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Jack O'Brien

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  • Managing Editor, MM+M
Manhattan, New York
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Covers:  Pharma, biotech, advertising, medical marketing, healthcare.
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Jack O'Brien’s Biography

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I’m the Senior Editor at MM+M, a Haymarket Media publication that produces timely, balanced, original editorial content for an executive audience of leaders and thinkers in pharmaceutical and healthcare marketing, based out of New York City.

I’ve also been published in HealthLeaders, The Washington Examiner, The Altamont Enterprise and Albany County Post, New Hampshire Journal, The Williston Times and The Legislative Gazette.

I’m originally from Queensbury, New York and graduated from the Stat…

Jack O'Brien’s Journalist Portfolio

Pfizer CMO Drew Panayiotou to leave company, will be replaced by Susan Rienow

Pfizer CMO Drew Panayiotou to leave company, will be replaced by Susan Rienow

Rienow previously served as Pfizer's U.K. managing director and country president.

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Whither Twitter? Health and wellness brands try to make sense of the Elon Musk era

Whither Twitter? Health and wellness brands try to make sense of the Elon Musk era

Pharma brands had finally achieved some degree of comfort on Twitter. Then the world's richest man bought it.

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One-Year Retrospective on COVID-19: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

One-Year Retrospective on COVID-19: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Healthcare executives reflect on the strategic, innovative, and clinical opportunities hospitals have realize…

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AstraZeneca appoints WPP as one of its primary oncology network partners

AstraZeneca appoints WPP as one of its primary oncology network partners

Under WPP's new remit, the agency will support U.S. and global advertising for AstraZeneca's cancer medicines.

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A medical marketing blind spot: LGBTQIA+ communities being left behind

A medical marketing blind spot: LGBTQIA+ communities being left behind

Healthcare marketers' engagement with LGBTQIA+ audiences has lagged the industry's broader DE&I push.

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What I’ve Seen In Telemark (And Skiing) Over The Past 3 Seasons & What Might Be Next

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Powder and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. In December of 2023, 99 articles ago for this series, I penned the first Tele Dribble, a column about free-heel skiing I named for a scene in the sentimental opus to seventies rock and roll, Almost Famous.
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The state of medical marketing’s chief medical officers

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Chief medical officers occupy one of the most impactful and unique posts in the medical marketing industry — straddling the line between scientific expertise and creative communications. Whereas most titles in the C-suite are occupied by leaders who have risen up through the adland ranks, chief medical officers originate from a variety of backgrounds and academic training.
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CJ Coccia Hits the Road With TELE COLO's Latest Telemark Skiing Film "This Ol' Mill"

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By Jack O'Brien Verified
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“Welcome back to all my rambling,” CJ Coccia laughs after one of his routine, impassioned gabs. We’re talking about his new project This Ol’ Mill, set for release this fall. It’s the latest film from his free-heel advocacy group TELE COLO that not only doubles as a movie house in the making; it seems like the cultural center of the modern telemark movement. Coccia’s TELE COLO, the burgeoning grassroots purveyor of the telemark newschool, has enjoyed a meteoric rise.
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