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IT leaders: check out how 2D barcodes and RFID are reinventing retail

CIO

The retail landscape has undergone massive shifts in recent years to adopt self-checkout systems. Brands and retailers have been working diligently to create and roll-out standardized 2D barcodes on product packaging that’ll work seamlessly at check-out registers. But is this the beginning of the end for self-checkouts?

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Towa International redefines IT as strategic partner

CIO

After the creation of Towa International in 2020 as part of the acquisition process of Pensa Pharma by Japan-based parent company Towa Pharmaceutical, Remuzgo decided to deconstruct the conception of the IT function, and rebuild it. “A The objective was to consolidate functions and become a new player in the pharmaceutical industry.

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YC-backed Remedial Health raises $1 million pre-seed to digitize pharmacies in Nigeria

TechCrunch

Remedial Health has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies and stem the supply of fake and substandard pharmaceutical products, starting with Nigeria before expanding to the rest of Africa. The platform also stores patients’ medical records and supports reporting and accounting. Image Credits: Remedial Health.

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NLP helps Eli Lilly work at a global scale

CIO

With more than 30,000 employees spread across more than 60 affiliate locations and 14 manufacturing sites around the world, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly operates at a truly global scale. Once improved, we had to work diligently to ramp up our [organizational change management] efforts to gain confidence in the tool.”.

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Merck Life Sciences banks on RPA to streamline regulatory compliance

CIO

The pharmaceutical industry is a highly regulated one, especially for multinationals doing business across the globe. Merck Life Sciences, a leading chemical and pharmaceutical company, with 60,000 employees working across 66 countries, was one of them. Dependency on human resources is both time-consuming and fraught with errors.

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How API-led modernization can transform research and development at pharmaceutical companies

Capgemini

According to MuleSoft’s annual Connectivity Benchmark Report , 89% of IT leaders say data silos are an obstacle to digital transformation, and pharmaceutical companies are no strangers to this issue. However, in many cases, pharmaceutical companies rely on legacy systems that aren’t API-enabled. APIs are one key way to do this.

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Nvidia’s strong earnings highlight AI’s rapid incursion across industries

CIO

Companies like Recursion Pharmaceuticals and Generate:Biomedicines are developing foundation models for biology, indicating AI’s broad adoption in industries including automotive, healthcare, and financial services. “The If you ever look in the back of the data center, the systems and the cabling system are mind-boggling.