In 2018, the Informa Pharma Intelligence editorial and marketing teams collaborated on the release of its annual white paper analyzing the evolution of pharma R&D for the past year. But this wasn't your typical medical or scientific report. It was more music to their audience's ears.

Brian Grazer, the producer behind the films Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind and Splash among many others, tells a story in his new book Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection about meeting Prince. It was the second time—the first was brief—at a private concert he took his daughter Sage to in a small club in New York.

On the phone last week, Stephanie Williford, CEO of EB Medicine, spoke to me excitedly about SIPA's new Executive Councils, groups that will consist of 12 niche publishers who meet by video conference 11 times a year, plus once a year for an in-person meeting in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with SIPA's annual conference in June.