Too Big To Succeed: Where Are Large Pharmas Heading?
Executive Summary
Company scale is a negative predictor of value creation among biopharmaceutical companies, says a new analysis by L.E.K. Consulting, and industry’s largest companies have simply become too large to generate significant shareholder return going forward. How can the largest pharmaceutical companies adapt to an environment where they’ve become too big to succeed?
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