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Mike Rea has worked in global pharma strategy for over 25 years, working with the world\u2019s top 30 pharmaceutical companies. Regarded as an industry thought leader in innovation, Mike helped lead the strategic direction of over 100 pharmaceutical brands, and created the industry standard annual Productive Innovation Index, a ranking of top 30 pharma by their ability to launch innovation.

Mike\u2019s passion for industry change has inspired those around him, and IDEA Pharma\u2019s clients, to think differently, to challenge the status quo and\xa0achieve strategic excellence. Under Mike\u2019s guidance, IDEA has\xa0supported over 3 in 4 of\xa0\u2018blockbuster contenders\u2019\xa0in industry pipelines (cited by FiercePharma), positioned the top 2 launches of 2015, and over half of the 50 fastest growing drugs in the 2010-15 window.

Individually, Mike has been:

• Named as one of the\xa0100 Most Inspiring People in Healthcare in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and was presented the Red Jacket Lifetime Achievement award in 2016 (PharmaVoice)
• Voted one of Top 10 Innovators in Pharma (PharmaPhorum)
• Acknowledged as the industry\u2019s leading expert in early-phase Positioning, and has successfully positioned some of the world\u2019s leading pharmaceutical products
• Is leading the development of an industry Code of Ethics

Outside work, Mike owns an independent record label (Medical Records), organises the street food/ food truck festival MXMK, and cycles really slowly\u2026

You can find out more information at ideapharma.com or @ideapharma on twitter.