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From Lab to C-Suite: The Future of Life Sciences Consulting

Tom Spencer

In recent years, there have been large M&A deals involving pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and a significant area of expansion in the technology space – health tech. The global life sciences consulting market is expected to grow by around 10% per year from 2024 to 2029. What is life sciences consulting?

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

San Francisco, and the Bay Area in general, is famous for its long history of leadership in computing, semiconductors, software, biotechnology, the Internet and other innovation-based industries. It serves industries such as consumer products, healthcare, information & media, life sciences, private equity, and oil & gas.

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Why It’s So Hard to Train Someone to Make an Ethical Decision

Harvard Business

Take the decision of Sam Waksal, the former CEO of the emerging biotechnology company ImClone Systems. Remaining efficient and productive overtook deeper reflection on the ethical implications of “selling” products to customers without their knowledge.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business

food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products). chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).

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So Many M&A Deals Fail Because Companies Overlook This Simple Strategy

Harvard Business

As we’ve written previously , the best path to accelerated growth with limited risk often comes from creating new products and services that leverage a company’s existing resources, customers, and capabilities. Gillette dominated the men’s shaving market with its Mach series of razors.

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The Reason Silicon Valley Beat Out Boston for VC Dominance

Harvard Business

In contrast, New England has increasingly become a hub for ventures in life sciences; the first three-quarters of 2016 saw almost 60% of VC investments in New England go to ventures in biotechnology and medical devices. You need to be plugged into the local informal networks. Doing so requires being there.