BMS’s Kevin Cook explains why digital capability is becoming a must-have for strategic CMO partners and why the next phase starts with the basics.
News|Articles|October 29, 2026
The Supply Chain Has Modernized. Prescribing Information Should Too.
Author(s)Matthew Sample, Gregg Gorniak
Why outdated paper prescribing information is creating unnecessary cost, complexity and friction across a modern pharmaceutical supply chain.
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Walk into a modern pharmaceutical distribution center and very little about the operation feels stuck in the past. Automated systems move products at high speed, inventory is tracked digitally and teams can adjust quickly when disruptions hit. Pharmacists and physicians work much the same way, relying on digital tools for current prescribing information and clinical guidance.
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