[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":212},["ShallowReactive",2],{"resource-detail-en-podcast-pharma-and-well-being":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"audience":6,"author":9,"body":10,"canonicalSlug":141,"description":142,"duration":143,"episodeHighlights":144,"episodeNumber":134,"extension":145,"featured":146,"format":147,"guest":148,"guestRole":149,"guestTitleAtEpisodeShoot":149,"legacyRedirects":150,"locale":151,"meta":152,"navigation":153,"path":154,"primaryCta":155,"priority":156,"publishedAt":157,"readingTime":155,"reels":158,"relatedPlatform":184,"relatedUseCases":188,"season":189,"seo":190,"status":193,"stem":194,"takeaways":195,"thumbnail":199,"topics":201,"type":206,"updatedAt":207,"youtubeId":208,"youtubeUrl":209,"__hash__":210,"href":211},"resources\u002Fen\u002Fresources\u002Fpodcast\u002Fpharma-and-well-being.md","Well-being in pharma with Safwan Nached",[7,8],"Pharma executives","Future leaders","Revosuite Editorial",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":132},"minimark",[13,18,22,26,29,33,47,58,69,73,84,95,99,110,121],[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"episode-overview","Episode overview",[19,20,21],"p",{},"Safwan Nached joins Pharma Republic to discuss a 35-year journey from medical representative to entrepreneur. 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So today, if I have any technology that helps me save time and utilize more data in my work, I will definitely use it. But if we are talking about technology like, for instance, calling a doctor or sending them an email, I don't think that today, or ever, we will replace the face-to-face visit with an email or a message sent to the doctor. Why? 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Medicine treats the disease, but in many cases, it doesn't treat the root cause of the disease or why it happened in the first place. Psychological illnesses, depression, stress, and tension have all skyrocketed as a result of the pressures of work and life on individuals. At the same time, other conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and high cholesterol have increased dramatically, not to mention cancer, which is obviously rising at an unnatural rate as well. 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The time you might waste going out with no purpose, sitting at a cafe smoking shisha or cigarettes, or watching a movie, I believe that if a person, especially in their early beginnings, spends this time reading, educating themselves scientifically, and seeing how the world works, this will greatly help shape their perspective of the entire industry and where the world is heading, allowing them to build their future correctly. What did I learn the hard way? To rely on yourself and not depend on anyone. Unfortunately, concepts have evolved, and successful people are fought against, especially in the beginning. 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