AstraZeneca's Pangalos On How He Turned Around R&D Productivity
Executive Summary
As head of AstraZeneca's global research and early development arms Menelas Pangalos has, in the space of eight years, boosted AstraZeneca's pipeline productivity from below industry average to one of the best, at a fraction of the cost. He talked to Scrip about how he effected this transformation using his "5R" framework, and what he needs to do next.
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