Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services has announced that the prestigious journal Current Opinion in Cell Biology (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ceb) will host a Cellular Host-Pathogen Interactions Conference, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 5-7 September 2010 (http://conferences.current-opinion.com)…

The government’s leading toxicologists and environmental health scientists will share their latest scientific accomplishments, offer continuing education courses, discuss funding and training opportunities, receive input on future research priorities, and more, at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) annual meeting…

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is scheduled to participate in the upcoming RBC Capital Markets Health Care Conference in New York City. Ray Elliott, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Sam Leno, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, will participate in a 30-minute discussion about the Company on Tuesday, March 2, beginning at approximately 8:00 a.m. ET. A live webcast of this discussion will be available to all interested parties at Boston Scientific’s website at http://www.bostonscientific.com…

Apparently this week is the week most people drop the promises they made to their selves just a few weeks ago. Lasting change is difficult to maintain, personally and professionally. Indeed, how long have yours lasted? Now, we can’t exactly come to your house and stop you drinking that third glass of red wine of the evening - but we can definitely help with your professional resolutions. Market Access has recently been all over the press and I know that it has definitely come up in your 2010 planning meetings…

On February 23, Siemens Healthcare kicks off its first in a series of free Virtual Healthcare IT Conferences. The conference, accessed at http://www.siemens.com/virtual-ARRA, will provide insights on achieving Meaningful Use of electronic health records, tied to the HITECH provision of President Barack Obama’s American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and how health IT technology can help propel organizations to exceptional achievements in the delivery of healthcare services…

Diminishing market access has become one of the central challenges for the pharmaceutical industry. Whereas regulatory agency approval used to be the final hurdle in drug development, now pharmaceutical companies must negotiate an obstacle course of reimbursement dossiers, cost-effectiveness studies, decentralized health authorities, and post-launch observational research. To do so effectively, pharmaceutical companies must reconsider or introduce new market access strategies that anticipate these challenges during drug development…

Develop and implement your tactics to enhance the performance of your site pool to ensure the time, cost and quality objectives of your global trial. Conference dates: 17th-18th March, 2010 Venue: Radisson Royal, Brussels, Belgium This event will look at the principal factors that affect the performance of clinical sites when conducting trials…

Understanding & satisfying payer & stakeholder needs to demonstrate cost-effectiveness & product value Conference dates: 18th-19th March, 2010 Venue: Budapest, Hungary Event Overview Increasing national healthcare budgetary pressures, are forcing manufacturers to think out of the box and implement more innovative reimbursement models and value-based schemes. Demonstrating product value with data that really counts in payers’, regulators’ and other stakeholders’ decision-making processes, is essential in order to gain and retain access in key markets…

Commercial success in the Oncology space is more difficult than ever with FDA approvals being at record lows. Coupled with onerous payer demands, it has never been more essential for you to understand the full impact of health economics and comparative effectiveness research. Most notably, how to use this information to ensure your upcoming submission is appropriate to gain reimbursement…

Public health experts and researchers from around the world gathered on Monday for a five-day conference at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Al Ain, UAE, to discuss the role of the Middle East in tackling global health issues, AMEinfo.com reports. “The theme of this conference concerns the health of our global population and, consequently, transcends perspectives, jurisdictions, and boundaries of individual nations,” Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, minister of higher education and scientific research and chancellor of the UAEU, said during opening remarks at the conference (1/5)…