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Pfizer Reveals Secret Digital Sauce To Cut Trial Duration, MLR Review Times

 
• By Vibha Ravi

How do you send 90,000 employees home and still bring a COVID-19 vaccine to market in record time? Pfizer showed the way and at a recent virtual event, senior vice-president Robert Brown revealed how the "secret sauce" of digitalization continues to help cut medical legal review times, crunch clinical trial duration and reduce service interruptions.

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Pfizer Inc. sent 90,000 people home during COVID-19 yet managed to develop its vaccine with BioNTech SE for the disease in record time. After CEO Albert Bourla credited digitalization and Project Light Speed for the achievement, senior vice-president Pfizer Digital, Robert Brown, revealed how the "secret sauce" was and continues to be used in areas ranging from response time to content management.

Talking about the digital transformation, Brown said until 2019 Pfizer had a vast digital portfolio and budget, but “we didn't...

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