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Legislation aimed at blocking the proposed hike in satellite copyright fees was amended with five new provisions during a markup last Tuesday (8/4) before the House Judiciary Committee. Congressional sources predict the amendments will hurt… Continued

Satellite stocks proved to be more resilient than the rest of the stock market last week when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 299.43 points Tuesday before recovering a small portion of its loss with… Continued

New Skies Names Consultant As First CEO New Skies Satellites N.V., the for-profit, Amsterdam-based company spun off by Intelsat to provide video and other telecommunication services via satellite, named broadcasting consultant Robert Ross as its… Continued

A Pegasus rocket successfully deployed eight low-Earth-orbit satellites for Orbcomm Global L.P. in a mission out of NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility, Va., Aug. 2. The Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] rocket was released from Orbital’s… Continued

August 29-September 2, Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development’s Third Annual Educational Conference. Philadelphia. 312/422-3737. October 11-13, The Alliance for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing’s 1998 Technology and Healthcare Marketing Conference. Washington, D.C. 312/704-9700. September… Continued

Collaborations: Contraception Marketing Initiatives Increase Pharmaceutical manufacturers of oral contraceptives are looking to educational opportunities and collaborative initiatives to inform consumers about the latest advancements in birth control. Organon Inc., a West Orange, N.J.-based manufacturer… Continued

New Consulting Firm Helps Companies Meet ROI Challenge While pharmaceutical executives recognize the need for building long-term relationships with patients, they are demanding more sophisticated ROI systems, according to an executive survey released last month.… Continued

HPRMN welcomes new columnist Ilyssa Levins, vice chairman of Grey Healthcare Group. She was first featured in our special outlook issue where she offered industry insight into the need for increasing patient retention initiatives and… Continued

It was just a matter of time before Celgene Corp. would cross paths with the Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada (TVAC) in its quest to obtain FDA clearance to market and sell Thalomid, a version… Continued

Journal Studies Get Biggest Media Play Press releases that include findings from scientific journal studies are more likely to get newspaper coverage than pitches without this third-party research, according to a recent study by Pompei… Continued