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The Viren Mehta Column: Disrupt Or Be Disrupted

 
• By Viren Mehta

In the first of an exclusive new opinion column series for Scrip, Viren Mehta, founder of Mehta Partners, LLC, considers how the digital revolution will transform the pharma industry whether or not companies in the space decide to play along.

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Pharma dinosaurs need to consider evolution • Source: Shutterstock

The 21st century ushered in an age where raw data and deep analytic intelligence are transforming practically every aspect of our society. But biopharma managements remain understated in their public commentary on the implications of IT for their business prospects. To date, regulatory barriers and divided stakeholder interests have given the biopharma industry reasons for not addressing the IT frontier head-on, but tech pioneers can see major opportunities and will not be held back forever.

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