Global Pharmacy Industry Report 2011; Progressions Building Pharma 3.0
February 16, 2011 This report, by Ernst & Young Global Life Sciences Center, outlines how pharmaceutical companies are implementing consumer-focused IT strategies. Additionally, the authors sought to depict an operational shift in the pharmacy industry that they referred to as “Pharma 3.0.” They described Pharma 3.0 as focused on consumer health outcomes, and driven by both technology advances and a need to develop sustainable health care systems; in contrast to Pharma 1.0 in which pharmaceutical firms focused on developing blockbuster drugs and Pharma 2.0 (the current operational model), which is focused on diversification and cost . . .
