Dispensing change
13 September 2012
John Matthews and Bill Michels examine the processes involved in the re-engineering of purchasing operations at Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals
The pharmaceuticals world is ruled by growing pressure for blockbuster drugs and for public and private healthcare organisations to accept the spiralling cost of healthcare. So purchasing doesn’t get a look in, right? Wrong. The industry has been responding with remorseless consolidation to achieve global scale and global efficiencies. Wyeth-Ayerst and its parent...