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Article Nihon Kohden Innovation Center CEO on the ‘Negative Stage Gate’ Process
August 21, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our latest research report, Building a Productive Innovation Portfolio, we spoke with Weisner, Nihon Kohden Innovation Center's President and CEO, to get his advice on engaging the necessary stakeholders for innovation activities, hear about what he calls "the negative stage gate system," and understand how his team's...
Article What is the ‘Love Metric’? Advocate Health’s VP of Enterprise Innovation Explains
August 7, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson, Meghan Hall
Todd Dunn, VP of Enterprise Innovation for Advocate Health, dives deep on standing up an innovation program while including perspectives from other business units; what he calls the 'love metric'; and more as part of an interview for our new research report, Building a Productive Portfolio.
Video Best Buy Health President on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
June 22, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
Deborah DiSanzo, President of Best Buy Health, shares her thoughts on how artificial intelligence will affect patients and healthcare professionals; gives commentary on ChatGPT; and more.
Article How AI and Decentralized Clinical Trials are Changing Biopharma
March 3, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
“As humans, we have limitations in being able to integrate and synthesize and look at data,” says venture capitalist John Orloff, formerly Global Head of R&D at Alexion Pharmaceuticals. “I think AI and machine learning technology will allow us to make better decisions and choices, and give us new insights...
Article How 3M Reorganized R&D — and How the Company Tracks R&D Impact
February 16, 2022
In early 2020, 3M decentralized its operating model to give the presidents of its four business groups more autonomy over R&D. We talk to SVP Cordell Hardy about how it started, and how it’s going.
Article Member Spotlight: Claire Johnsen, Hallmark Care Homes & Savista Developments
February 11, 2022 | By Kate Priddy
Claire Johnsen is Head of Innovation of Hallmark Care Homes and Savista Developments, a family-run company that operates 19 eldercare facilities in the UK. We spoke with Johnsen as part of our IL Member Spotlight series, which profiles our members.
Article How Pharma Distributor AmerisourceBergen Prioritizes and Pilots Emerging Tech
December 21, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby
One key is to success with emerging tech is working closely with customers, says SVP of Strategy and Innovation Jason Dinger: “Sometimes, we identify hidden value where a customer sees a way to deploy a technology that we didn’t see.”
Article Inside athenahealth’s Interactive Telehealth Dashboard
August 24, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux
athenahealth’s Vice President of Research and Editorial Strategy shares why her team created an interactive telehealth dashboard that helps to collect and analyze consumer insights…
Article Why CVS Created a Dedicated Venture Fund
August 18, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers around the globe sought digital solutions, and patients sought at-home options for what would have been in-person visits. Vijay Patel, Partner & Co-founder of CVS Health Ventures and Senior Director of Business Development of CVS Health Digital health and virtual care are two areas...
Article How the Pandemic Accelerated Digital Adoption in Healthcare
June 9, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux
During a panel at the World Medical Innovation Forum, leaders from Bayer AG, Novartis Gene Therapy, and GE Healthcare shared how pandemic innovation has allowed the healthcare industry to make strides.
Article Four Tips on How R&D Can Work Better with Design
May 28, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
David Dombrowski of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) considers being a translator between designers and innovators one of his main responsibilities. He shares four tips for innovators.
Article How Dana-Farber Leverages Partnerships to Advance Cancer Treatments
May 14, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Lesley Solomon, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses how her team utilizes partnerships to get new treatments to patients faster.
Podcast Lundbeck’s CEO on Developing Breakthrough Medications
April 27, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How do CEOs determine focus areas and allocate budget to R&D initiatives? Deborah Dunsire, CEO of Lundbeck — a phamaceutical company specializing in neurology and psychology — explains.
Article Corporate Innovators Talk Cost-Cutting and the Need to Reinvest in Innovation
April 15, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
During a recent conversation on the Clubhouse app, corporate innovators discussed weathering the COVID recession, pursuing breakthrough ideas, and corporate venture capital programs.
Article How Moderna’s CDO Leverages Software & Automation for Speed
April 13, 2021 | By Lilly Milman, Scott Kirsner
Moderna’s Chief Digital and Operational Excellence Officer shares insights on how the company’s digital infrastructure supported the design and production of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Article Member Spotlight: Tom Wagner, AstraZeneca
April 8, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Tom Wagner is the Director of Digital Research, Knowledge Management & Market Intelligence at AstraZeneca. We spoke with Wagner as part of our IL Member Spotlight series, which profiles our members.
Podcast Takeda’s CTO on Building Technology Roadmaps
April 6, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How do Chief Technology Officers build roadmaps to implement new technologies? And, how do they leverage data to innovate? Leo Barella, Chief Technology Officer at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, explains.
Article How Bayer’s Open Innovation Chief Overcomes Metric Challenges
April 1, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Chandra Ramanathan, Global Head of Pharma R&D Open Innovation at Bayer, shares insights on what metrics his team measures, how he overcomes challenges in reporting…
Article How Illumina is Building a Genomics Ecosystem
March 29, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Amanda Cashin is the Global Head of the Illumina Accelerator, a startup accelerator that is dedicated to making human genome sequencing more accessible and useful. We spoke with Cashin about recent accomplishments.
On Demand Webcast Making Ideas Pay at Atrium Health
March 15, 2021
In this Master Class, Todd Dunn, Vice President of Innovation at Atrium Health and Tad Haas, Executive Vice President at edison365 discuss how Atrium Health designs for impact.