Sustaining Rapid Medicine Development
Lessons From A Pandemic
The Economist Impact Report: Biopharma’s evolution: learnings from the pandemic for a revived regulatory landscape
Can drug developers and regulators create a sustainable culture that allows the biopharma industry to continue to work with the accelerated model adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, or will industry burnout ensue?

This report examines the following questions:
- What will the biopharma regulatory science landscape look like in 2027?
- What role will governments, regulators, and investors play in boosting the ecosystem for biopharma innovation, including sustainability targets?
- Which therapeutic areas and technologies lend themselves to biopharma industry collaboration?
- What will accelerate innovation cycles and regulatory approvals post-pandemic?
- How will regulators deal with digitalization, artificial intelligence and machine learning in the drug approval process?
The art of the possible: reimagining the biopharmaceutical supply chain
October 4th, 2022 10 am EDT/ 3pm BST

Meeta Gulyani Meeta Gulyani Head of Strategy, Business Development and Sustainability, Life Science MilliporeSigma

Mike Douma Vice President, Supply Chain AbbVie

Tacy Foster Partner, McKinsey

Anne McDonald Pritchett Senior Vice President, Policy and Research PhRMA

Alan Lovell Senior Manager, Health, Policy and Insights Economist Impact
Programmed by Economist Impact and sponsored by Merck, The art of the possible: reimagining the biopharmaceutical supply chain will examine what leaders in the biopharmaceutical supply chain must do to steer their businesses through a time of rapid change and ongoing disruption, and identify synergies and efficiencies to bring drugs to market more effectively.
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