McKinsey September 25, 2024
As head of R&D at Novo Nordisk, Marcus Schindler is leading the company’s efforts to embrace external innovation and expand into new therapeutic areas with AI as a powerful catalyst for progress.
In this episode of Eureka!, a McKinsey podcast on innovation in life sciences R&D, hosts Navraj Nagra and Alex Devereson speak to Marcus Schindler, executive vice president for R&D and chief scientific officer at Novo Nordisk. They discuss how Novo Nordisk is expanding its external innovation capabilities and moving into new therapeutic areas. They also explore his efforts to embed AI throughout the R&D organization, establish Novo Nordisk as a leader of AI ecosystems (in Boston and beyond), and eventually advance from treating diseases to curing them, with...