AI Frontiers: Navigating the Risks, Rewards, and Regulations
Welcome to a riveting episode of the Pharm Exec podcast, where we dive headfirst into the transformative world of AI in healthcare with Sharlene Jenner, vice president of engagement strategy with the award-winning agency Abelson Taylor. This enlightening conversation traverses the advancements and potential risks of AI, the revolution it is stirring in pharmaceutical marketing, and its game-cha...
30m Jul 06, 2023
30m
Listening is the Key to Good Leadership
We all know that the pharma industry is about people—bettering the lives of others through good research, life-changing pharmaceuticals, and keeping the patient front and center. But Jag Dosanjh, president, US neuroscience and eye care, AbbVie, lives that principle. In this podcast episode, Meg Rivers, managing editor, talks with Dosanjh about what he calls a “people business” and his approach ...
34m Jun 22, 2023
34m
The Trust Imperative: Defining and Building Trust in Pharma
This Pharma 50 companion episode delves into the vital topic of trust within the pharmaceutical industry. Morton Nielsen, senior partner for the life sciences practice at Wittkieffer, dissects the concept, drawing on parallels to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and discusses practical methods for measuring and operationally improving trust. This episode is a must-listen for those interested in und...
14m Jun 08, 2023
14m
Emerging Potential: Changing Lives One Story, One Therapeutic at a Time
The 2023 Emerging Pharma Leaders share with Meg Rivers, managing editor of Pharmaceutical Executive, and the editorial team what makes a good leader, what has made them the proudest in their career, lessons they wish they had known when starting out, and more. Congratulations to the 2023 Emerging Pharma Leaders: Natasha A. Hernday, chief business officer, Seagen; Simon Holland, vice president,...
51m May 25, 2023
51m
Drug Approvals And Launches From A Legal Perspective
Launching a drug and receiving approvals—whether it’s in the U.S. or globally—is challenging to navigate. It’s a process that often takes years and a lot of back-and-forth communication with regulatory bodies. In this episode, Torrey Cope, partner, food, drug, and medical device practice, Sidley Austin LLP, discusses drug approvals and drug launches from a legal perspective, including 1) his w...
34m May 11, 2023
34m
Exploring Arcutis’s Patient - Centric Dermatology Innovations
In this episode of the Pharmaceutical Executive Podcast, we dive into a conversation with Frank Watanabe, president and CEO of Arcutis, a medical dermatology company with a patient-first approach. Discover how Arcutis is transforming the dermatology landscape with its innovative product offerings, such as FDA-approved Zoryve for topical treatment of plaque psoriasis and their upcoming products ...
23m Apr 27, 2023
23m
Tackling Reproductive Health And Fertility Care
Elizabeth (Beth) Garner, chief scientific officer for Ferring Pharmaceuticals, speaks with Meg Rivers, managing editor, about: 1) her journey into the world of pharma, including her transition from being a physician/surgeon to working in clinical trials; 2) both women’s and men’s reproductive health; 3) the latest technologies in fertility treatment (for men and women); 4) unmet needs in fertil...
42m Apr 13, 2023
42m
Repurposing Drugs - How One Doctor Saved His Own Life And Hopes To Save Others
Two companies join forces to unlock the hidden potential in existing drugs to save lives suffering from rare diseases. In 2010, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, co-founder, Every Cure, was a third-year medical student when he became critically ill with Castleman disease (CD). After months of hospitalization and in critical condition, nearly dying several times, he launched an initiative to find treatments...
27m Mar 30, 2023
27m
Tearing Down Silos to Usher Innovative Medicines to Patients Faster
Cathi Ahearn is a seasoned biotechnology leaders with formative stints at Genentech, Roche, and now at Bristol Myers Squibb, as SVP of worldwide commercial portfolio strategy. Cathi is focused on one goal: shortening the path between creating medical innovation and getting that innovation to patients. Cathi chats with senior editor at Pharmaceutical Executive about her experiences in the past 2...
22m Mar 16, 2023
22m
Recruiting Talent In Pharma
Across most industries, finding and keeping the right talent is a constant challenge for companies. This challenge is perhaps even more prevalent in the pharmaceutical industry, which requires a significant amount of specialization. Rebekah Martin, senior VP of reward, inclusion, and talent acquisition for AstraZeneca, discusses recruiting talent in pharma with Meg Rivers, managing editor. Spec...
23m Mar 02, 2023
23m
Behind the Creative: Let’s Hear from the Creators
Join Tina Fascetti, CCO of The Agency Network at MJH Life Sciences for a podcast interview with Ryan Potter, ACD Art, and Priscila Ramos, ACD Copy, from McCann Health as they share the "behind the creative" story of their Apex Award-winning consumer creative campaign for Entresto. The Apex Awards is judged by none other than the people they are aimed to connect with, the patients themselves.
20m Feb 27, 2023
20m
The Explosive Arrival of Chat GPT and Generative AI
In his position, Faruk Capan leads thousands of employees around the globe with a focus on bold innovation—one can imagine how excited he is about Chat GPT, which set the record for fastest-growing user base in history. Senior editor Fran Pollaro and Faruk go back and forth about positives, negatives, hopes, and fears attached to generative AI for us as regular humans, and as pharma marketers. ...
22m Feb 16, 2023
22m
Working In A Male-Dominated Field
It is no easy feat to break into a male-dominated field as a woman, no less the bio/pharmaceutical industry. Piper Trelstad, PhD, head of chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC), Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, shares with Meg Rivers, editor-in-chief of Pharmaceutical Executive, her experiences working in the industry, specifically in the vaccines space, as well as what it ...
23m Feb 02, 2023
23m
Let’s Get Social: The Ascendancy of Social Media to the Top of the Media Mix
Amanda Powers-Han, chief marketing officer at Greater Than One, has a couple of decades in the industry and is always on top of the latest trends in marketing and media for the pharma industry. She talks with senior editor Fran Pollaro about the ascension of social media as an incremental investment to one that is foundational. The pair delve into the honed focus on HCPs, especially in the rare...
19m Jan 19, 2023
19m
Gene Therapies: 2023 Predictions and Commercialization Challenges
Cell and gene therapies are at the tip of everyone’s tongues in biopharma. Significant headway has been made in this space, though there is more research that needs to be done and many more therapeutic areas to eventually apply this method of treatment to. Chris Fox, president of Novartis Gene Therapies, shares insights into her work with gene therapies and discusses commercialization challenge...
23m Jan 05, 2023
23m
In Flux: The Sales & Marketing Outlook For 2023
As a society and industry, we’re emerging out of a period of hyper-accelerated digital and virtual growth, a positive born out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many in the industry are wondering how the sales force is going to look and how they’re going to approach and communicate effectively with HCPs and patients. Pratap Khedkar, CEO of ZS, discusses this time of change with senior editor, Fran Poll...
31m Dec 22, 2022
31m
The Gap In Mental Health Treatments: Schizophrenia
On this week’s episode, Meg Rivers, editor-in-chief, and Miranda Schmalfuhs, group social media editor, speak with Steve Paul, chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Karuna Therapeutics, as well as Andrew Miller, founder and chief operating officer of Karuna Therapeutics. Miller was also one of Pharm Exec’s 2020 Emerging Pharma Leaders. The editors speak with Paul and Miller about the fo...
33m Dec 08, 2022
33m
Tuning Into CTV - Real Time Data For Marketers
Marcella Milliet Sciorra, Chief Marketing Officer at DeepIntent, discusses Connected TV, or CTV, how it differs from over the top, and how CTV fits into the future of pharmaceutical marketing.
23m Nov 24, 2022
23m
Leadership in the US vs. Europe and Launching a Rare Disease Drug
In episode 121 of the Pharm Exec Podcast, Nathalie Dompé, co-CEO of Dompé Pharmaceuticals, shares a glimpse into her journey in the pharma industry, her leadership style, the differences in working in leadership in the United States vs. Europe (Italy, specifically), and technologies in the biopharma industry. Meg Rivers, editor-in-chief, and Miranda Schmalfuhs, group social media editor, also t...
24m Nov 10, 2022
24m
Sounds of Our Sister Brands
In episode 120, Nico Saraceno, editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce and host of the Pharmaceutical Commerce Podcast, and Andy Studna, associate editor and cohost of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, discuss what their respective podcasts offer to listeners, best guests, and more. Listen to the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast: https://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/editorial-podcasts Liste...
11m Oct 27, 2022
11m
Behind the Creative…..Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Sarah McKinnon
Sarah McKinnon, Senior Art Director at The Grey Group, discusses her entrance into the advertising world through blending art and science in school, understanding the connection between human health and storytelling, her own experiences as a patient along with a healthy dose of grit and passion to inform her audiences and her career.
22m Oct 26, 2022
22m
Making a Difference
In episode 119, Doina Ionescu, Managing Director, UK & ROI, at Merck, discusses her career journey, gender discrimination in the workplace, her role in the ABPI, and lessons she's taken from Queen Elizabeth II.
14m Oct 13, 2022
14m
Derm Decisions For Younger Children
In episode 118, Paula Brown Stafford, CEO of Novan, discusses the company’s upcoming NDA filing for its topical agent for molluscum contagiosum, what commercialization could look like and her goals for the future.
16m Sep 29, 2022
16m
From Persia To Precision Medicine
In episode 117, Helen Sabzevari, CEO of Precigen, discusses her drive to study science as a Persian-born woman, the opportunities she’s had to research immunology, and how she’s now developing next-generation CAR-T treatments for cancer, in addition to other therapies.
25m Sep 15, 2022
25m
The Quest To Counter Alzheimer’s
In episode 116, Dr. Greg Rippon, vice president and chief medical partner at Genentech, discusses his work in Alzheimer’s and his outlook for the future of the therapeutic space.
13m Sep 01, 2022
13m
Defining Diversity
In episode 115, Raj Verma, chief diversity, culture, and experience officer at Sanofi, discusses the various ways people see diversity around the world and how companies should be building diversity, equity, and inclusion into a company’s everyday fabric.
18m Aug 18, 2022
18m
Behind the Creative….Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Halen Dang and Carrie Morris
Proximyl Health’s Halen Dang, VP, Creative Director of Art and Carrie Morris, VP, Creative Director of Copy discuss remote teamwork and how to successfully lead agency creative teams with hybrid schedules.
24m Aug 09, 2022
24m
Managing Workplace Stress
In episode 114, Tiago Reis Marques, MD, PhD, CEO of Pasithea Therapeutics, discusses why it’s important to manage high levels of workplace stress, and how companies can help employees in need. Listen to the latest episode of The Pharmaceutical Commerce Podcast: https://www.pharmaceuticalcommerce.com/view/making-the-commercialization-process-worthwhile
17m Aug 04, 2022
17m
Serving The Patient
In episode 113, Indranil Bagchi, senior vice president and worldwide head, value and access at Novartis, and member of Pharmaceutical Executive Editorial Advisory Board, discusses the challenges of reaching patients and what he believes can help improve the situation. Listen to the latest Pharmaceutical Commerce podcast: bit.ly/3uyWD8d
13m Jul 21, 2022
13m
Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative Carolyn O’Neill
Carolyn O’Neill, Chief Creative Officer of Centron discusses their APEX-award winning global disease awareness campaign for both HCPs and patients, “Dimensionalizing the Patient Experience in PNH.” PNH or paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare immune disorder that attacks a person’s red blood cells. The campaign was meant to build on it is not an inherited disease and people’s symptoms d...
22m Jul 19, 2022
22m
Emerging Successful
Nima Farzan, CEO of Kinnate, who was one of Pharmaceutical Executive’s Emerging Pharma Leaders in 2013, discusses how he’s successfully navigated his career path, from building a foundation in pharma to growing his expertise in biotech. Listen to the latest Pharmaceutical Commerce podcast: https://bit.ly/3uyWD8d
12m Jul 07, 2022
12m
Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Omair Ahmed
Nexus Pharmaceuticals' Chief Strategy Officer Omair Ahmed discusses their APEX-award winning EMERPHED™ campaign, which built on the ideas of simplification, safety and stability to enhance their hospital-delivered product and support their field sales reps.
20m Jun 29, 2022
20m
Creating A Space For Women’s Health
Kevin Ali, CEO of Organon, talks about how’s he’s lead the launch of a new niche company for women’s health, and what he hopes it can achieve.
18m Jun 23, 2022
18m
Inside The Metaverse For Pharma
Ken Winell, chief technology officer of Greater Than One, talks about the metaverse and the potential it has to serve the pharma industry.
16m Jun 09, 2022
16m
Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative with John England
CDM Princeton’s Senior Creative Vice President John England discuss the company’s APEX-award winning Ilumya campaign “Defy the Laws of Psoriasis,” which used multiple innovative ideas including an AR focused in-person interactive piece, a upward scrolling website and more.
28m Jun 08, 2022
28m
New Guidance For Biopharma Investor ESG Communications
Myrto Kontaxi, a partner in the Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable, and lead author on its updated Biopharma Investor ESG Communications Guidance; and Victoria Emerick, global head of sustainability strategy and operations at Bristol Myers Squibb, a Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable participant, and a key contributor to the Guidance development process, discuss the growing demand for better ...
22m May 26, 2022
22m
Behind the Creative...Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Cindy Machles and Nate Whipple
Glue Advertising's Cindy Machles, CEO and Co-founder & Nate Whipple, Producer, discuss their APEX-award winning respiratory campaign "For My Lung Health" delivered through videos, SEM, and a website--in English and Spanish--as an educational initiative by ATS and CHEST to inform people of color about lung health.
26m May 25, 2022
26m
Announcing Our 2022 Emerging Pharma Leaders
In episode 108, the rest of the PharmExec editorial staff join Elaine and Miranda to give more insight into the profiles they've written about the eleven members of our 2022 Emerging Pharma Leaders. Read their profiles in our May issue here: https://www.pharmexec.com/view/epl-2022 Congratulations to our 2022 EPLs: Naveen Bazaj, Gardner Gendron, Aida Habtezion, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Charmaine Ly...
30m May 12, 2022
30m
Behind the Creative...Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Troy Clark and Anne Brown
Biolumina's Troy Clark, SVP, Creative Director, and Anne Brown, SVP, Creative Director, Copy discuss their APEX-award winning website "Be in the Know" for AstraZeneca's metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) disease state education efforts.
18m May 11, 2022
18m
The Pulse Of Oncology
In episode 107, Camille Hertzka, VP, head of oncology US medical at AstraZeneca, talks about her experience as a leader in oncology over the years and to expect from the space moving into the future.
20m Apr 28, 2022
20m
Changing Cancer Care with CAR-T
In episode 106, Christi Shaw, CEO of Kite, a Gilead Company, talks about how CAR T-cell therapies are impacting cancer care and the lessons she’s learned along her career path.
12m Apr 14, 2022
12m
A Look at Latin America
In episode 105, Rolf Hoenger,  area head of Latin America at Roche  Pharma, talks about the current pharma landscape in Latin America and his experiences as a leader in this area.
17m Mar 31, 2022
17m
The Art of Science
In episode 104, Susanne Schaffert, president of Novartis Oncology, discusses her career journey, which has combined both a passion for the arts and science, and how she believes the two can work together in pharma.
16m Mar 17, 2022
16m
Respiratory Issues
Robert Clarke, CEO and co-founder of Kinaset Therapeutics, talks about developing inhaled therapies to fight asthma and COPD, which is especially relevant as COVID-19 poses significant problems for sufferers.
10m Mar 03, 2022
10m
Serving an Aging Population
In episode 102, Mike Devoy, chief medical officer of Bayer, also executive vice president of medical affairs and pharmacovigilance for Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals Division, discusses how innovation, including the digitalization of healthcare delivery, and breakthrough technologies can help people make the most out of the longer lives they’re living today.
19m Feb 17, 2022
19m
Digital Awareness
Bruno Larvol, CEO and founder of Larvol, discusses how he is invested in the digital world, both personally and professionally, and the impact it can have.
12m Feb 03, 2022
12m
Industry Outlook 2022
Our milestone 100th episode includes Lisa Henderson, group editorial director; Julian Upton, European and online editor; Fran Pollaro, senior editor; and Andy Studna, associate editor, discussing industry trends in areas such as Chinese biotech, corporate branding, psychedelic medicines, and market access barriers that they've written up for our January issue. Read them here: https://www.pharm...
26m Jan 20, 2022
26m
Episode 99: Caring About Specialty
Bill Sibold, executive vice president and head of Sanofi Genzyme, talks about his work in specialty care over the past 10 years and what makes it unique.
15m Jan 06, 2022
15m
Episode 98: Family Run Pharma
Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Global Rare Diseases at the Chiesi Group, discusses what it has been like growing up around pharma, and how he’s turned a family passion into his own dedicated career path.
16m Dec 23, 2021
16m
Episode 97: Diving Into Pharm Exec’s 2022 Pipeline Report
Mike Ward, Global Head of Thought Leadership in the Decision Resources Group at Clarivate, discusses PharmExec’s 2022 pipeline report, which appears in our December issue. Mike goes behind the numbers and provides some interesting insights from the report provided by Clarivate.
17m Dec 09, 2021
17m