Business Strategy: Taking the Pulse of IT Outsourcing in Top 20 Pharma: Industry

Business Strategy: Taking the Pulse of IT Outsourcing in Top 20 Pharma

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: July 2009
Product Code: R104-39636

Description

This Health Industry Insights report identifies what types of commercial IT applications and services large pharmaceutical companies are looking to outsource over the next 12-24 months. Patent expirations and vulnerable drug pipelines have driven pharmaceutical companies to spend most of this decade reducing overhead and reassessing what is operationally outsource worthy versus strategically core.

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Health Industry Insights Opinion

In This Report
Methodology
Situation Overview
The Economic Factor
Mergers and Acquisitions Foster Outsourcing
Pharmas Inch Closer to Outsourcing Strategic Applications
Top 20 Pharma IT Outsourcing
Decision Factors and Motivators
Current Opportunities
Track and Trace/Serialization
Process Analytical Technology
LIMS Consolidation
Application Portfolio Optimization
Customer Data Integration, Consolidation, and Segmentation
Unified Forecasting
Hardware Support
System Validation and Stress Testing
Web Site Activity Management
Other Opportunities
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance
Actions for Vendors
Advice for End Users
Regular Evaluation of Service-Level Agreements
Post-M&A Outsourcing Evaluations
Identify Redundancies
Renegotiate Existing Contracts
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Synopsis
Figure: IT Outsourcing Business Drivers
Figure: IT Outsourcing Vendors

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