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Joe Luminello

Joe Luminello

CEO and Co-Founder of RCG Intel, a boutique competitive intelligence consulting firm serving the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, with 40+ years of healthcare and biopharma leadership experience.

Jun 17, 2026

Med Tech Gurus

Med Tech Gurus

Data Isn't Strategy

Jun 17 · 43m

Tom HickeyHOST
4:05
What did that experience teach you about building an organization from zero?
Joe Luminello
Joe LuminelloGUEST
4:11
Well, let me tease out some of the true but temporarily distorted data that you had in the intro.
Joe Luminello
Joe LuminelloGUEST
4:22
I started at Takeda here in the US.
Joe Luminello
Joe LuminelloGUEST
4:25
It was a joint venture between Abbott Labs before it broke up and Takeda of Japan.
Joe Luminello
Joe LuminelloGUEST
4:31
And it's probably one of the I'd have to say it's one of the top five, maybe the top one hidden joint venture successes in the history of pharma.
Joe Luminello
Joe LuminelloGUEST
4:42
When I joined Takeda, it's called TAP, T-A-P.
Joe Luminello
Joe LuminelloGUEST
4:48
When I joined that relationship in the late 80s, I believe we lost $25 million that year.

23 MINS LATER

Tom HickeyHOST
28:11
So what have you learned about motivating teams when outcomes matter deeply like this? Can you can you provide us some insights?

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