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Pharma's Prescription

How the Right Technology Can Save the Pharmaceutical Business

  • 1st Edition - October 21, 2013
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Kamal Biswas
  • Language: English

The pharmaceutical industry needs a shot in the arm – and not a moment too soon. The executive suite is mired in a bygone era, a time when extensive, well-funded pharmaceutical R&… Read more

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Description

The pharmaceutical industry needs a shot in the arm – and not a moment too soon. The executive suite is mired in a bygone era, a time when extensive, well-funded pharmaceutical R&D produced blockbuster drugs, kept everything in-house and reaped the financial rewards. But that way of working needs to change. Executives now need to know what the technologists in their companies are doing in order to survive the next decade. Written for those new to industry, as well as for experienced professionals or specialists looking to expand their knowledge, this book is a must-read for business executives and information technologists alike.

Pharma’s Prescription

bridges the knowledge gap between current business practices and the most valuable technologies today. This book is filled with practical, real-life examples from industry and is a straightforward guide for all pharmaceutical and information technology executives who need to improve their businesses.

Key features

  • Focuses on practical solutions that are easily incorporated in your day-to-day work
  • Integrates business operations and information technology
  • Highlights the industry's top turn-around stories
  • Discusses pharmaceutical industry trends, growth opportunities, innovation drivers, regulatory complexities, and emerging market operations

Readership

Business and IT executives in the pharmaceutical, consulting and information technology industries

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Pharma Health—Critical Parts Need RedesigningAbstract

Chapter 2. The Pharmaceutical Value Chain—An IntroductionAbstractDrug DiscoveryDevelopmentManufacturingSupply Chain ManagementMarketingSalesRegulatory ComplianceFinance and AccountsHuman Resources

Chapter 3. Technology Basics—An IntroductionAbstractPackaged and Custom Developed Technology SolutionsComputer System Validation21 CFR Part 11 Compliance

Chapter 4. Courageous New World: Strategies to Improve Business OutcomesAbstractStaggering Genius in the Crowd: NextGen R&DFeed Your Workhorse: Smarter ManufacturingProduct Fast-track: Remodel the Supply ChainIn Digital We Trust: Industrialize Customer CentricityScream With Mouth Shut: Global Compliance StrategyWhy Patients Continue With Medicine: Patient AdherenceThe Perks in Emerging Markets: Go Global

Chapter 5. Measuring Business Values and SuccessAbstractThe Pharma Value Cycle: How to Redefine Stakeholder ValuesThe Unbearable Financials: Models to Realize Financial Value

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 21, 2013
  • Language: English

About the author

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Kamal Biswas

Kamal Biswas is the founder and chief executive officer of Regller, a company that builds AI-based tools for FDA regulated industries, with deep focus on life sciences — pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices. He has spent his career at the intersection of business strategy and emerging technology in regulated sectors, with particular focus on life sciences and the broader FDA-regulated industries’ navigation of successive waves of technological change. His work brings him into daily contact with senior life sciences executives with AI infrastructure providers, regulatory professionals, and the operational leadership of clinical, manufacturing, and commercial functions across the FDA-regulated sector.
Affiliations and expertise
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Regller

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