regular speaker at major pharma marketing meetings and conventions, including eight engagements scheduled for the second half of 2009 alone. He was also recently invited to speak at the FDA public hearings on social media in pharma; he was one of only sixty people given the opportunity.

Jonathan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biology from Tulane University. He earned a Master of Business Administration with a marketing concentration from the University of Phoenix.


Mel Halkyard, Global e-Capabilities Director
Eli Lilly & Company

Mel has over 18 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. She has spent the majority of her career leading transformational efforts to build or improve sales and marketing capabilities at Lilly. She has developed and implemented brand strategies in the US operations as well as globally. Most recently, Mel has been responsible for accelerating the development of global e-capabilities at Lilly, most notably launching a Global e-Center of Excellence which has been charged with the governance of the e-channel, including social media.


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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Sustainable Syntheses

Ann M. Thayer of Chemical and Engineering News reports that pharmaceutical and fine chemicals manufacturers will see benefits if they begin developing greener processes. According to her article, "Process chemistry and green chemistry have common goals: generating less waste and emissions, minimizing material and energy use, and operating more safely under more benign conditions. Greater attention to reagent, solvent, and reaction choices by these chemists is making process development even greener."

By sharing their knowledge of green practices with pharmaceutical industry, pharma may learn new processes that could save more than just a few dollars.

Sustainable Syntheses



The Green Pharma Summit is about how Pharma is going green. Pharmaceutical companies are discovering that going green is not just for altruistic reasons, but that going green actually has benefits to the bottom line. Going green saves and makes money. If you'd like to network with other professionals who are working in the Green Pharma field, join our Green Pharma LinkedIn Group!


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