Articles By Rob Wright, Chief Editor 2011-2021

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Have We Seen The End Of Competitive Advantage?9/20/2019
Thinker50 member and Columbia Business School Professor Rita Gunther McGrath, Ph.D., believes we have seen the end of sustainable competitive advantage, but has some solutions for businesses open to building strategies around transient competitive advantage.
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Biopharma's Reputation — Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire9/10/2019
Chief Editor Rob Wright discusses the implications of the recent Gallup poll indicating pharma presently being the most poorly regarded of all industries in the eyes of Americans.
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The Opioid Addiction Crisis — A Historical View From The Front Lines9/3/2019
Chief Editor Rob Wright saw glimpses into the impending opioid crisis back when he was working as a pharma sales rep in the pain management space.
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Oh, The Misperceptions We Hold8/30/2019
I was fearful that the Pfizer executive I was set to interview would be overly coached and not be transparent regarding his experiences. But that wasn’t the case at all.
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What's Necessary To Realize The Promise Of Digital Health Solutions?8/30/2019
Representatives from the National Kidney Foundation, Bayer, and digital health startup up, Bitome, share their views on what’s necessary to realize the promise of innovative digital health solutions toward treating the whole patient during an educational panel session at the 2019 BIO International Convention And Conference.
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The Story Of Pfizer's R&D Turnaround8/30/2019
Mikael Dolsten, M.D., Ph.D., CSO and president, worldwide research, development and medical (WRDM), reveals the decade long turnaround of the Pfizer’s R&D innovation engine leading to what could be the company’s best ever pipeline.
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Jeremy Levin Weighs In On Biosimilar Patent Thicket8/30/2019
At the 2019 BIO Conference Chief Editor Rob Wright sat down with newly elected board-director chair, Jeremy Levin, DPhil, MB, BChir, CEO of Ovid Therapeutics to talk patent thickets and his role with BIO.
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Is It Time To Throw In The Towel On Biosimilars In The U.S.?8/23/2019
Rob Wright takes issue with Peter Bach, M.D., and Mark Trusheim’s recommendation that the U.S. would be better served by abandoning continued biosimilar drug development.
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Think You Know About Extreme Teaming?8/15/2019
Rob Wright digs into the “extreme teaming” work of Amy Edmondson, Novartis professor of leadership and management at Harvard, and Jean-Francois Harvey, assistant professor at HEC Montreal, drawing on the 2010 Chilean mining disaster as an example.