Highlights From Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances: The Importance Of Emerging Markets

One of the key take-aways from a wide-ranging hour-long panel discussion on emerging markets at Elsevier Business Intelligence's 20th Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances meeting was the notion that drugmakers cannot implement a one-size-fits-all strategy when building a presence in important new markets. Participating in the forum were Mervyn Turner, PhD, chief strategy officer of Merck , Jean-Michel Halfon, president and general manager of Pfizer's emerging markets business unit, and Robin Arnold, a consultant with IMS Health.

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