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Asia as the New Kid on the Pharma Block and Why Multinationals Should be Scared

How an entire continent, bolstered by its lower production costs and higher disposable incomes, may spell the end of Pharma as we know it.READ»

A Disease-Fighting UN Backed by Big Pharma

A representative of big pharma calls for a UN-like compact to fight antibiotic resistance diseases in the developing world.READ»

Big News in Pharma Outsourcing

inVentiv Acquired By Thomas H. Lee Partners, PDI Solid QuarterREAD»

Creating the Turnaround

My last few posts on inVentiv Health (VTIV) were picked up by PDI (PDII), the competitor I compared them to in my first post. They reached out to me and I had the chance to interview PDI’s CEO, Nancy Lurker. What she shared with me ...READ»

Find An Expansive View

Picking the right scale for your mission is an art. Define your purpose too narrowly and soon run out of aspirations to fill. Set your sights too high and you risk de-motivating your people. To illustrate this concept, I want to ...READ»

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GlaxoSmithKline Fights Malaria in Africa with Satellites

Malaria kills one million people a year, most of them children in Africa's so-called Malaria Belt (the sub-Saharan region). In partnership with the Gates Foundation, pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is preparing an ambitious ...READ»