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Pharma Wars: A New Drug Development Era
May 25th was the day when the first ever Star Wars movie, entitled "Star Wars: A New Hope," was released in 1977. As an homage to this,...

Captario
May 23, 20232 min read


A Quick Read on Optimizing Strategic Clinical Trial Recruitment
The pharmaceutical industry has always been challenged by the uncertainties of clinical trial recruitment, but the COVID pandemic further...

Captario
Apr 25, 20232 min read


4 Reasons Why You Should Leverage a SaaS Platform To Manage Your Pharmaceutical Portfolio
The pharmaceutical industry is constantly evolving, driven by technological advances, regulation changes, and shifting market demands. As...

Captario
Apr 11, 20232 min read


Enhancing Pharmaceutical Portfolio Decision Quality Through Decision Maturity
Pharmaceutical decision quality is an essential journey that enables decision-makers to make strategic decisions with confidence....

Captario
Mar 28, 20233 min read


5 Best Practices for Strategic Pharmaceutical Decision-Making
Making the right decisions in pharma is crucial to ensuring the success of projects and portfolio goals. Here are five best practices...

Captario
Mar 20, 20232 min read


Every Data Analyst in Pharma Should Consider This
In the world of pharmaceuticals, drug development forecasts play a crucial role in the decision-making process, as these forecasts...

Captario
Feb 7, 20232 min read


Brief On Setting Your Pharmaceutical Portfolio Up For Success
If a house is properly cleaned regularly, the yearly cleaning will be an easy lift. However, if the house is cleaned once a year, there...

Captario
Nov 25, 20222 min read


True vs. Observed Effect – Part Two
Continuing the discussion regarding effect modeling that was started in this blog post. The chart shows another example of the type of...

Magnus Ytterstad
Oct 25, 20221 min read


True vs. Observed Effect – Part One
At Captario, we are doing some pretty cool modeling for our clients, which we call effect modeling. The idea originates from the fact...

Magnus Ytterstad
Oct 13, 20222 min read


Early vs Late Portfolio Prioritization – Best Practices
Prioritizing projects in a portfolio based on risk-adjusted value metrics such as expected NPV, PYS, and ROI will always favor projects...

Magnus Ytterstad
Sep 30, 20223 min read


How Do You Differentiate Between Early Projects with Little Information?
How do you differentiate between early projects with little information? One way to do it is via PTRS. PTRS is the single most important...

Captario
Aug 24, 20221 min read


Optimizing Clinical Performance: A Study Inspired by Moneyball
In 2002, the Oakland Athletics team (the A’s) broke the world record, winning 20 consecutive baseball games with a limited budget and no...

Stephanie Mardini
Jul 18, 20225 min read


Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis (MADA)
Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis (MADA) is one way of differentiating between early projects with little information, and showing...

Magnus Ytterstad
Jul 18, 20221 min read


How Do You Prioritize Your Portfolio?
Lately, Captario has engaged in several conversations with portfolio specialists and stakeholders where the topic of early vs late has...

Magnus Ytterstad
Jul 12, 20221 min read


How Do We Show the Value of an Early Portfolio?
At Captario, we have had several conversations about early vs. late portfolios with portfolio specialists and stakeholders. We can boil...

Magnus Ytterstad
Jul 5, 20221 min read


Captario PSI Round Table Session – Key Takeaways
On June 13, Captario hosted a Round Table Session on the topic of ”Quantitative Decision-Making for Projects and Portfolios - the Present...

Captario
Jun 20, 20222 min read


Mimicking the Many Facets of Oncology R&D
Oncology has long challenged how pharma companies think about drug development and modeling drug development programs to reflect the true...

Captario
Jun 13, 20225 min read


A Quick Read About BPMN
There are many facets to forecasting, some better than others. At Captario, the proprietary decision-making tool Captario SUM® leverages...

Captario
Jun 13, 20223 min read


The Benefit of Using Simulation vs. Calculating Expected Values
This slide highlights the benefit of using simulation rather than just calculating expected values; If your goal is to reach 3B in sales...

Magnus Ytterstad
May 30, 20221 min read


Captario: We are the Change
At Captario, what we do can change the world. Founded in 2012 with a vision of revolutionizing pharma decision-making, Captario is...

Captario
May 27, 20222 min read
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