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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD David B. Nash, MD, MBA, is the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Nash, who chairs BIOTECHNOLOGY HEALTHCARE’S editorial board, has enrolled a distinguished panel to review manuscripts and to advise on content. Thomas Baker, MPA Partner/Vice President, Client Strategy and Analytics The Zitter Group San Francisco, Calif. Timothy Block, PhD Professor Microbiology Control Drexel Inst. of Biotechnology and Virology Research President Hepatitis B Foundation Doylestown, Pa. Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN Principal Blouin & Associates LaGrange, Ill. Kenneth M. Borow, MD President and CEO The Encorium Group Wayne, Pa. Mark Boulding Senior Vice President and General Counsel PTC Therapeutics South Plainfield, N.J. Andrea Broad Business Development MEDecision Wayne, Pa. Becky J. Cherney President and CEO Central Florida Health Care Coalition Orlando, Fla. Katherine Chou, MS, MBA Director, Office of Technology Transfer Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pa. Carolyn d’Arville, PhD Director, Professional Liaison Dynamis Therapeutics Jenkintown, Pa. Mitchell DeKoven, MHSA Associate Director, Reimbursement and Market Access ValueMedics Research Falls Church, Va. Patricia Deverka, MD, MS, MBE Research Associate Professor University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill, N.C. Ashley L. Dombkowski, PhD Principal MPM Capital South San Francisco, Calif. Daniel H. Farkas, PhD, HCLD Executive Director Center for Molecular Medicine Grand Rapids, Mich. Stan N. Finkelstein, MD Senior Research Scientist MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, Mass. Renee Rizzo Fleming, RPh, MBA Principal PRN Managed Care Consulting Services East Amherst, N.Y. Mark E. Frankel, PhD Chief Technology Officer Quiqmeds Blue Bell, Pa. John Glaser, PhD Vice President and Chief Information Officer Partners Health Care System Boston, Mass. Christopher V. Goff, Esq. President and CEO Employers Health Purchasing Corp. of Ohio North Canton, Ohio Scott Gottlieb, MD Resident Fellow American Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C. Cheryl Haze Principal Edison Venture Fund Lawrenceville, N.J. Ali A. Houshmand, PhD Provost Rowan University Glassboro, N.J. Brian P. Kelly, MBA CEO Women’s Healthcare Association Beaverton, Ore. Jeff Kimmell, RPh Vice President, Clinical Operations PharMerica Louisville, Ky. David S. Krause, MD Principal Delta Pharmaceutical Consulting Blue Bell, Pa. Gary J. Kurtzman, MD Vice President, Life Sciences Safeguard Scientifics Wayne, Pa. Stephen Lash, PharmD Pharmacy Director, Value-Based Healthcare Genentech W. Bloomfield, Mich. Marnie LaVigne, PhD Dir., Business Development N.Y. State Ctr. of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences Buffalo, N.Y. Jeffrey P. Libson, JD Partner and Head of Life Science Practice Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia, Pa. Donald W. Light, PhD Professor and Director, Div. of Social and Behavioral Med. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Sch. of Osteopathic Medicine Cherry Hill, N.J. Alan Lyles, ScD, MPH, PhD Henry A. Rosenberg Professor of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Partnerships University of Baltimore Baltimore, Md. Charles Mihalik, PharmD, RPh Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager M-Plan Indianapolis, Ind. Sharad S. Mansukani, MD Chief Strategy Officer Nations Health Sunrise, Fla. Richard V. McCloskey, MD Vice President, Medical Technology Centocor Malvern, Pa. Rob McCord President and CEO Eastern Technology Council Wayne, Pa. Arlen D. Meyers, MD, MBA Professor, Otolaryngology University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for Bioengineering Denver, Colo. Lynn V. Mitchell, MD Chair, Pharmacy Technical Advisory Board National Association of State Medicaid Directors Oklahoma City, Okla. Thomas J. Morrow, MD Director, Value-Based Health Genentech Alpharetta, Ga. Kate H. Murashige, PhD, JD Partner Morrison & Foerster San Diego, Calif. Sean Nicholson, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Policy Analysis and Management Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. Michael J. Pellini, MD Chief Operating Officer Lakewood Pathology Assoc. Lakewood, N.J. Sara Radcliffe Managing Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Biotechnology Industry Organization Washington, D.C. Sanuj K. Ravindran, MD Principal Radius Ventures New York, N.Y. Steven Rosen, MD Director Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Northwestern University Chicago, Ill. Michael S. Sherman, MD, MBA Corporate Medical Director, Physician Strategies Humana Clinical Guidance Organization Louisville, Ky. Kevin Tabb, MD Chief Quality and Medical Information Officer Stanford Hospital and Clinics Stanford University Stanford, Calif. Gerianne Tringali DiPiano, MBA CEO and Founder FemmePharma Wayne, Pa. F. Randy Vogenberg, RPh, PhD Chief Strategic Officer Employer-based Pharmaceutical Strategies Cranston, R.I. Scott A. Waldman MD, PhD Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Editor in Chief, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Philadelphia, Pa. Eric Wickstrom, PhD Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, Pa. Alan T. Wright, MD, MPH V.P., Product Strategy and Business Development Resolution Health Chevy Chase, Md. JULY/AUGUST 2008 · BIOTECHNOLOGY HEALTHCARE 3

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Biotechnology Healthcare - July/August 2008 Openers Contents Editorial/David B. Nash, MD, MBA Drug Track Health Plan Confidential Rheumatoid Arthritis A Decade of Trial, Error, False Starts, and Hope What Path Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Take? RA Therapies in Development: A New Generation of Relief Assessing the Full Impact of RA on Employers and Payers Stem Cells: Health Insurance You Can Bank On Specialty Pharmacy Employer to Employer Personalized Medicine Trends Clinical Briefs

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