GSK, Pfizer and more sign on for Accenture, Google's new data platform

Google Cloud President Tariq Shaukat heard "an overriding sentiment" when he spoke with pharma and life science executives recently at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: The pharma industry is behind in using digital technology. To that end, his company is partnering with Accenture on an open architecture platform to accelerate discovery, research and delivery.