Life Sciences Newsbrief

The pharmaceutical and life sciences industry is a fast-paced, dynamic sector and staying on top of trends, opportunities and regulatory changes can be a challenge. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Life Sciences Newsbrief is designed to keep your organization up-to-date by giving you PwC’s most current thought leadership in the areas of pharmaceuticals, life sciences and biotechnology. Whether you lead a medical or drug company, work in research and development, or provide service to the healthcare industry, our Life Sciences Newsbrief can help keep you informed about the forces shaping your sector.

Below you will find a list of our current and past issues of Life Sciences Newsbrief, including issues under its previous iteration, Life Sciences Minute.

Life Sciences Newsbrief — October 2009, Issue #12

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses the medical device industry, our new pharma webcast series and our “Reversing course” publication.

Life Sciences Newsbrief — September 2009, Issue #11

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses a new IFRS publication for the industry, as well as funding statistics from the United States.

Life Sciences Newsbrief — August 2009, Issue #10

The following issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief features publications on personalized medicine, IFRS, China’s pharmaceutical industry and more.

Life Sciences Newsbrief — July 2009, Issue #9

The following issue discusses supply chain risks for life science companies, the relationship between revenues and employment in the biopharmaceutical industry, and PwC’s new performance management survey.

Life Sciences Newsbrief — June 2009, Issue #8

This issue highlights a report on IT risk management, an article on Canada’s healthcare sector, and an audio interview with PwC’s Michael Keech, co-leader of our Supply Chain Services Practice.

Life Sciences Newsbrief — May 2009, Issue #7

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses our new Pharma 2020 publication, Challenging business models, as well as other life sciences news and events.

Life Sciences Newsbrief -- April 2009, Issue # 6

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses presents our Canadian Life Sciences Forecast 2009, our Investing in China’s Pharmaceutical Industry publication, and a profile of our Restructuring and Distress Strategy Group.

Life Sciences Newsbrief -- March 2009, Issue # 5

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses our publication Pharma 2020: Marketing the Future, IFRS for the pharmaceuticals industry, and more.

Life Sciences Newsbrief -- February 2009, Issue # 4

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses the PwC MoneyTree Q4 and 2008 report, our annual Global CEO survey, and our Pharma 2020 series of publications.

Life Sciences Newsbrief -- January 2009, Issue # 3

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED), the economic downturn, and the top nine healthcare industry issues for 2009.

Life Sciences Newsbrief -- December 2008 Issue# 2

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief provides an article entitled "Tax Bailout for Industry?", which discusses creative ideas to provide some long-term financing for the Canadian life sciences sector.

Life Sciences Newsbrief -- November 2008, Issue #1

This issue of Life Sciences Newsbrief discusses the Ontario Tax Exemption for Commercialization, pharmaceutical outsourcing in Asia, our Q3 Money Tree Results and our Canadian Life Sciences Industry Forecast 2009.

Life Sciences Minute Issue 2, 2008

This issue of Life Sciences Minute contains the PwC Moneytree report for the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry, a link to a podcast on intellectual property, and information on IFRS

Life Sciences Minute Issue 1, 2008

This issue of Life Sciences Minute discusses the latest trends in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry as well as the results of our annual CEO survey