As information streams continue to multiply, pharmaceutical companies' decision makers are often overwhelmed with excessive aggregate data. The net effect is that they’re not always able to find right information at the right time. In order to be a successful player, a pharmco needs to improve agility, the quality of its insights and make quicker go/no-go decisions.

To achieve these and other business objectives, firms recognize that it is prudent to use a phased approach to enhancing its searching of informa­tion. The initial solution must be able to provide tangible benefits for everyday document search. This is not trivial. It involves creating a tool that ties together numerous information sources, both internal and external. From there, the initiative should then provide for more advanced solutions that take into consideration each business units goals and primary business drivers.