SPECIAL REPORT: 2007 Industry Dynamics - Lessons Learned

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • Strategic Considerations
  • Stakeholder Implications
• 2007 in Review
• Looking for the Grail
• Noteworthy 2007 News and Events That Signifi cantly Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • 2007' s Problems with Drug Safety
  • Big Pharma' s Ongoing Productivity Problems
  • Ramifi cations of Biogenerics Entering the Marketplace
  • Ramifi cations of Patent Expiries
  • Ascendancy of Specialty Pharma and Biotech
• Retrenching and Choosing Wisely
  • Blockbuster Numbers Creep Upward, but Growth Grinds Almost to a Halt
  • Executing Change Requires a Holistic Approach to Managing a Company
  • A Tale of Two Management Styles: Pfi zer Versus Schering-Plough
    • Management Style
    • Insights from the Asenapine Story
    • Lessons to Be Learned About Management
  • Choosing Wisely Has Never Been More Important
• Jumping on Technology Opportunities
  • The Quest for Innovation: Valuable Technology Opportunities, Circa 2007
  • Future Lifeblood of the Pharmaceutical Industry
• New Value Propositions: Value-for-Money
• Increasing Power of Activist States
  • 2007 Lessons to Be Learned
  • 2007 State Legislative Bills
  • State Attorneys General Not Afraid to Litigate
• 2007 Spectrum Scorecard
• Showcase of Decision Resources, Inc., Reports and Presentations

Tables

• 1. Products Gaining Blockbuster Status, 2006
• 2. The New Mantra: A Strategy of Focus, Late 2006-2007
• 3. State Activities That Will Impact the Pharmaceutical Industry Going Forward
• 4. Spectrum Scorecard: Pharmaceutical Industry Performance, 2007

Figures

• 1. The Perceived Value of Biotech Is Real: Growth in AMEX Indices, 2004-2007
• 2. Growth in the Number of Global Blockbusters, 1987-2006
• 3. Years on the Market to Reach Blockbuster Status
• 4. Components Central to Executing Change in a Pharmaceutical Company
• 5. U.S. Oncology Leaders, 2000 and 2005
• 6. A Blazing Mergers and Acquisition Trail for Antibody Companies, 2005-2007
• 7. Prescription Drug State Legislation, 2007