Future CFO

MARCH 13, 2023

Gartner surveys looking to 2022 show that CFOs, controllers and heads of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are all focused on digital initiatives that will lay critical groundwork for an autonomous future. Cedric Assaouloff , digital and innovation lead at R&D finance pharmaceutical company F.

Finance 98

Finance Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Leadership Pharmaceutical 98

PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Truepill Co-Founder and President Sid Viswanathan and CEO Umar Afridi said that the staid pharmaceutical industry is due for a jolt from technology (specifically application programming interfaces or APIs), and a direct-to-consumer (DTC) focus. Call it the Amazonification of healthcare. Looking Ahead.

Healthcare 75

Healthcare Pharmaceutical B2B Leverage 75

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2020

Uber Health made big news this past week with the announcement that it was scaling up its delivery services to include pharmaceutical products in some locales. Breese said that’s bound to change as firms like Amazon and NowRx leverage digital services and automation to break the "bottlenecks” that have created a process no one likes.

Pharmaceutical 72

Pharmaceutical Healthcare Transportation Leverage 72

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

The company recently obtained a London location, where it plans to introduce the cashierless grab-and-go concept. These offerings are leveraging artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology in an effort to gather valuable customer data, such as customers’ ages, genders and emotions. Around the Unattended Retail World.

Pharmaceutical 59

Pharmaceutical Entertainment Healthcare Retail 59

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) such as CVS negotiate drug benefits for health insurance plans and employers. As pressure has mounted over recent years to curb the ever-mounting costs of pharmaceuticals, those negotiations have gotten more aggressive.

Pharmaceutical 40

Pharmaceutical eCommerce Leverage Retail 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In this week’s tracker, Amazon slowly spreads into trickier territory: prescription pharmaceuticals, smart glasses, and shipping alcohol (which is a logistical nightmare). Plus, it has the potential to help the retailer leverage underutilized parts of its store footprint and drive up visitor frequency.

Pharmaceutical 41

Pharmaceutical Leverage Retail eCommerce 41

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

The tool can run on-premise or in the cloud, with Seeq targeting the specialty chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, utility and renewable energy markets. The company did not say how it plans to use the funding. Reports said Kobster did not reveal how it plans to use the funding, either. OfBusiness.

B2B 42

B2B Pharmaceutical Startups Investments 42

PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Apple slashed 70 percent of its product plans, launching the “Think Different” ad campaign and executed a very, very bold vision from its new/old leader. For example, Apple started the year with a massive study with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to determine if Apple’s Watch Series 4 could be leveraged to diagnose and treat atrial fibrillation.

Valuation 48

Valuation Construction Microsoft Office Pharmaceutical 48

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In this week’s tracker, the eCommerce giant raises the bar (the pop-up bar, that is), gives YouTube and pharmacies a run for their money, allows teens to shop independently while still giving parents visibility and control, and plans to deliver packages to customer’s trunks. Raising The Bar. Junk In The Trunk.

Advertising 40

Advertising eCommerce Leverage Planning 40

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. KLINSKY: Yeah.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 104

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Leverage Numbers 104

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Highly contagious diseases for which there are higher mortality rates than the flu and no known cure cause people to reconsider their plans — and cause companies to make decisions to protect their workforces from possible contagion. Then there’s the human fear factor. Countries are enforcing travel bans.

Education 112

Education Pharmaceutical Startups Sales 112

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Like, if you think about — when I was growing up, all of the big pharmaceutical companies had these corporate campuses that were highly securitized, deep in suburbs. MCCARTHY: Well, I would — RITHOLTZ: Or is that just leverage and don’t — MCCARTHY: Yeah. MCCARTHY: That is what’s most important.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 62

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Construction Concentration 62

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 14, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So tell us a little bit about the suite of services RBA offers, how do you work with advisors who say, hey, you know, I have good financial planning with my clients, but I don’t want to run the portfolios. BERNSTEIN: I was a maintenance guy in a pharmaceutical plant. What can Rich Bernstein do for me? BERNSTEIN: Yes.

Quantitative Analysis 62

Quantitative Analysis Investments Valuation Marketing 62