High-performance R&D, delivered.Determined to boost its output of innovative new medicines, Wyeth's research & development leadership teamed with Accenture (Accenture, Chicago, IL, www.accenture.com) The world's largest management and technology consulting firm, which was spun off of Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1989 as a separate entity known as Andersen Consulting. to reengineer the way the pharmaceutical company discovers new molecular entities and moves them through preclinical preclinical /pre·clin·i·cal/ (-klin´i-k'l) before a disease becomes clinically recognizable. pre·clin·i·cal adj. 1. development and clinical trials. The companies designed and implemented vast changes to streamline operations and dramatically improve the effectiveness of Wyeth's proven R&D organization. Now, three years into the initiative, the productivity of Wyeth's drug discovery effort has risen 400 percent, early clinical trial cycle times have been cut by 60 percent, and a new high-performance Adj. 1. high-performance - modified to give superior performance; "a high-performance car" superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" model for outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. clinical data management is substantially reducing costs by about 50 percent. |
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