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...
Captario
- Aug 24
- 1 min
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...
Stephanie Mardini
- Jul 18
- 5 min
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...
Captario
- Jul 18
- 1 min
Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis (MADA)
Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis (MADA) is one way of differentiating between early projects with little information, and showing...
Captario
- Jul 12
- 1 min
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...
Captario
- Jul 5
- 1 min
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...
Captario
- Jun 20
- 2 min
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 13
- 5 min
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
- 3 min
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
- May 30
- 1 min
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...
Oscar Hanson
- May 27
- 2 min
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 4
- 2 min
A Brief Case Study on Disease Area Scenario Planning
A large-cap global pharmaceutical company with an immunology portfolio used Captario SUM® to understand what assets to prioritize within...
Captario
- May 4
- 2 min
A Brief Case Study on Portfolio Scenario Planning
A large-cap global pharma company with a robust, diversified portfolio used Captario SUM® to model portfolio launch behavior over time...
Monika Tahiraj
- May 2
- 4 min
Captario – The Role of HR in a Remote Company
Since its founding in 2012, Captario has never been the traditional company where ”you go to the office.” While there is a physical...
Captario
- Apr 13
- 1 min
Does This Chart Add Value?
One method of illustrating risk is to show the value at risk (VaR). Plotting the fifth percentile from the simulated outputs in the left...
Captario
- Apr 5
- 1 min
3 Quick Questions About Portfolios with Captario Co-Founder Mikael Palmblad
What challenges do pharmaceutical companies make regarding portfolio decisions? The portfolio elements are high-risk, expensive, take a...
Captario
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Which Charts and Metrics do You Prefer to Display Value and Risk?
At Captario, we continuously explore risk and return metrics for R&D portfolio assets, and we strive to stay on top of the many excellent...
Captario
- Feb 10
- 2 min
How Do You Capture Operational Risk in Your Forecasts?
Drug development is a risky business. Development products carry technical and regulatory risks (PTRS), operational risks (delays and...
Mikael Palmblad
- Jan 27
- 3 min
The Perks of Using Monte Carlo Simulations in Drug Development
Overall, everything in an organization, and especially a profit driven organization, is possible to quantify. If you have a tough...
Johanna Wendt
- Jan 12
- 6 min
An Old Lady To the Rescue - A Short Story of User Experience
This is a short story of when I was away from home in a city I had never been to before. I had been away all day, and all that was left...