Novartis research shows technology talent increasingly drawn to pharma industry since COVID-19

Novartis revealed the healthcare and pharma industry has emerged as a desired career destination for tech talent during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Powerful Pairing research report launched today.

The research – which covered 2,502 tech professionals in the USA, UK, Germany, China and India, conducted between May and June 2020 – targeted respondents from a variety of sectors and organizations with the objective to study perception shifts of the industry in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

For Novartis, a leading global medicines company, investing in and progressing data and digital capabilities is central to its work to reimagine medicine. As the company continues to grow its team of world-leading tech talent, through partnerships and hires, the research explored whether those in tech are aware of role they could play in helping to solve the world’s biggest medicine challenges now and in the future.