Balancing Act

November, 2014    SMM-115 Balancing Act Company culture acts as a brake on change, preventing adaptation to fast-moving markets. This article (from the Darwin’s Medicine series) looks at how to overcome this problem without throwing away the...

Death Valley

October, 2014    SMM-114 Death Valley For life sciences companies, evolving is becoming harder not easier. Sometimes an injection of new genes is imperative for survival. This article is part of the Darwin’s Medicine series, published in...

It’s In Our Genes

September, 2014    SMM-113 It’s In Our Genes Evolution is almost always used as a synonym for change and DNA as a metaphor for habits. However,by relegating evolution to a mere metaphor, we risk missing the value in the best idea anyone has...

Managing Uncertainty

July, 2014    SMM-112 Managing Uncertainty In a feature article published in Pharmaceutical Marketing Europe, Professor Brian D Smith looks at how futures we cannot predict require a different approach to strategy making.

History Rhymes

July, 2014    SMM-111 History Rhymes In this, the latest in the Darwin’s Medicine series from Pharmaceutical Marketing Europe, Professor Brian D Smith looks at how recent events in the pharmaceutical industry are an echo from the 19th...

Nothing Makes Sense

May, 2014    SMM-110 Nothing Makes Sense This article in PME’s Darwin’s Medicine series discusses how evolutionary theory helps us understand and adapt to the industry’s latest deal-making frenzy.