Connected Sensors, Predictive Analytics & Hands-free Interactions
Steve WoodwardIoT Tech Expo Global 2017 Jan 2017
IoT opportunities in Science and Manufacturing
Gartner: 21
billion in 2020
http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/gartner-21-billion-iot-devices-to-invade-by-2020/d/d-id/1323081
AstraZeneca
A global science-led biopharmaceutical company
Our business is providing innovative, effective medicines
that make a real difference to patients
Technology Incubation Lab
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Drive Technology
Leadership
• Accelerate innovation
culture
• Support learning between
functional silos
• Position IT as a strategic
partner
Bring Emerging
Technology In
• Reframe problems
• Leverage new
technology to improve
operations
• Exploit new business
opportunities
2 3External
Perspective
• Tech Trends
• Best practice
• Pharma and other
industries
• Potentially disruptive
developments
trends start-ups
VCs presentations
news register
showcase tools
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scout validate
proof of concepts
Technology has already disrupted other industries
Mobile service that
enabled you to find
better ways to travel
On-demand, app-
based legal music
distribution through
streaming
Go-to-device, more
intimate, shocked the
PC industry
Displaced telecoms
companies through
free chat
Displaced retailers
and changed home
entertainment
Online rental service
to enable you to rent
and find vacation
homes
Healthcare will be no exception
Opened their own lab to
test own drug treatments
Major tech companies
sharing better analysis toolsPivoted from photos to
printing stem cells !
Major tech companies
creating Joint Ventures
IoT in R&D
and Clinical
Trials
Turbu+ Smart Inhaler, Mobile App, Web Portal
Lab devices
12Helping scientists capture metadata efficiently in labs R&D
Connecting and automating devices
13Maximising lab utilization to enable more science R&D
AZ Cambridge Biomedical Centre
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$500+ million dollar
investment
~1600 AZ & MedImmune
R&D science jobs
on site
>12,000 Healthcare roles
working at CBC
IoT Fundamental to the running of the building
IoT in the
Supply Chain
AstraZeneca Operations
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Helping to Secure our Supply Chain
Sensors to provide geo-location in real-time, any time, any where
Opportunities in our production network
Manufacturing and optimisation
Packing line / weight / camera technology
Massive opportunity for us optimise our production
*packing line picture*
*forklift scales*
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Monitoring efficiency of our critical processes and equipment
Equipment Monitoring
19Hands on evaluations for new solutions and partners
Replacing manual
monitoring for fridges
and Incubators
Testing in real world
conditions in local labs
Historical trend
visualisation
“Data is only as good as the
access to it and the
understanding you can
derive from it.”
Voice Directed Technologies
allow workers on the packing
line direct access to IoT
information.
Use Case: IoT
sensor information
via Voice Directed
Technology
The Technology
It isn’t just about voice…
IoT Future in
Pharmaceutical
Industry
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Ingestibles, Wearables and Embeddables.https://www.fcc.gov/general/ingestibles-wearables-and-embeddables
Hackathons – Access the untapped skillsets
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Sensors and Wearables will become more and more embedded in day
to day life. Hackathons give us the opportunity to turn our thinking
sideways and showcase what is possible.
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We aim to run 1 per quarter, either against partners, or between internal teams. We see this as a way to access and identify talent and to spark the imagination of all participants.
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We are currently scouting for disruptive 10X technologies
Start-ups Venture Capitals Institutes Innovative Companies
A.I. Digital Health Creative Tech Big Data IoT DevOps
Thank You & Questions!
Steve Woodward [email protected]
Chris Evans [email protected]
UK Tech Lab Director [email protected]
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