The Data Trap: Why Pharma Leaders See Change Too Late
- Erhan Alkan

- Jan 26
- 1 min read
Updated: 22 hours ago

๐ท๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐?
Data availability in Pharma is rarely the problem. The real challenge is ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Many leadership teams are surprised by "sudden" market shifts, not because the data wasn't there, but because they were looking at the ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ.
We tend to focus on ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ (what happened), when we should be analyzing ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ (how the system is changing).
In my latest article, I break down:ย
๐น The critical difference between Pattern and Behaviour.ย
๐น Why NHS data reveals change months before commercial KPIs.ย
๐น How to distinguish "noise" from "structural momentum."
Change is visible earlier if you know where to look.




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