Optimizing Your Essential Commercialization Teams
For those of you following closely (thank you!), you may recall that in an earlier e-conversation — 21st Century Commercialization — More than a…
Where Are Decisions Made in Your Organization (And Why Does It Matter)?
Can you draw it? At your next company lunch and learn, try this experiment: Ask ten people from different functions to take a blank piece of flip…
The Future Is Now
Back in the early 2000s, I was head of commercial strategy at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I remember saying to then CEO,…
Living in a Parallel Universe
Launching a company and drug simultaneously. (What follows is a synopsis of a recent “team development call,” something that occurs at The…
Tales from the Healthcare Front Lines
Each month, you have given our team permission to communicate our views on the biopharma industry, its leadership, and overall commercialization of…
Rare Diseases: Abandon Everything You Think You Know
“Overcoming the hurdles has built a great faith in me that things can be done to help people with rare diseases. It will drive my optimism forever…
Does Boston Biotech Have a Career Navigation Problem?
For those of us who have been in the industry since pre-DRG days, and have the wisdom and experience across the industry, there are many…
The Sound of Silos
We have all heard about it; some of us have lived it firsthand. A vibrant, new start-up comes to life with energy and purpose. Everyone knows one…