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.

  • Biopharma’s Reputation — Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire
    9/10/2019

    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.

  • The Opioid Addiction Crisis — A Historical View From The Front Lines
    9/3/2019

    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.

  • Oh, The Misperceptions We Hold
    8/30/2019

    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.

  • 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.

  • The Story Of Pfizer’s R&D Turnaround
    8/30/2019

    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.

  • Jeremy Levin Weighs In On Biosimilar Patent Thicket
    8/30/2019

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Rob Wright

Rob Wright was chief editor of Life Science Leader magazine from 2011-2021. Prior to joining the publication, he spent nearly 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry. During his industry career, Wright conducted well over 1,000 presentations and roundtable discussions, including the facilitation of FDA-mandated clinical training programs for hundreds of licensed healthcare providers. He has chaired, moderated, and served as a speaker at industry and academic conferences, and served as co-chair for the 2015 and 2018 BIO International conference’s educational planning committee. Wright’s 500+ published articles have appeared in peer-reviewed academic journals, B2B magazines and online publications. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, MBA with distinction from Gannon University, and completed his doctoral coursework in marketing at Cleveland State University. He is a member of international business honor societies Sigma Beta Delta and Beta Gamma Sigma. He can be followed on Twitter @RfwrightLSL