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Leading the Advance in Regulatory Science

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That the pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a period of great transformation can be in little doubt, with so many industry reports highlighting the magnitude of the impact of the patent cliff on big pharma revenues and share prices.

…transformation is everybody’s job (Deming 2000 )

[Deming: Principles for Transformation]

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Calnan, N. (2013). Leading the Advance in Regulatory Science. In: Friedli, T., Basu, P., Bellm, D., Werani, J. (eds) Leading Pharmaceutical Operational Excellence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35161-7_5

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