Views & Analysis | Perspectives on pharma industry issues

R&D

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When metrics measure more than they improve

The question to ask is not, "Are we measuring site performance?" but, "Are the metrics we collect providing actionable insights early enough?"

Market Access

What India can learn from Kinvard Bio

India needs its own version of pull, designed for an Indian payer mix, an Indian procurement structure, and an Indian distributor network.

Sales & Marketing

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Changing Faces: Agency, consultancy, and investor hires, Jun...

Agencies, consultancies, investment groups, and wider services firms saw significant talent movement across June and July.

Market Access

The new commercialisation playbook: What BIO 2026 taught eme...

BIO International focused on how emerging biotech companies should approach their first product launch outside the United States, typically in Europe.

Patients

Physical performance × nutrition — a multiplicative relation...

Physical performance and nutrition are not just complementary, but biologically multiplicative.

Views & Analysis

VPAS 2024: What should industry consider next time?

The UK pharmaceutical industry is just getting to grips with working under two new approaches to regulating branded medicines spend; the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing

Views & Analysis

The new era of healthcare communications

We speak to McCann Health to find out how the agency is adapting to a world where healthcare communications are becoming broader and more innovative than ever before.

R&D

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AMR research and Matoke Pharma: the pharmaphorum podcast

Re-engineered honey has proved to be a novel and successful development for Matoke Pharma, as well as a crucial step on the UK biotech company’s plans to target antimicrobial resistance (AM

Sales & Marketing

Changing Faces: Agency, consultancy, and investor hires, Jun...

Agencies, consultancies, investment groups, and wider services firms saw significant talent movement across June and July.

Sales & Marketing

Personalisation is the biggest lie brands keep telling

Pharma brands need to move beyond surface-level personalisation and focus on measurable impact.

Digital

Technology solutions for smarter clinical trials: Inventus

In an exclusive video interview, Steve Sanghera – CEO and co-founder of Inventus – sat down with pharmaphorum to discuss the company's journey & ethos

Digital

Changing Faces: Digital and supplier hires, June and July 20...

The pharma-adjacent tech and services sectors continued to attract experienced leadership talent during June and July.

Market Access

What India can learn from Kinvard Bio

India needs its own version of pull, designed for an Indian payer mix, an Indian procurement structure, and an Indian distributor network.

Market Access

The new commercialisation playbook: What BIO 2026 taught eme...

BIO International focused on how emerging biotech companies should approach their first product launch outside the United States, typically in Europe.