Accenture's Petra Jantzer On Changing M&A Strategies
Executive Summary
In this episode of the In Vivo podcast, David Wild speaks with Petra Jantzer, senior managing director and global life sciences lead at Accenture, about the changing deals landscape. The discussion centers on the shifts in M&A strategies that Jantzer has been seeing among big pharmas and the need for other companies to adapt to a world in which technologies and processes become a key focus of growth.
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