Pharma CI Conference 2024: Comprehensive Summary Report

Sedulo Group

At the Pharma CI Conference (Sept 25–26, 2024), leaders discussed how shifts like the IRA’s impact on drug pricing, AI in R&D, and shifting regulatory regimes are reshaping life sciences CI. Read this summary to grasp the conference’s breakout trends and strategic implications.

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Best Practices in Competitive Landscape Development

Sedulo Group

Combine secondary data (clinical registries, financial filings) with primary intelligence (expert interviews) to build a 360° view of your competitive environment. These integrated methods enable triangulated, validated insights into competitor strategies, commercial infrastructure, and trial dynamics

Pricing Strategy

How a Competitor Pricing Analysis Guarantees Competitive Advantage

Heath Gross

Competitive insight isn’t one-size-fits-all. We delve into multi‑pronged data collection, covering pricing, packaging, discounts, and bundling, to identify optimal tactics across segments and contexts. This post breaks down how to benchmark pricing strategies and create differentiated value propositions.

Know where your competitors are conducting clinical trials!

Sedulo Group

Through analysis of IO clinical trials (2018–2022), we reveal how top‑20 pharma concentrate on mAb trials globally, while smaller firms explore innovative modalities like BsAb and CAR‑T, and how China is emerging as an IO hub. These patterns offer strategic cues for reshaping your trial portfolio and R&D focus.

COVID-19 Impact on Pharma: A Q2 Earnings Narrative

Aditya Kelkar

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a very strong impact on all global economies across multiple sectors. Its impact on the US Pharma industry was significant in the first quarter, causing most companies to adjust and realign their businesses in response to the outbreak. The pandemic not only had a direct impact on Q1 revenues, but also affected overall drug development …

Strategic Considerations for a World in Flux

Sedulo Group

Before COVID-19 transpired executives were concerned with their strategic assumptions and the results of getting them wrong.   A February 2020 Gartner study cited lack of confidence in strategic assumptions as the leading corporate risk among senior executives across a diverse set of industries and global geographies in Q4 2019. A strategic assumption can be defined as the unstated belief that something is likely to occur to enable an achievable strategic goal. Depending on the …