Pfizer vs. J&J: Antithesis to Synthesis
Executive Summary
The two polar opposites of pharmaceutical strategy--Pfizer with its primary-care, highly centrallized approach and J&J with its niches and decentralization--are testing the limits of their models' capabilities. But these two antitheses are now beginning to move towards a synthesis.
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