most numerous pharmaceutical execut...

most numerous pharmaceutical executives, if asked, would say that their companies work remarkably well across individual functions, I imagine. They would say that no individual can develop drugs without thorough cooperation over the discovery and development proces "After all," they would ask, "we have all these interdepartmental teams, don't we?"

Indeed they do have those teams, yet a team doesn't create regard trust, efficiency, or productivity by means of itself. And standing in the way of cross-functional nimbleness are the kings and queen of the pharmaceutical fiefdoms