{"id":12609,"date":"2014-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/uncategorized\/show094\/"},"modified":"2014-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"show094","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/talk\/show094\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the M&A Frenzy Short-Circuiting Pharma R&D? A Former Researcher Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is the M&A Frenzy Short-Circuiting Pharma R&D? A Former Researcher Speaks OutClick Here for Additional Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

A conversation with Kenneth “Eric” Milgram, Ph.D.<\/b>, Principal, Applied Scientific Consulting and the creator of the Pharma Conduct blog<\/a><\/b>, former Director, Systems Biology Technologies at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals\/Pfizer, about what happens to pharmaceutical companies when they put Wall Street expectations ahead of science-driven innovation.<\/p>\n

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Why is it that a high-end grocery store like Wegman’s can go 94 years without having any layoffs and almost every month you hear about layoffs in the pharmaceutical industry? <\/p>\n

According to a DataMonitor report, twenty-two large-scale M&A events (defined as those valued above $5 billion) will have occurred within Big Pharma over the period 1995 to 2014. In this same period, Big Pharma prescription pharmaceutical sales are forecast to increase from $84 billion to $381 billion. Two-thirds of Big Pharma sales growth over a 20-year period (1995 to 2014) will be driven entirely by M&A activity, according to this report. <\/p>\n

But at what cost to future innovation?

That’s about how this match will play out folks… point and counterpoint! We hope to have a lively, yet somewhat civilized, discussion as the staunch Republican libertarian “Chairman” takes on the Uber-liberal critical “Pharmaguy” in a no-holds-barred head-to-head matchup!<\/p>\nQuestions\/Topics Discussed<\/b> <\/p>\n