NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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They fear treatments like DCVax, both its potential existence and it’s possible success cannibalizing their existing businesses.

They are also anxious over the inevitable reorganization of their landscape affecting their revenue and influence IMO payers will exert ever-stronger pressure for a “pay for performance” measurement.

“2018 Global life sciences outlook
Innovating life sciences in the fourth industrial revolution: Embrace, build, grow

New operating models

Establishing collaborative ways of working
is high on the agenda for life science organizations and will require breaking the constraints of the current system. New operating models will welcome diverse and collaborative efforts from a cross-sector of industries, public and private collaborations, and partnerships between nonprofit and for- profit organizations.

One trend upending business and operational models is Everything-as-a- Service (XaaS). XaaS envisions business capabilities, products, and processes, not as discreet vertical offerings operating individually in silos, but as a collection of horizontal services that can be accessed and leveraged across organizational boundaries.”

https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Life-Sciences-Health-Care/gx-lshc-ls-outlook-2018.pdf