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Canon Communications Pharmaceutical Media Group
828A Newtown-Yardley Rd.
Newtown, PA 18940
Telephone: 215-944-9800
Facsimile: 215-867-0053
Year Founded: 1982
Number of Employees: 40

For 25 years, Engel Publishing Partners provided the $500 billion pharmaceutical industry with need-to-know business information. In September 2007, Engel Publishing Partners was acquired by Canon Communications LLC and merged into Canon Communications Pharmaceutical Media Group. In this capacity, we continue our tradition of disseminating original, thought-provoking content with the intent of providing the busy pharmaceutical executive with insight into industry trends that will affect their business, as well as the industry in its entirety.

Written exclusively by our editors and staff reporters, our products provide broad coverage of pharmaceutical business, product marketing, and clinical research. Our business-news magazines, Med Ad News and R&D Directions, provide readers with business intelligence that will impact their company’s performance. Med Ad News, launched in 1982, has been the magazine of choice for insight into successful business and marketing strategies. R&D Directions, published since 1995, provides extensive coverage of pharmaceutical product development and insight into successful R&D strategies.

In addition to Med Ad News and R&D Directions, we publish a variety of supplements, including the Trend Report, containing primary market research on relevant subject matter, and a variety of Guides, providing readers with details on industry service providers.

We offer a multitude of Web-based products designed to keep the busy pharmaceutical executive current on news and events. Through our industry leading Website, PharmaLive.com, and e-mail-based newsletters, Daily Advantage, PharmaLive eNewsletter Series, and Therapeutics Daily eNewsletter Series, readers can receive information deemed critical to their role, segmented by business or therapeutic category.

To provide business executives with a forum for interaction, we host several well-established events annually, including Drug Development Summit, Patient Centered Marketing Conference, and The Manny Awards. These events provide attendees with the opportunity to meet industry leaders, understand successful business strategies, and gain insight into issues affecting the industry currently, and in the long term.

Editorial Staff

Christiane Truelove
Editor, Med Ad News and R&D Directions

Christiane joined Canon Communications in 2000 as senior editor for Med Ad News, becoming editor of Med Ad News and R&D Directions in October 2004. Before coming to Canon, she spent 11 years at The Times of Trenton as a reporter and copy editor. During this time, Christiane covered everything from state legislative issues to local crime. She is a graduate of The College of New Jersey.

Andrew Humphreys
Managing Editor, Med Ad News

Andrew started with Canon Communications in March 1997 as an assistant editor. He became associate editor in September 1998, senior editor in March 1999, and managing editor in May 2000. Andrew's resume includes a publishing company and a start-up daily newspaper in New York City, and a public relations firm in central New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Media and a minor in history.

Steven Niles
Managing Editor, Med Ad News

Steve joined Canon Communications in July 2003. Prior to joining Canon, Steve was senior editor with Zatz Publishing, an independent digital media publisher of online magazines and electronic books. In 1999, Steve taught science and English in the Solomon Islands as a Peace Corps volunteer. He is also a professional filmmaker. Steve holds a degree in English from East Stroudsburg University.

Joshua Slatko
Senior Editor, Med Ad News

Josh joined Canon Communications in August 2006. Prior to joining Canon, he was a partner in Black Marble Consulting. While at Black Marble, Josh helped create business plans and strategic plans for entrepreneurial and corporate clients. One of his plans, "Kind Cuisine," won first prize at the 2004 New Profiteer Sustainable Business Plan competition. Josh earned his MBA at Drexel University. Another of his business plans, "DragonFire Precision," was the first from Drexel's business school to reach the semifinals and finals of national business plan competitions. Josh is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania's class of 2000, with a major in English and a creative writing concentration.

Michael Christel
Senior Editor, R&D Directions

Michael joined Canon Communications in June 2007. Before coming to Canon, he spent nine years at The Trentonian newspaper in Trenton, N.J., as a news editor and copy editor. Michael’s resume also includes three years of reporting and editing for North Jersey Newspapers, a chain of community publications in central/north Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Media.

Gina-Louise Monari
Associate Editor, Med Ad News

Gina has been with Canon Communications since March 2002. Previously, Gina was editorial assistant for The Courier News in Bridgewater, NJ. She attended Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, where she earned B.A. degrees in Journalism and American Studies, as well as a minor in Women's Studies. While at Rider, she founded and edited the “Rider University Fitness Center Newsletter”, served as the editor of Rider’s literary publication Venture, as well as copyeditor and women’s columnist for The Rider News. She received the "2001 Distinguished Journalist Award" from the Rider University Communications Department in May 2001 and was awarded the Society of Professional Journalist’s “2001 Senior of the Year Award” for her contributions to The Rider News’ award-winning opinion page.

Joseph Gialanella
Associate Editor, Med Ad News and R&D Directions

Joe joined Canon Communications in October 2005. Prior to joining Canon, Joe held an editorial position with Chelsea House Publishers and worked with his college newspaper. Joe is a 2004 graduate of Millersville University with a bachelor’s degree in communication.

Barbara Lempert
Managing Editor, Interactive

Barbara joined Canon Communications in 2003. Previously, she spent a short stint as a computer programmer and worked for more than 15 years in journalism as a reporter and editor for a number of city and suburban newspapers. As a reporter she covered everything from the police beat, to science news, to the entertainment industry. Barbara holds a bachelor's degree in Radio, Television and Film from Temple University and a Master's of Computer Information Science from La Salle University.

Mia Burns
Associate Wires Editor, PharmaLive.com

Mia joined Canon Communications in August 2002. Prior to joining Canon, she covered police and courts at a small daily newspaper in Maryland. While attending college, she held internships at the Silver Spring Gazette and Savannah Morning News. Mia has a B.A. in journalism from University of Maryland.

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