Category: Forbes

Novartis CEO Who Wanted To Bring Tech Into Pharma Now Explains Why It’s So Hard

We need to bring our best technology – biological and digital – and our most creative people together to work on this monumental challenge. One clear take-away from the Narasimhan interview: pharma is at the very earliest stages of figuring out how to…

Why Design Thinking Is The Future Of Sales

If you’re a sales rep, you know you need to up your game and become more innovative. Sales teams are recognizing the value of incorporating a design thinking approach into their daily activities

The Rising Intolerance: Why Allergies Are Being Trivialized and Intolerances Glamorized

Our tolerance of food intolerance is falling and retailers and restaurants are taking more risks.

Walgreens CEO: Microsoft Will Help Create ‘Ecosystem’ To Simplify Healthcare

Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina says the partnership with Microsoft will help create an “ecosystem” that connects its drugstores to patients and their medical care providers in communities.

Verizon, John Deere Bet Big On 5G At CES 2019

Analyst Will Townsend offers his takeaways from CES 2019.

UnitedHealth’s Optum Sales Hit $100B For First Time

UntiedHealth Group said its Optum health services business surpassed $100 billion in annual revenues last year for the first time.

In Blockbuster Alliance, Walgreens And Microsoft To Develop ‘New Healthcare Models’

Walgreens said it has formed a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to “develop new health care delivery models, technology and retail innovations to advance and improve the future of health care.”

Report: Americans More Likely To Die From Opioid Overdoses Than Car Crashes [Infographic]

Americans have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from a drug overdose while the probability of perishing in a car accident is 1 in 103.

Work From Home 2019: The Top 100 Companies For Remote Jobs

As telecommuting becomes easier, more companies are offering remote jobs…and that illusive work-life balance.

The Demise Of A Once Promising Pancreatic Cancer Drug Is All Too Common

Companies as small as Nivien or as large as Pfizer find the chemical tools and run the experiments that prove or disprove medical hypotheses.