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How Early-Phase Optionality Is Reshaping Biotech ROI
A few years back, in one of my early attempts to pin down what asymmetric learning actually looks like in practice, I wrote that the winners in pharma…
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The Crucial Role of (Healthy) Struggle and Competition in Forcing Overcoming
I’ll do etymology, as I have so often recently… In the relentless pursuit of innovation, especially in fields like pharmaceuticals where breakthroughs…
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Etymology of ‘Hypothesis’ and Its Roots in Foundational Thinking
The word “hypothesis” traces its origins to the Greek hypóthesis, which literally means “a placing under” – derived from hypo- (under) and thésis (a…
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The Five-Year Plan: Applying Investment Wisdom to Pharma’s Early-Phase Challenges
I’ll start with finance/ investment - stick with me until halfway through, as it inevitably comes back to pharma…
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Designing with the end in mind - what does that mean in pharma?
I’ve been reflecting on a phrase that’s (hopefully) becoming something of a mantra in our industry: “design with the end in mind.” It’s borrowed from…
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Addendum: Refining Cognitive Diversity – The ‘Who’ Matters as Much as the ‘What’
...and Who Sees Why Newcastle United Struggle Against a Low Block
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Seeing Further: Cognitive Diversity Needs a Plan in Pharma's Asymmetric Game
In the world of pharmaceutical innovation, where breakthroughs often hinge on spotting the unseen or connecting disparate dots, I’ve long held to my…
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Asymmetric Learning - Pharmaceutical Innovation
Asymmetric Learning - Pharmaceutical Innovation
Innovations in Pharmaceutical Innovation A blog/ part-work from Mike Rea, CEO of IDEA Pharma, exploring pharmaceutical innovation in general, and more specifically the approach to using the learning process for competitive advantage
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