Posted in Pharmaceutical on April 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
There’s a lot of turnover in pharma sales training, and perhaps you haven’t heard of Impactiviti. Or maybe you have, but a quick 3.5 minute video overview wouldn’t hurt.
This is my first effort at video blogging, so please be nice! Here I try to answer the immortal question, WIIFM (What’s in it for Me)?
Beside our [...]
Posted in Pharmaceutical on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Need product training (binders and/or interactive)? How about creative ways to train on PI and reprints? I can help you with those - just e-mail (stevew at impactiviti.com) or call (973.947.7429) and I’ll be glad to talk over your needs and make recommendations.
“I have worked with Steve Woodruff for several years together on different projects, [...]
Posted in Pharmaceutical on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Amazing archive site of live performances - Wolfgang’s Vault. A simple sign-up (e-mail and password) gives you ree access to hundreds of recorded concerts, many from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. Addictive! (new verb has been created, btw - if you’re busy listening to streaming concerts and ignoring everything else, you are officially “vaulting” 
I’m not [...]
Posted in Biotech, GSK, Glaxosmithkline, Marketing, Medical Devices, Medicine, Pharma, Pharma News, Pharmaceutical, Statins, tagged Chocolate, Zimmer on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Statin and Alzheimer’s…ummm, maybe not - More news from that big neurology meeting : Lipitor doesn’t help slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients, researchers said this week. That’s something of a disappointment, given that it was a big, randomized study, and earlier data had showed promise. On the other hand, Alzheimer’s patients who took [...]
Posted in Fun, tagged dogs on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Too bad more municipal governments don’t have a sense of humor…!
Posted in Abbott, FDA, Forest Labs, GSK, Glaxosmithkline, Lilly, Medical Devices, Medicine, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Pharma, Pharma News, Pharmaceutical, Takeda, tagged drug reps, enbrel, Millennium, PDI, Pozen on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
We are loaded up this week!
Can Enbrel reverse Alzheimers? - Alzheimer’s patients given a drug usually used to treat arthritis have shown dramatic improvements, leading to hopes of a breakthrough in treating the disease…more
Pfizer plunges on reduced profits - The pharmaceutical maker reported worse than expected results across the board in its first quarter, with [...]
Posted in Pharmaceutical on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The phone industry is changing - dramatically. I’ve previously written about the iPhone (which I’m thoroughly enjoying), and Google’s free Grand Central service (one phone number that forwards your calls to wherever you are - also very good).
Here’s one I haven’t tried, but which looks very interesting. MagicJack. $20/year. Plug it into your computer, make [...]
Posted in Recommendations, tagged assessment questions, managed care training on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you need a supplier to help with managed care training? I can give you some recommendations - just e-mail (stevew at impactiviti.com) or call (973.947.7429) and I’ll be glad to talk over your needs.
Recently, I’ve been helping one client evaluate/clean up/improve assessment questions. Many suppliers and others who write questions don’t have adequate knowledge [...]
Posted in Business, tagged contact management on April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
OK, I’m finally doing it this week.
Recently, I bought an iPhone in order to try to consolidate cell phone, calendar, contacts, music, and whatever into one device. It’s a very cool machine…but I’ve been putting off one very painful task.
I have contacts scattered through at least 3 main applications - my Yahoo mail program, a [...]
Posted in Pharmaceutical, tagged Networking, Social Media on April 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This week, a group of over 80 bloggers gathered in NYC, from all over the United States and a number of countries around the world (map). There were no keynotes, no workshops, no educational events. We gathered to…socialize. Blogger Social ‘08.
Why?
Ten years ago, it never would have - or could have - happened. But through [...]
