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Life Sciences and Healthcare Recruiting and Executive Search Services
Healthcare and life sciences are a huge, multi-trillion-dollar industry and is only expected to grow due to population shifts and a rapidly aging population. As people live longer with chronic disease, the demand for new innovations in treatment and care are growing fast. The healthcare industry therefore needs innovative thinkers in its executive ranks: individuals who can find new solutions, increase efficiencies and build profitability in a field that encompasses patient care, research and development, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.
Life Sciences and Healthcare at a glance
Healthcare and Life Sciences comprises a number of different interdependent and related industries such as health insurance, research, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and even retail pharmacy operations and processing.
Large players in this space include:
- McKesson Corp
- United Healthcare
- CVS Health
- AmerisourceBergen Corp
- Cardinal Health
- Express Scripts
- Anthem
- Kaiser Permanente
- Aetna
- Humana
Major Industry Challenges for the Life Sciences and Healthcare
We find that our healthcare clients identify the following challenges as being top of mind:
- Change: Today’s healthcare executives need to be quick thinkers, adapting to changing political environments and public attitudes toward the field.
- Regulation: The past twenty years have been transformative in terms of the regulation of healthcare. The executives who are most successful in this space are ready to change and adapt and realize advantages in a changing market.
- Technology: New breakthroughs in technology are constantly creating new opportunities for growth, efficiency and profitability.
How We Serve the Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry
Our partner recruiters at CFR are recognized as some of the best recruiters in the Health and Life Science industry. Following an extensive 9-step process designed to identify top performers, these recruiters work with top healthcare companies to deliver seasoned executives who have the specialized skills and knowledge to drive innovation in this important sector.