Nicholas Basta

Nick Basta is founder and editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce (www.PharmaceuticalCommerce.com), a business publication focused on business strategies for pharmaceutical marketing, distribution and reimbursement. The magazine is published by Healthcare Commerce Media Corp. Nick has been involved with business publishing for over 30 years. Previously, he was Vice President, Editorial, at VerticalNet, Inc., one of the early business-to-business Internet startups, where he managed a staff of 55 editors overseeing 57 business and professional websites. Before that, he was a senior editor and business manager at McGraw-Hill Cos., where he analyzed engineering and technical issues on process manufacturing, information technology and other topics. Over his career, he has been a prolific writer on business and technology issues, including six books, and was an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism and the New School for Social Research.