Discover how digital innovation and Gen AI are reshaping pharma with Anvita Karara. Explore how patient-centricity, personalization, and responsible AI are driving better health outcomes and transforming engagement at scale.
Jul 08, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 35
An episode with Tracy Ring, Accenture’s Chief Data Officer and Global Generative AI Lead for Life Sciences explores how advanced AI, cognitive digital brains, and agentic systems are transforming business efficiency, trust, and customer interactions.
May 07, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 34
A discussion with David Hole, Global Life Sciences T&O lead about how GenAI is transforming the life sciences workforce, emphasizing the need for new skills, ethical considerations, and the balance between democratization and governance.
May 05, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Matt Studney, from Merck’s Research Laboratories Information Technology discusses AI's growing role in pharma and the need for responsible implementation to enhance health outcomes.
Jan 25, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Explore how Genentech’s digital cell and gene therapy innovation scales life-saving treatments. From virtual journeys to secure supply chains, learn about the tech and collaborations bringing new therapies safely to patients worldwide.
Nov 22, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Just like the life sciences industry, the Driving Digital in Biopharma series has evolved. In each episode, we'll explore the way the industry is being reimagined and reinvented. If you're passionate about the future of medicines and medical technologies, improving patient outcomes and pushing the limits of innovation, The Lens is your essential listen.
Nov 08, 2024•2 min
In this insightful episode of Driving Digital in Biopharma, host Tom Lehmann explores with Áine Hanly, Chief Technology Officer at Vir Biotechnology, the transformative role of data and technology in drug development and manufacturing. Áine delves into the advancements in data accessibility and automation, such as single-cell manipulation and high throughput processes, which have notably shortened cycle times and boosted efficiency. She also discusses the innovative use of the Vir AI tool Daisy ...
Oct 07, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This episode of Driving Digital in Biopharma offers a peek into the digital revolution brewing in the biopharma labs, courtesy of Richard Milne, the Vice-president and general manager of Digital Science Solutions at Thermo Fisher Scientific. From e-commerce roots to pioneering digital science, Richard and Tom delve into the vision for laboratories, and the integration of artificial intelligence and automation in scientific research and lab operations. Their conversation highlights the critical r...
Sep 16, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode of "Driving Digital in Biopharma," host Tom Lehmann welcomes Morrey Atkinson, the Chief Technology and Operations Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. With a rich background in process development and manufacturing within the pharmaceutical industry, Morrey shares his insights on Vertex's strategic evolution and its commitment to serial innovation through substantial investments in R&D. They discuss the company’s modality-agnostic approach, which allows flexibility in tackling ...
Jun 16, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode of the Driving Digital in Biopharma podcast, Samer Ansari, Head of Data, Digital, and Technology at Takeda Oncology, joins Tom Lehmann, Global Head of Accenture Life Sciences R&D, to discuss the role of digital in creating exceptional HCP and patient experiences. Through their shared passion for data and tech and the importance of using it to positively change not only the Life Sciences industry but also the lives of our loved ones, Samer and Tom explore how Takeda is leverag...
Mar 07, 2024•33 min
In this episode of Driving Digital in Biopharma, Accenture host, Tom Lehmann, speaks to Chris Braithwaite, Global Head of Drug Development, Digital and IT Novartis. Achieving digital transformation requires a delicate balance between traditional methods, rapidly emerging technology, and human decision-making. Chris encourages a shift in perspective and a focus on change management, emphasizing that working in a human+machine mode does not entail eliminating human roles. Instead, it involves deve...
Nov 03, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode of Driving Digital in Biopharma, Accenture host, Tom Lehmann, talks with Michel Rider, VP Digital, Analytics and Performance at GSK. Michel reflects on their multi-year quest to modernize digital, data, and analytics capabilities across Development – sharing insights for achieving near-term wins while planning for the future. There is a sense of urgency for patients seeking better, faster treatments. And this is a non-linear endeavor – iteration and evolution are a given. A compr...
Apr 27, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode of Driving Digital in Biopharma, host Tom Lehmann talks with Jason Bronfeld, Head of Product Development IT at Bristol-Myers Squibb, about the industry re-perceiving itself and capitalizing on the power of digital. When it comes to evolving ways of operating to an ever-better model for the future, a mindset shift is essential – digital is a means and not the end. The biopharma industry is viewed as knowledge-generating enterprises, and while ever-growing amounts of data present c...
Feb 28, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, Tom Lehmann talks with Natasha Kelly, a data scientist within Accenture's Applied Intelligence Group who focuses on advanced analytic solutions in life sciences manufacturing and supply chain. Tom and Natasha discuss the 2022 Life Sciences Technology Vision through a supply chain lens, delving into how each of the report's four trends ingrained in the metaverse are reshaping supply chain and operations experiences across the industry.
Nov 29, 2022•23 min
In this episode, Tom Lehmann talks with Accenture’s Ross Wooddisse, Managing Director and Life Sciences R&D Lead in Europe, about the 2022 Life Sciences Technology Vision and what the Metaverse continuum means for Biopharma R&D. They discuss how science turns into medicine, a new generation of digital trial capabilities and the fundamental opportunity for the industry to move from disease management towards risk prediction and disease prevention.
Nov 11, 2022•14 min
In this episode Tom Lehmann talks with Shalu Chada, Managing Director and Accenture’s Life Sciences Technology Lead, to discuss the 2022 Life Sciences Technology Vision and how each of the report's four trends ingrained in the metaverse are reshaping biopharma experiences of the future.
Sep 12, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode of Driving Digital in Biopharma, host Tom Lehmann talks with Anders Persson – Executive Director, Ecosystem Strategy & Innovation, AstraZeneca, about the role of digital and data in the transformation of global drug development and the value of an ecosystem and partnership strategy in R&D.
Aug 24, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Tom Lehmann and Eddie Reilly, Chief regulatory officer and head of global regulatory affairs, Sanofi discuss delivering new therapies to patients more efficiently and how that’s enabled by regulatory affairs - from standardizing data and harnessing AI to the more proficiently exchanging data with health authorities.
Jul 12, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Host Tom Lehmann talks with Lars Fogh Iversen, Senior Vice Present for Digital Science & Innovation at Novo Nordisk. They discuss the journey to accelerate research and early development through laboratory automation, data management, AI and digital research.
May 25, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In Episode 11, host Tom Lehmann and guest Julie Huxley-Jones, GSK, discuss the mindset of scientific curiosity, innovation and collaboration and its role on the impact of digital in scientific discovery. They talk about the unique journey of digital in discovery research and how it’s increasing productivity and innovation.
Apr 05, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Savyon Amit talks with Tom Lehmann about AstraZeneca's aligned understanding of Digital Health and the importance of articulating the value of digital from an organizational standpoint as well as value to the broader healthcare ecosystem.
Feb 24, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Tom Lehmann talks with Stephen Davies, VP, Eisai Enterprise Information Technology about Eisai’s human health care philosophy. It’s guiding innovation, shaping digital transformation and encouraging a holistic health care view by leveraging technology beyond traditional therapeutics.
Jan 12, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode Venkat Sethuraman, SVP Global Biometrics and Data Science, Bristol-Myers Squibb talks with Tom Lehmann about the critical role of data, design and digital in the future vision for R&D.
Nov 17, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Host Tom Lehmann talks with Craig Lipset, a long-time advocate and inspiring innovator in the clinical research and medicine development community. Drawing on his role as co-convenor of the Decentralized Trials and Research Alliance (DTRA), a collaboration of over 120 member organizations, Craig discusses DTRA’s ambitions and priorities for bringing greater accessibility to clinical trials and making decentralized clinical research methods the standard for the industry.
Oct 07, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Tom Lehmann talks with Frances Taheri, Accenture Ventures Digital Health Lead, about the need for companies to enable their ecosystems to collaborate freely without compromising data security and privacy in the conclusion of our Life Sciences Tech Trends series.
Sep 23, 2021•18 min
Tom Lehmann talks again with David Hole about the “bring your own environment” (BYOE) model that will drive the industry’s technology agenda in terms of connectivity, collaboration and the tools that enable them in part four of our Life Sciences Tech Trends series.
Sep 23, 2021•20 min
Tom Lehmann talks with David Hole, Accenture Life Sciences Talent and Organization Lead, about making technology accessible to all to put powerful capabilities in the hands of people across functions in part three of our Life Sciences Tech Trends series.
Sep 23, 2021•17 min
Tom Lehmann talks with Andy Greenberg, Accenture North America Digital Health Lead, about the therapeutic potential of massive, intelligent, digital twins in part two of our Life Sciences Tech Trends series.
Sep 23, 2021•22 min
Host Tom Lehmann begins this special series centered on the 2021 Life Sciences Technology Vision with Shalu Chadha, Accenture Life Sciences Technology Lead, about architecting a better future with technology stacks that are fluid across the ecosystem.
Sep 23, 2021•12 min
Host Tom Lehmann talks with John Kelleher, head of digital quality for Pfizer global supply. John shares insights on connecting learnings and impacts of a digital QA transformation pilot to a more holistic QC transformation initiative.
Jul 16, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 6