Posted in After Hours, Fun on July 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps you saw some months back, on YouTube, the awesome performance of a young Asian guitarist playing Pachelbel’s Canon on electric guitar. Here is something even cooler - an amalgam video of a bunch of talented people playing the Canon, all stitched together (it really picks up after the first 30 seconds).
For any Chicken Littles [...]
Posted in Amylin, AstraZeneca, Avandia, BMS, Biotech, Celgene, Impactiviti, Lilly, News, Novartis, Oncology, Pfizer, Pharma, Pharma News, Purdue, Schering, Takeda, Wyeth on July 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Two weeks worth of news articles linked here:
Medical News
Actos: safer than Avandia?
Cialis going toward a once-daily version (but shouldn’t it be once every day-and-a-half??)
Novartis gets some approvals in Europe, including new diabetes treatment Galvus
Wyeth’s Pristiq gets stalled by FDA (Pristiq is a cousin of Effexor)
GPC setback on cancer treatment
Promising HIV treatments: competitive upcoming products [...]
Posted in Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Sales on July 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Very interesting article about 68-year old Peter Pappas, a rep who has seen it all, and isn’t pleased with how the selling process has changed.
Hat tip: Pharmalot, who spotted it on Kevin MD (both excellent blogs, by the way)
Posted in Medical Devices, Medicine on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
How does this story fit on the Impactiviti blog?
Well, it’s medical technology. And it’s neat.
And it’s another example of how lives can be changed.
Posted in Consulting, Impactiviti, Pharmaceutical, Sales training, Training on July 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Who in the world likes creating a Request for Proposal (RFP)? It’s painful! It’s a lot of detail! And when were you ever trained on how to do it right anyway?
You have to be kinda sick to groove on RFP design and development.
OK. I’m sick.
The fact is, I suffered on the vendor side for years, [...]
Posted in Consulting, Recommendations on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s been a busy week with recommendations! Here’s a sampling of what your colleagues were asking about:
- DM training for training Generation “Y” (or X, or Z - man, it’s hard to keep track!)
- Skills training programs/suppliers for field reps
- Strategic design of Advanced training curriculum
- Workshop for trainers on Vendor/Project Management
- Request for Proposal [...]
Posted in Friday Collection, Interview, J&J, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Sales training, Training on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Impactiviti recently interviewed Jennifer Zinn, Director, Worldwide Marketing, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics. Before taking on this role, Jennifer was Group Director, Worldwide Training (Sales and Marketing) for the OCD commercial organization. Prior roles in Sales, Sales Management, and Training were held by Jennifer at McNeil Specialty Pharma, and Dupont Pharma. Jennifer has a particular interest in building [...]
Posted in Blogging, Blogs, Impactiviti, Starting a business on July 21, 2007 | No Comments »
This week was a real milestone for the Impactiviti blog.
Today marks 1 year (plus one day) from the very first posting - the launch of Impactiviti occurred in mid-July of 2006.
Since that time, 215 posts - including this one - have appeared on this blog. I guess I always was a frustrated writer!!
Just as important, [...]
Posted in Personal on July 21, 2007 | No Comments »
A day at Long Beach Island, NJ (July 19th, 2007)
Posted in Medicine, Training on July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This OB/GYN doctor published, on his (I am assuming gender here; it is not actually given) blog, some great tips for making an engaging lecture/presentation. Although he is talking about medical lectures, and uses clinical topics, the points he makes are excellent for any teachers/trainers who try to make their points “stick” with their audience:
Teaching [...]
