Phillip Nixon

Biography

Phil is Executive Director - PharmSci Technology & Innovation at Pfizer. Phil is a leader with a breadth of technical expertise and leadership experience spanning drug delivery, formulation/process development, packaging, outsourcing, licensing, discovery support, and analytical development across many dosage form types.

Presenting: Leveraging on Open and External Innovation as a Competitive Necessity

25 Feb 2014, 05:00

• Tackling the pressures of increasing development costs, regulations and value-based product demand
• Realising the benefits and potential of open and external innovative partnerships
• Embedding small and dedicated groups across several organisational levels and units to provide focus on horizon 2/3 technologies
• Strengthening innovation-specific infrastructure to proactively seek and connect with global and interdisciplinary science and technology
• Leveraging dedicated senior leaders and scientists to create opportunities and develop effective capabilities and partnerships
• The ‘Technology & Innovation Group’ – driving a strategy-driven approach to technological innovation
• Exploring key achievements to date