Portfolio, Program, and Project Management in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries illustrated how high-quality program and project management is crucial for drug companies to remain competitive, to deliver good returns to investors, and ultimately to bring novel personalized medicine to patients.

Features:

• A combination of theoretical indights and pragmatic examples from professionals who are all working in the industry
• Case studies with very detailed, real-life examples fo how the management of drug development is actually done
• Answers the pharmaceutical industry needs to streamline and make the drug development process more efficient
• The full spectrum of management processes needed from the operationslization of corporate strategy by portfolio management processes through to practical project control processes

Contents

Section I: The Life Science Industry Context for Portfolio, Program, and Project Management

1. A Review of Project Management in Life Science Industry Sectors
2. The Impact of Organizational Size on Drug Project Management
3. Drug Development in Biotech and How We Can Do It Better

Section II: The Portfolio, Program, and Project Management Approaches and Processes

4. An Overview of the Organization and Processes of Portfolio, Program and Project Management
5. Portfolio Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Balancing Corporate Need with the Reality of Delivering Products to the Market
6. Program Management in Drug Development
7. Project Control
8. Managing Uncertainty in Drug Projects
9. Managing Drug Safety Risk
10. Developing Program Strategy
11. Project Value Management: Ensuring the Development of Added Value Drug Products

Section III: Integrating the Processes

12. Integrated Business Process to Support Cross-Functional Drug Development
13. Integrated Drug Development From Cradle to Grave and From Lab to Market
14. The Development of P3M Capability in Drug Development Organizations
15. Implementing Portfolio, Program, and Project Management Best Practices in Drug Development Organizations

Index

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