CMO is the abbreviation of Chief Medical Officer, the domestic translation of the Chief Medical Officer, corresponding to the chief executive officer translation, the English literally means the main medical head. Let's start with the origin of CMO. The CMO position first appeared in the healthcare system around 1980, and was gradually adopted by the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries. The main purpose of the position was to improve the quality of healthcare services by having someone who knew both medicine and management, which sounds a bit like a hospital director in China. So what does a CMO do in the pharmaceutical industry? Currently, there is no unified standard on the functions of CMOs, and the specific work of CMOs has evolved with the development of the industry and changes in corporate governance. A qualified CMO should be a set of technical experts, clinical development experts, corporate development strategy planner, risk compliance management experts, company spokesman, human resource management experts, communication and negotiation experts in one, a "civil and military", "out of the hall, into the kitchen". "The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.