Posted in Blogs, Communications, Job Board, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, tagged job search, Networking on May 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Perhaps you’ve never been a Boy Scout. Whether you have or not, the Scout motto - Be Prepared - is a good one to consider right now.
You’re read about all the recent layoffs in our industry. You’ve heard about, or been part of, one or more of the many mergers in recent years. There is [...]
Posted in Blogs, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Sales training, Training on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
From Pharma Exec online - extensive article on Trends in Learning and Development depts. Despite multimillion-dollar budgets and some of the best technology money can buy, the pharma industry has yet to propel its own superstar into the limelight. The problem could be that pharma companies still haven’t concentrated on measuring—and publicizing—their success. But that [...]
Posted in Blogging, Blogs, Impactiviti, Sales training on August 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Pageflakes has recently updated their portal software, and the interface is cleaner and slicker now. If you haven’t visited lately, take a fresh look at the portals we created to give you fingertip access to leading blogs, all in one place:
Pharmacentral (over 30 pharma bloggers, including news, training/marketing, gossip, and more)
Training Bloggers (over 50 [...]
Posted in Blogging, Blogs, Healthcare, Web on August 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Actually, here.
Posted in Avandia, BMS, Blogs, GSK, Glaxosmithkline, J&J, Medical Devices, Medicine, Novartis, Oncology, Pharma, Pharma News, Pharmaceutical, Sanofi-Aventis, Schering, Takeda on August 3, 2007 | No Comments »
A minor comeback for Novartis’ Zelnorm.
Avandia gets a reprieve, of sorts…to remain on the market, but undoubtedly with a raft of warnings and cautions. Meanwhile, more encouraging data on Actos, which appears to avoid the Avandia effect. And was that data “covered up” earlier??
J&J to cut 4% of its workforce. Sanofi announces that its U.S. [...]
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 Blogging, Blogs, Training on July 10, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m happy to announce that Impactiviti, in conjunction with well-known training educator/speaker/author Karl Kapp, has launched a new Pageflakes portal for viewing the writings of dozens of thought-leaders in the training and development space.
The Training Bloggers portal features feeds from professionals focusing on eLearning, Gaming, Simulations, Training and Development, and more. Now, in one easy-to-navigate [...]
Posted in Blogging, Blogs, GSK, J&J on June 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Fellow blogger Toby Bloomberg over at Diva Marketing writes a review of two pharma companies who are beginning to explore the blogosphere. GSK’s effort is focused on just-released OTC product ALLI; J&J’s blog is more general. Check out Toby’s summary and the links provided.
Posted in Blogs, Conference, Meetings, SPBT on June 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
OK, I really have no intention of “live-blogging” the annual Society of Pharmaceutical and Biotech Trainers conference. But I woke up incredibly early this morning, mind instantly buzzing, and there was no way to get back to sleep. Plus, I decided to allow the hotel to rip me off for at least one day of [...]
Posted in Blogs, Friday Collection, News on May 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
OK, that’s a low blow for a headline, but I decided to be punchy instead of polite. Sorry, Peter.
Anyway, Peter Rost, MD, aka The Whistleblower, has been working hard on uncovering wrongdoing in high places. The latest revelation - possible misdeeds in India, linked to the Pfizer/Parke-Davis transaction. You have to have some time on [...]
