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Issue 200: October 12, 2007: Issue 199: October 5, 2007:
William C. Crawford , Director of Industry Relations, Children's Hospital Informatics Program, on creating a market for personally-controlled health records.
Gokhan S. Hotamisligil, M.D., Ph.D. , Chair, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, and J.S. Simmons Professor of Genetics & Metabolism, Harvard School of Public Health, on therapies at the interface of metabolic and inflammatory diseases.
Issue 198: September 28, 2007: Issue 197: September 21, 2007:
Daniel J. Carlat, M.D. , Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Psychiatry Report, on industry sponsorship of continuing medical education.
Paul Burn, Ph.D. , Senior Vice President of Research & Development, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), on JDRF's increased focus on translational and clinical research.
Issue 196: September 14, 2007: Issue 194: August 31, 2007:
Sara Rosenbaum, Chair, Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University Medical Center, on the SCHIP reauthorization bill.
Frank Burroughs , President, Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs, on his organization's push for ACCESS legislation.
Issue 192: August 10, 2007: Issue 189: July 20, 2007:
Pieter Muntendam M.D. , President and CEO, and Robert N. McBurney, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research & Development, and Chief Scientific Officer, BG Medicine, on creating biomarkers as decision tools for molecular medicine.
J. Scott Tarrant , VP of Business Development, Xceleron Inc., on prioritizing compounds with human PK data through microdosing studies.
Issue 188: July 13, 2007: Issue 187: July 6, 2007:
Barry J. Schindler, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, on unresolved points of contention in the proposed patent reform bill.
Eileen Hilton, M.D. , President and CEO, Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY), on BRANY's one-stop service for multi-center clinical trials.
Issue 186: June 29, 2007: Issue 182: June 29, 2007:
Naomi Aronson, Ph.D. , Executive Director, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Technology Evaluation Center (TEC), on technology assessments and comparative effectiveness reviews.
Michael Milburn, Ph.D. , Chief Scientific Officer, Metabolon, Inc., on using metabolomics in biomarker discovery and compound profiling.
Issue 179: May 11, 2007: Issue 178: May 4, 2007:
Stuart W. Peltz, Ph.D. , President and CEO, PTC Therapeutics, on his company's approach of using small molecules to regulate protein synthesis.
Bruce W. MacLennan, Partner, Herrick Feinstein LLP, on negotiating licensing deals with biotech companies.
Issue 176: April 20, 2007: Issue 175: April 13, 2007:
Daniel B. Ravicher , President and Executive Director, Public Patent Foundation, on challenging bad patents to serve the public interest.
Jacques E. Rossouw, M.D. , Chief of Women's Health Initiative Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, on refining treatment recommendations for hormone therapy.
Issue 174: March 30, 2007: Issue 172: March 16, 2007:
Wayne Koberstein , Consultant, on trends and developments among some of the key companies within the pharmaceutical industry.
William A. Sarraille , Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, on the potential impact of CMS's proposed rules regarding Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) in Medicaid
Issue 171: March 9, 2007: Issue 169: February 23, 2007:
Mark Kessel , Co-Founder and Managing Director, Symphony Capital, on Symphony Capital's partnership approach to financing the development of early clinical-stage compounds.
William L. Warren , Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, on Representative Waxman's proposed bill on follow-on biologics.
Issue 167: February 9, 2007: Issue 164 and 165: January 19 and 26, 2007:
Lynn E. Eccleston , Attorney, McGuire Woods LLP, on the ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision on declaratory judgments in MedImmune v. Genentech.
Shin-Ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, on research into Sir2 and longevity.
Issue 161: December 22, 2006: Issue 160: December 15, 2006:
Kenneth A. Getz, Senior Research Fellow, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, on factors affecting speed and efficiency in clinical development.
Louis A. Tartaglia, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and General Manager of Drug Repositioning and Selection, Gene Logic, on Gene Logic's drug repositioning business.
Issue 159: December 8, 2006: Issue 156: November 10, 2006:
Gary P. Pisano, Professor, Harvard Business School, on his new book on the biotechnology industry, Science Business.
Richard P. Burgoon, Jr., CEO, Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on catalytic antioxidants and Aeolus' corporate strategy.
Issue 155: November 3, 2006: Issue 153: October 20, 2006:
Marc Fisher, MD, Professor of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, on new approaches for clinical development of stroke therapies.
Eric Button, President and Managing Director, The BioMarker Group, on integrating biomarkers into drug development programs.
Issue 152: October 13, 2006: Issue 151: October 6, 2006:
Alan Goldhammer, Associate Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, on PhRMA's views of the Institute of Medicine's recommendations to improve drug safety.
Arthur M. Krieg, M.D., Senior Vice President, Research and Development, and Chief Scientific Officer, Coley Pharmaceutical Group, on Coley's development of CpG oligonucleotide immunotherapeutics.
Issue 150: September 29, 2006: Issue 149: September 22, 2006:
Brian P. Murphy, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, on unresolved issues in Hatch-Waxman settlement agreements.

Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, M.D., CEO, and Chip Clark, Chief Business Officer, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, on Vanda's genomics-based approach to product differentiation in the market for CNS treatments.
Issue 148: September 15, 2006: Issue 147: September 8, 2006:
Gokhan S. Hotamisligil, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, on chemical chaperones that suppress ER stress as potential treatments for diabetes.
Fumihiko Urano, M.D., Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, on the role of IRE1 in insulin biosynthesis in response to ER stress.
Issue 145: August 25, 2006: Issue 144: August 11, 2006:
Bruce E. Schneider, Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations, Wyeth Research, on Wyeth’s adoption of a “learn and confirm” approach to clinical development.

Duane Thurman, Director, Prescription Drug Program, Washington State Health Care Authority, on the state’s preferred drug list and efforts to promote evidence-based, cost-effective prescribing behavior.
Issue 143: August 4, 2006: Issue 141: July 21, 2006:
Craig Atwood, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, on the Reproductive-Cell Cycle Theory of Aging.
Hiromi Yoshikawa, Chairman and CEO, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., on the expansion of Otsuka's pharmaceutical business in the US.
Issue 140: July 14, 2006: Issue 139: July 7, 2006:
Daniel L. Weiner, Senior Vice President, Software Products, Pharsight Corporation, on Pharsight's CRADA with the FDA and the infrastructure required for modeling and simulation in clinical development.
Garo H. Armen, Chairman and CEO, Antigenics Inc., on Oncophage, an experimental cancer vaccine using heat shock proteins.
Issue 138: June 30, 2006: Issue 136: June 16, 2006:
Donald A. Berry, Chairman, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, on the use of Bayesian statistical methods in clinical development.
John E. McDonough, Executive Director, Health Care For All, on new legislation designed to reduce the number of people without health insurance in Massachusetts.
Issue 135: June 9, 2006: Issue 134: June 2, 2006:
Robert J. Feeney, Jr., President & CEO, MedVantx, on his company's Sample Centers that dispense free generic drug samples.
Dr. Anthony Hayward, Director, Division of Clinical Research Resources, National Center for Research Resources, NIH, on a new Roadmap initiative to promote clinical research.
Issue 133: May 26, 2006: Issue 132: May 19 , 2006:
Dr. Steve E. Phurrough, Director, Coverage & Analysis Group, CMS, on National Coverage Determinations for Part B Drugs in Medicare.
Dr. Randall S. Stafford, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, on new research in off-label prescribing patterns.
Issue 131: May 12, 2006: Issue 129: April 21, 2006:
Dr. Bruce Silver, VP of Global Product Development Services in Oncology, PRA International, on issues in cancer drug development.
Dr. John T. Santini, Jr., President, MicroCHIPS, Inc., on implantable devices for drug delivery.
Issue 128: April 13, 2006: Issue 127: April 7, 2006:
Diana Conmy, Corporate Director of Market Insights at IMS Health, on key developments for the pharmaceutical industry in 2005.
Paul J. Hastings, President and Chief Executive Officer of Oncomed, Inc., on drugs to target cancer stem cells.
Issue 126: March 31, 2006: Issue 125: March 24, 2006:
Dr. David Sinclair, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, on the effects of SIR2 on the aging process.
Dr. Abner L. Notkins, Chief of Experimental Medicine for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at the NIH, on the use of autoantibodies in predictive medicine.
Issue 124: March 17, 2006: Issue 123: March 10, 2006:
Michael Valentino, Chief Consultant, PBM Strategic Healthcare Group, VA, on the VAfs national formulary.
J.D. Kleinke, Chairman & Executive Director, Omnimedix Institute, on obstacles to the development of a viable HIT system.
Issue 121:February 24, 2006: Issue 120: February 17, 2006:
Dr. Barry Davis, Principal Investigator & Director, ALLHAT Clinical Trials Center, on using the landmark ALLHAT results to change prescribing behavior.
Dr. Gerald Reaven, Professor Emeritus (Active) of Medicine, Stanford University, on insulin resistance syndrome.
Issue 117: January 27, 2006: Issue 116: January 20, 2006:
Dr. Stanley Ip, Project Leader, and Dr. Peter Bonis, Primary Technical Expert, Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center, on the comparative effectiveness of treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Dr. Timothy Anderson, Senior Pharmaceutical Analyst, Prudential Equity Group, LLC, on pharmaceutical patent expirations in 2006.
Issue 115:January 13, 2006: Issue 113: December 22, 2005:
Dr. Kazuko Nishikura, Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, on her research into RNA editing and microRNA.
Dr. Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, on the fiscal sustainability of Medicare spending.
Issue 112:December 16, 2005: Issue 110: December 2, 2005:
James M. Karis, President & CEO, Entelos, Inc., on the role of in silico modeling in drug development.
Jerry Avorn, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, on academic detailing and physician prescribing behavior.
Issue 109:November 18, 2005: Issue 108: November 11, 2005:
Kenneth I. Kaitin, Director, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, on recent drug output trends.
Joan Alker, Senior Researcher, Georgetown Health Policy Institute, on Florida’s proposed changes to the state Medicaid program.
Issue 107:November 4, 2005: Issue 105: October 21, 2005:
Joshua Shinoff, Licensing Officer, Office of Technology Licensing, on technology transfer at UC Berkeley.
John A. Scarlett, President and CEO, Tercica, on the company’s newly approved treatment for short stature.
Issue 103:October 7, 2005: Issue 102: September 30, 2005:
Jean R. Slutsky, Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, on MMA provisions affecting the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dara A. Corrigan, Partner, Arnold & Porter, on new MMA priorities for the Inspector General’s Office at HHS.
Issue 101:September 23, 2005: Issue 100: September 16, 2005:
Larry Gold, CEO & Chairman of the Board, SomaLogic, Inc., on the uses of aptamer technology.

Larry D. Sasich, Staff Pharmacist, Public Citizen, on drug safety issues at the FDA.
Issue 99:September 9, 2005: Issue 98: September 2, 2005:
Mark Heesen,President, National Venture Capital Association, on venture capital financing trends in the biotech industry.
Dr. John A. Gans,EVP and CEO, American Pharmacists Association, on the role of pharmacists in improving drug safety.
Issue 97:August 26, 2005: Issue 96: August 12, 2005:
David Largaespada,Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, on a new method of cancer-gene identification using the Sleeping Beauty transposon.
Makoto Nishimura, President and CEO of Astellas Pharma US, Inc. on Astellas’s strategy in U.S. market.
Issue 93:July 22, 2005: Issue 92: July 15, 2005:
Sharon Anglin Treat, Executive Director, National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices, on state-level initiatives to reduce prescription drug prices..
Dr. Moriya Tsuji, Associate Professor, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, on the discovery of new antigens that bind to the CD1d receptor and activate NKT cells.
Issue 91:July 8, 2005: Issue 90: July 1, 2005:
Larry McComber, VP Contract and Program Services, Novation LLC, on GPO contracting for prescription drugs.
Robert K. Passikoff, Founder and President, Brand Keys, Inc., on DTC corporate and product brand promotion.
Issue 89:June 24, 2005: Issue 88: June 17, 2005:
Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, on the impact of the Integra v. Merck decision on pharmaceutical research.
Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO, SupplyScape Corporation, on developing an electronic pedigree for the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Issue 86:May 27, 2005: Issue 84: May 13, 2005:
Michael Rosen, Chairman and CEO, Immune Cell Therapy, Inc., on the life sciences hub in the Midwest.
Gary Zammit, President and CEO, Clinilabs, Inc., on progress in developing treatments for sleep disorders.
Issue 80:April 15, 2005: Issue 78: April 1, 2005
Frank M. Rapoport, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, on the BioShield legislation and the development of a biodefense industry.
Steve Powell, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Phase Forward, Incorporated, on the use of electronic data capture in clinical trials
Issue 77: March 25, 2005 Issue 76: March 18, 2005
Christopher Watts, Staff Fellow, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, on moving to real time release with PAT.
Daniel Devine, President and CEO, Acceptys, Inc., on shifting from humanized to fully-human monoclonal antibodies.
Issue 75: March 11, 2005 Issue 73: February 25, 2005
Alton C. Morgan, Chairman and President, InNexus Biotechnology, Inc., on the development of SuperAntibodies.
Paul Cusenza, Vice President, Alliance Management, Perlegen Sciences, Inc., on Perlegen’s approach to high-density, whole genome SNP genotyping.
Issue 72: February 18, 2005 Issue 69: January 28, 2005
Derek Guyton, Principal, Mercer Human Resources Consulting, on how employer-sponsored retiree drug benefits are being affected by the MMA.
Steven H. Sklar, Partner, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd., on the Teva v. Pfizer decision on declaratory judgment actions.
Issue 68: January 21, 2005 Issue 65: December 24, 2004
Vera Hassner Sharav, President, Alliance for Human Research Protection, on how industry practices in clinical trials have led to an erosion of public trust.
Maxine Gowen, Managing Partner, SR One, on the investment approach of a venture capital subsidiary of a major pharmaceutical company.
Issue 63: December 10, 2004 Issue 61: November 19, 2004
John Santa, Medical Director of the Center for Evidence-based Policy at Oregon Health and Science University, on state initiatives to create a transparent drug evaluation system for more cost-effective drug spending.
J. David Haddox, Vice President, Risk Management & Health Policy, Purdue Pharma, on a government-aided, multifaceted approach to reduce the potential for abuse of prescription pain treatments.
Issue 59: November 5, 2004 Issue 57: October 22, 2004
Mark Merritt, President and CEO, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Joseph S. McCracken, Vice President, Business Development, Genentech, Inc., on Genentech's approach to R&D and commercialization partnerships.
Issue 56: October 15, 2004 Issue 55: October 8, 2004
Kathleen Jaeger, President and CEO, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, on the scientific advancements facilitating regulatory evaluations of biogenerics.
Richard C. Aulatta, President, R.C. Auletta and Co., on Merck's handling of the Vioxx recall.
Issue 52: September 17, 2004 Issue 51: September 10, 2004
Michael Krensavage, Senior Vice President, Equity Research, Raymond James & Associates, on Schering-Plough's turnaround strategy.
Richard D. Kelly, Senior Partner, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., on issues relating to authorized generics.
Issue 49: August 20, 2004 Issue 48: August 13, 2004
Jeffrey Aronin, Founder, President and COO, Ovation Pharmaceuticals, on Ovation's niche market business strategy.
Nobuya Oka, Executive Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, on Takeda's strategy in the U.S. market.
Issue 47: August 6, 2004 Issue 45: July 23, 2004
Reeta Roy, Vice President, Global Citizenship and Policy, Abbott Laboratories, on Abbott's AIDS initiatives in developing countries.
Kevin Outterson, Associate Professor of Law, West Virginia University, on the impact of the Australia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on the market for pharmaceuticals.
Issue 44: July 16, 2004 Issue 43: July 9, 2004
Vamsi K. Mootha, M.D., Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, on the team-science approach to biomedical research.
Michael M. Gottesman, M.D., Deputy Director for Intramural Research, NIH, on intramural research at the NIH.
Issue 42: July 2, 2004 Issue 41: June 25, 2004
Barry Greene, Chief Operating Officer, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, on RNAi therapeutics.
Carl B. Feldbaum, President, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), on the development of BIO and the biotech industry during his tenure.
Issue 40: June 18, 2004 Issue 37: May 28, 2004
Donald W. Moran, President, The Moran Company, on New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's fraud suit against GlaxoSmithKline.
Frank F. Bilstein(Left), Partner, and Razmic S. Gregorian, Jr.(Right), Director, Simon-Kucher & Partners, on the impact of the Medicare legislation on the environment for drug pricing in the U.S.
Issue 36: May 21, 2004 Issue 35: May 14, 2004
Robert Monaghan(Left), CEO, and Lawrence K. Cohen(Right), Vice Chairman, Zyomyx Inc., on the use of protein chips in drug development.
Viren Mehta, Managing Member, Mehta Partners LLC, on the merits of the Sanofi-Aventis merger .
Issue 34: May 7, 2004 Issue 32: April 23, 2004
John Rother, Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP, on the new Medicare drug discount cards and legislative reform priorities for Medicare.
Merrill Goozner, Journalist and Project Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest, on his new book, The $800 Million Pill.
Issue 31: April 16, 2004 Issue 30: April 9, 2004
Josef H. von Rickenbach, Chairman and CEO, PAREXEL International, on current trends in clinical development.
Scott Gottlieb, M.D.,Director of Medical Policy Development, FDA, on Mark McClellan's tenure at the FDA. .
Issue 29: April 2, 2004 Issue 28: March 26, 2004
Wayne Koberstein, Contributing Editor, Contract Pharma, on globalization, consolidation, and pharmaceutical market strategies.
Barbara Yanni, Chief Licensing Officer and Vice President, Merck & Co., Inc., on Merck’s in-licensing activities.
Issue 27: March 19, 2004 Issue 26: March 12, 2004
Steven Rauscher, President and CEO, Genome Therapeutics, on the market launch of Factive.
Richard Trabert, Public affairs consultant and faculty member at Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship, on social initiatives in the pharmaceutical industry.
Issue 25: March 5, 2004 Issue 24: February 27, 2003
Lowell E. Schnipper, M.D., Harvard Medical School Professor and Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, on synergies between new and existing treatments in oncology.
Soichi Matsuno, Chairman, Eisai Inc., on Eisai’s strategy in the U.S. market.
Issue 23: February 20, 2004 Issue 22: February 13, 2004
Donald O. Beers, Partner, Arnold & Porter, on polymorph patents.
Ken Araki, Pharmaceutical Industry Global Research Director, Nomura Securities International, on the forces shaping change in the pharmaceutical industry.
Issue 21: February 6, 2004 Issue 19: January 23, 2004
Jean-Paul Modde, Group President, Dendrite International, Inc., on new trends in CRM in the pharmaceutical industry.
Kevin Goodno, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, on Minnesota’s initiatives toward prescription drug importation.
Issue 18: January 16,2004 Issue 15: December 12, 2003
Preston Henske, Vice President, Bain & Company, on building a new business model in the pharmaceutical industry.
Kenneth S. Abramowitz, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group, on the impact of Medicare reforms on the HMO industry.
Issue 14: December 5, 2003 Issue 12: November 21, 2003
Anthony Robbins, M.D., Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, on Medicare reform in historical perspective.
Louis M. Solomon, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, on Hatch-Waxman reforms.
Issue 11: November 14, 2003 Issue 10: November 7, 2003
Sharon Treat, Senate Majority Leader, State of Maine, on Maine’s initiatives to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Nick Naclerio, President, ParAllele BioSciences, on pushing the boundaries of high-throughput SNP genotyping.
Issue 9: October 31, 2003 Issue 7: October 17, 2003
Vibeke Strand, M.D., Adjunct Clinical Professor, Division of Immunology, Stanford University, on new treatment therapies for rheumatiod arthritis.
Christopher D. Hook, Director for RFID Market Development & Deborah H. Murphy, Life Sciences Market Development Manager, Zebra Technologies, on technologies for pharmaceutical supply chains.
Issue 6: October 10, 2003 Issue 5: October 3, 2003
Brian G. Atwood, Managing Director, Versant Ventures, on biotech venture capital investing and market cycles.
Glenn Rice, Vice President for Biopharmaceutical Sciences, SRI International, on bridging the gap from university research labs to clinical trials.
Issue 4: September 26, 2003 Issue 3: September 19, 2003
Eric Lindsey, Vice President for Business Development, PDI Inc., on salesforce outsourcing.
Jack Trout, President, Trout & Partners, Ltd., on product positioning through DTC advertising.
Issue 2: September 12, 2003 Issue 1: September 5, 2003
Tom Heyman, Executive Vice President for Business Development, Johnson & Johnson, on J&J’s in-licensing activities.
Paula Campbell Evans, Partner, Palmer & Dodge LLP, on the regulatory prospects for generic biologics.