Industry leaders emphasize the importance of four management practices in a transformation. Few industries are facing as much external change as pharmaceuticals and medical products, whether it be sustained global demand and the need for drugs and devices, accelerating cost pressures on health systems,

As the world grows in both wealth and population, so will the demand for energy: global primary-energy consumption is on course to increase 25 percent between now and 2030. At the same time, concerns over pollution and climate change are forcing business and government to think hard about how they produce and use energy.

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It’s a demographic sweet spot of enormous potential. With the developed world (Japan, Europe and to a lesser extent, the US) getting older, and emerging markets getting both bigger and richer, the market for things that make consumers healthier is set to expand. And it is already a very big deal (see chart).

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The growing demand for products that are “good enough” and competitively priced has pushed medical-product manufacturers to develop strategies to attract and retain this new segment of customers.

Making sense of e-detailing in Japan’s pharmaceutical sector For decades, pharmaceutical companies had a simple business model. They hired thousands of sales reps who would hustle from door-to-door, desperate to win a few minutes time from physicians to attempt to convince them why Product A had superior efficacy and/or fewer side effects than Product B.

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It’s difficult enough managing business operations in a single country let alone in multiple countries. Some of the challenges for multinational companies (MNCs) might include the shortage of qualified human resources, unfriendly business environment, conflicting interests, corruption, language barriers, and labour cost to name a few. When all of these challenges are combined together, organizations

  The digital revolution is well under way for pharma companies. We spoke with 20 leading executives to find out how they cope—and what they do to stay ahead.

In the past 20 years or so, manufacturers have been able to reduce waste and variability in their production processes and dramatically improve product quality and yield (the amount of output per unit of input) by implementing lean and Six Sigma programs.However, in certain processing environments—pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and mining, for instance—extreme variability is a fact

The world economy’s operating system is being rewritten. In this exclusive excerpt from the new book No Ordinary Disruption, its authors explain the trends reshaping the world and why leaders must adjust to a new reality.

5 Amazing LSP attributes to seek When and if you’re looking for a Language Services Provider, there are 5 LSP attributes that you should look for in order to ensure that your localization/translation objectives are going to be successfully achieved. If the LSP you’re considering is not able to demonstrate these 5 attributes, you should

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