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Darwin's Medicine is the sequel to Brian D. Smith's influential and critically acclaimed Future of Pharma (Gower, 2011). Whereas the earlier book predicted the evolution of the pharmaceutical market and the business models of pharmaceutical companies, Darwin's Medicine goes much deeper into the drivers of industry change and how leading pharmaceutical and medical technology companies are adapting their strategies, structures and capabilities in practice.

Through the lens of evolutionary science, Professor Smith explores the speciation of new business models in the Life Sciences Industry. This sophisticated and highly original approach offers insights into:

  • The mechanisms of evolution in this exceptional industry;
  • The six great technological and social shifts that are shaping its landscape;
  • The emergence of 26 distinct, new business models; and
  • The lessons that enable firms to direct and accelerate their own

    Table of Contents

    Part 1: The Future of Pharma - Reprise

    1. Introduction and an Invitation to Skip a Chapter

    2. An Important Industry at Risk

    3. The Best Idea Anyone Has Ever Had

    4. The Biologists Got There First

    5. Applying Evolutionary Theory to the Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Sectors

    6. Explaining the Industry’s Past

    7. Predicting the Future of Pharma and Medtech

    8. Practical Implications for an Evolving Industry

    9. Watching the Future Unfold

    Part 2: An Immeasurably Superior Power

    10. Introduction: The Emergent Pressures of Selection

    11. Selection Pressures Emerging from the Social Environment

    12. Selection Pressures Emerging from the Technological Environment

    13. Asking the Right Questions

    Part 3: Evolution is Cleverer Than You Are

    14. Introduction: Orgel’s Second Law

    15. Technological Innovator Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat

    16. Technological Innovator Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats

    17. Operationally Excellent Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat

    18. Operationally Excellent Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats

    19. Customer Intimate Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat

    20. Customer Intimate Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats

    21. A Big Bang of Life Science Business Models

    Part 4: Guiding the Blind Watchmaker

    22. Introduction: From Description to Prescription

    23. Which Fitness Peak(s) Should We Climb?

    24. What Capabilities Does Our New Business Model Need?

    25. How Should We Design a Capable Holobiont?

    26. How Do We Build Our Core Capabilities?

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/19/2016 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781472420718, 978-1472420718
      ISBN10: 1472420713

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Darwin's Medicine is the sequel to Brian D. Smith's influential and critically acclaimed Future of Pharma (Gower, 2011). Whereas the earlier book predicted the evolution of the pharmaceutical market and the business models of pharmaceutical companies, Darwin's Medicine goes much deeper into the drivers of industry change and how leading pharmaceutical and medical technology companies are adapting their strategies, structures and capabilities in practice.

      Through the lens of evolutionary science, Professor Smith explores the speciation of new business models in the Life Sciences Industry. This sophisticated and highly original approach offers insights into:

      • The mechanisms of evolution in this exceptional industry;
      • The six great technological and social shifts that are shaping its landscape;
      • The emergence of 26 distinct, new business models; and
      • The lessons that enable firms to direct and accelerate their own

        Table of Contents

        Part 1: The Future of Pharma - Reprise

        1. Introduction and an Invitation to Skip a Chapter

        2. An Important Industry at Risk

        3. The Best Idea Anyone Has Ever Had

        4. The Biologists Got There First

        5. Applying Evolutionary Theory to the Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Sectors

        6. Explaining the Industry’s Past

        7. Predicting the Future of Pharma and Medtech

        8. Practical Implications for an Evolving Industry

        9. Watching the Future Unfold

        Part 2: An Immeasurably Superior Power

        10. Introduction: The Emergent Pressures of Selection

        11. Selection Pressures Emerging from the Social Environment

        12. Selection Pressures Emerging from the Technological Environment

        13. Asking the Right Questions

        Part 3: Evolution is Cleverer Than You Are

        14. Introduction: Orgel’s Second Law

        15. Technological Innovator Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat

        16. Technological Innovator Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats

        17. Operationally Excellent Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat

        18. Operationally Excellent Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats

        19. Customer Intimate Species Emerging in the Government Payer Habitat

        20. Customer Intimate Species Emerging in Patient Payer Habitats

        21. A Big Bang of Life Science Business Models

        Part 4: Guiding the Blind Watchmaker

        22. Introduction: From Description to Prescription

        23. Which Fitness Peak(s) Should We Climb?

        24. What Capabilities Does Our New Business Model Need?

        25. How Should We Design a Capable Holobiont?

        26. How Do We Build Our Core Capabilities?

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