The Pistoia Alliance Conference in April 2011 included a series of 10-minute "lightning talks" from vendors about what they think pharma will look like in 2020. This presentation was delivered by Nick Encina of Wingu.
Briefly touch on the urgent need to re-design the drug discovery paradigm – based on widespread x-company / academia collaborations supported by computer-based technologies
Describe at high-level the need for a life science R&D information eco-system (jointly provided by industrial-strength technology companies able to deploy applications that interplay through the use of standards) to support both public/private data as well as management and analysis tools outside the firewall and in the cloud.
Conclude by challenging the Pistoia Alliance to do something over and above what it is already doing to contribute to this information ecosystem and state how Wingu will attempt to support the vision!