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ArticlePharmaceutical medicine

Big Data in Pharmaceutical R&D: Creating a Sustainable R&D Engine.

Peter Tormay

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Article in Pharmaceutical medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Peter TormayCapish Nordic AB, Stortorget 9, 211 22 Malmö, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, productivity in the pharmaceutical industry has been diminishing because of constantly increasing costs while output has overall been stagnant. Despite many efforts, productivity remains a challenge within the industry. At the same time, healthcare providers quite rightly require better value for money and clear evidence that new drugs are better than the current standard of care, making a complex situation even more complex. With the implementation of 'Big Data' initiatives trying to integrate data from disparate data sources and disciplines that are available in life science, the industry has identified a new frontier that might provide the insights needed to turn the ship around and allow the industry to return to sustainable growth.

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PMID25878506
PMCPMC4392111

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