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RewiR&D: Making more medicines that matter

A selection of recently published articles that offer practical solutions to biopharmaceutical innovation challenges. Together, these articles provide a recipe to boost R&D productivity and accelerate the development of lifesaving therapies.
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Making more medicines that matter

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Productivity in biopharmaceutical R&D has slumped for a decade or more. We propose a recipe for sustainable, value-creating innovation, even in the face of strengthening industry headwinds.

R&D productivity recipe

A comprehensive approach to biopharma R&D transformation could boost R&D productivity and propel sustained outperforming.

Part 1

Clear R&D investment thesis

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Charting the path to patients
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Careful development of asset strategy across the pharmaceutical R&D pipeline is increasingly important in embracing opportunities...
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How biopharmaceutical leaders optimize their portfolio strategies
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Leading biopharmaceutical companies manage their clinical pipelines to optimize for risk and reward. Here’s how.

Part 2

High-performance R&D delivery engine

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Accelerating clinical trials to improve biopharma R&D productivity
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Biopharma sponsors are seeking to accelerate clinical trials and reduce costs through a set of targeted actions aimed at improving patient and site engagement and enrollment productivity.
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Operational excellence in biopharma research and early development
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Leading companies are revamping research and early development to curb lengthy drug development timelines and rising costs.
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Strengthening the R&D operating model for pharmaceutical companies
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Revisiting the operating model could help pharmaceutical companies improve R&D productivity.
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External innovation: Biopharma dealmaking to boost R&D productivity
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Top-performing pharma companies over the past decade have relied on a short list of critical dealmaking behaviors that drive high external innovation productivity.
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How artificial intelligence can power clinical development
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Artificial intelligence is accelerating drug discovery. If clinical development fails to keep pace, the benefits to patients will be delayed.
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Boosting biopharma R&D performance with a next-generation technology stack
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A modern, well-designed tech stack can unlock the potential of AI, automation, and data and their promised benefits to R&D productivity.
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Unlocking peak operational performance in clinical development with artificial intelligence
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Three lighthouse use cases serve as a blueprint for AI’s potential to improve the speed, efficiency, and quality of clinical trials.
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Putting people at the center of the R&D talent model in life sciences
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Rapid advancements in science and technology are challenging pharma and biotech companies’ approaches to talent. What R&D skills do they need today, and how can they sustain this workforce?
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Building a shared vision for pharma R&D–supplier partnerships
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Pharma R&D leaders and their suppliers see transparency as a key to unlocking more effective collaborations and cost efficiencies.

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