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Understanding the Difference of Using Static Values vs Uncertainties When Predicting Launch
Prediction has always been a key aspect of the pharmaceutical industry. With huge amount of money being invested in projects or...
Guest Writer: Emma Samuelsson
Jun 24, 20212 min read


Clinical Trial Recruitment Impact on Market Order of Entry & Sales
Clinical development has always been an uncertain endeavor for the pharmaceutical industry. However, with the COVID pandemic, this...
Andrew Combs
Jun 24, 20214 min read


COVID-19 Portfolio Delay Scenarios
The current pandemic is greatly impacting all of us and also the pharmaceutical industry. Difficulties in recruiting and keeping new...
Magnus Ytterstad
Jun 24, 20215 min read


Modeling Fast Track Designation
INTRODUCTION Since 2018, Captario has participated in formulating product strategies for a number of oncology assets. These development...
Magnus Ytterstad
Jun 23, 20215 min read


Evaluating Fast Track Opportunities
Over the past eighteen months I have participated in efforts to develop product strategies for a number of oncology assets. These...
Magnus Ytterstad
Jun 22, 20215 min read


Top 6 Best Practices In Pharma Decision-Making
#1 Use a single source for portfolio data, both input and output For many organizations, it’s common that portfolio project data reside...
Captario
Jun 21, 20215 min read


The Importance of Diversity in STEM
Did you know that according to Harvard Business review, women are 45% more likely to leave the science, technology, engineering and...
Captario
Jun 19, 20213 min read


Alzheimer’s Disease & a Vaccine
Can you imagine the heartache of starting to forget family, friends, memories, and experiences you have acquired over a lifetime just in...
Stephanie Mardini
Jun 19, 20213 min read


Quantitative Disease Area Strategy
This article presents a case study on how we can use quantitative methods to influence or support disease area strategies. The case study...
Magnus Ytterstad
Jun 18, 20217 min read


Simulation-Based Portfolio Forecasting
A couple of weeks ago, I had this question from a potential client: - "How can I explain to stakeholders what simulation adds to a...
Magnus Ytterstad
Jun 17, 20215 min read

Medical Non-Adherence: One of the Biggest Challenges in Pharma
* Medical Adherence = taking the right dose at the right time. Medical Non-Adherence is the opposite of that. Jesper Hassel, CEO of...
Stephanie Mardini
Jun 16, 20213 min read


Machine Learning and Pharma
MACHINE LEARNING – so foreign and yet so familiar. We hear it everywhere, on LinkedIn, on company websites and in webinars. Companies...
Stephanie Mardini
Jun 15, 20214 min read


The Importance of Portfolio Analysis & Communication for Project Success: A Government Impact Story
In 2005, the City of Palo Alto completed a technically ambitious project: building a pedestrian tunnel underneath the Caltrain system in...
Captario
Jun 14, 20213 min read


The Changing Pace of Decisions in Business
Over the last year, with a pandemic hitting most, if not all nations across the globe, there is a significant change taking place out of...
Captario
Jun 12, 20213 min read


AI and ML to Improve the Outcome of Drug Development Projects
With millions of factors going into drug development in the pharmaceutical industry there is an ongoing challenge to make use of relevant...
Stig-Johan Wiklund
Jun 11, 20213 min read


What Are Your Go-To Charts to Show Risk?
Some time ago, Captario Head of Analytics, Magnus Ytterstad, presented on Why Summits, where there was a good discussion about...
Magnus Ytterstad
Jun 10, 20211 min read


What are Your Go-To Charts in a Portfolio Review?
It is essential to illustrate the best and most realistic forecast in a portfolio review. It is equally important to analyze how the...
Magnus Ytterstad
May 5, 20211 min read


What Happens if You Add Delay Risks to Planned Product Timelines?
The answer is that you will get a forecast instead of a plan, as the product plan only shows what the company wants to happen, whereas a...
Magnus Ytterstad
Apr 11, 20211 min read


How Holistic is Your Portfolio?
A pharmaceutical pipeline consists of four parts: On-market products: These are easy to forecast since the company already has a pretty...
Magnus Ytterstad
Mar 11, 20211 min read


Stocking Stuffers For Decision-Makers
The holiday season is upon us, and here are some late suggestions for stocking stuffers for your colleagues. This is also my list of...
Magnus Ytterstad
Dec 15, 20205 min read
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