Iqvia Holdings Inc. is hardly a household name, but its boss made more last year than the chief executive of Johnson & Johnson—or any other big pharmaceutical or biotech company.
Iqvia doesn’t have some blockbuster drug or cutting-edge genetic treatment. It is a data company that collects prescription sales, medical claims and other patient records, and analyzes that information for drugmakers, insurance companies and governments. It also provides testing services to drug companies.
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