Portfolio Management
Prioritize products, projects and initiatives across the R&D pipeline.
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ePM
Pharmaceutical Portfolio & Project Management Platform
Connect R&D strategy, project execution, resources, budgets and decisions in one integrated management layer.
ePM helps pharmaceutical organizations manage complex R&D portfolios, coordinate cross-functional projects, control investments, plan capacity and make better stage-gate decisions without duplicating the specialized work handled by Regulatory, Quality, Laboratory or Launch systems.
The management gap
R&D projects are too important to be managed in disconnected spreadsheets
Pharmaceutical R&D involves long timelines, complex dependencies, limited expert capacity, strict governance and high investment risk. Project status is often spread across spreadsheets, meetings, emails and specialized systems, making it difficult to see what is on track, what is delayed and where management decisions are needed.
ePM brings portfolio, project, resource, budget and decision information into one structured management view.
What ePM helps you manage
ePM brings portfolio steering, project execution and management governance into one connected layer.
Project Planning
Manage phases, milestones, workstreams, dependencies and baseline vs. forecast timelines.
Project Scope Matrix
Define products, pack sizes, target countries and partners, then map where registration and launch activities are required.
Stage-Gate Governance
Prepare gate reviews, track readiness, capture decisions and manage follow-up actions.
Project Cockpit
Give project managers a daily action view of blockers, overdue work, upcoming tasks and gate preparation items.
Task Management
Manage workstream tasks, owners, deadlines, statuses, blockers and checklist progress from project and portfolio views.
Resource & Capacity Planning
Plan demand by department, role and time period, and identify capacity conflicts early.
Budget & Financial Oversight
Track approved budget, forecast, actuals, commitments and financial impact of changes.
Risks, Issues & Decisions
Connect risks and issues directly to milestones, budgets, capacity and project health.
Scenario Planning
Model what-if changes across timelines, workstreams, capacity and budget before changing the live plan.
Portfolio Exceptions
Collect cross-project health, timeline, gate, task, RIDA, team and budget exceptions into one action inbox.
Deliverables & Readiness
See what must be completed before the next phase, gate, submission or launch milestone.
Templates & Operating Model
Standardize phases, gates, workstreams, deliverables, resource defaults and custom project fields.
AI Smart Actions
Generate project summaries, gate readiness reports, risk insights and management updates.
One platform for portfolio visibility and project control
From portfolio view to project workspace, ePM gives teams the structure needed to manage decisions, readiness and realistic delivery.
01
See the full R&D portfolio at a glance
Track every product, project and initiative from a single portfolio view. Understand priorities, lifecycle phase, current health, next decision point, budget exposure, capacity conflicts and key risks without manually consolidating information from multiple sources.
02
Manage each project from one structured workspace
Each project workspace brings together the project charter, lifecycle phase, timeline, workstreams, deliverables, resources, budget, risks, decisions and linked evidence. Teams can manage execution while leadership gets a clear view of status, blockers and impact.
03
Plan milestones. Govern decisions.
ePM combines high-level project timelines with stage-gate governance. Project teams can manage phases, milestones and workstreams, while decision makers can review readiness, required inputs, open risks and gate recommendations before approving the next step.
04
Understand whether the plan is realistic
Compare project demand with available capacity across teams, roles and time periods. Connect resource planning with budget forecasts, investment decisions and timeline impact, so management can see not only what is planned, but whether the organization can realistically deliver it.
05
Define the exact project scope
Capture the products, strengths, dosage forms, pack configurations, partners and target countries that belong to the project. The scope matrix then shows which country and packaging combinations require registration, launch activities or both.
06
Coordinate project work through tasks
Break workstream activities into owned tasks with deadlines, status, priority and checklist progress. Project teams can manage the task board locally, while portfolio views surface overdue, blocked and due-soon work across projects.
07
Turn portfolio problems into an action inbox
Use the portfolio exceptions view to collect critical health, timeline, gate, task, RIDA, team and budget issues across projects. Each exception can carry severity, owner, due date, context and a recommended fix for management follow-up.
08
Compare scenarios before changing the live plan
Create what-if scenarios for timeline shifts, workstream changes, resource demand and budget impact. Teams can review the delta against the current plan and decide whether the scenario should be applied to the baseline.
09
Standardize setup with reusable project templates
Define phases, gates, workstreams, activities, deliverables, resource demand and custom fields once, then use templates to start new projects with a consistent operating model and less manual setup.
Ecosystem
Built for the e-line ecosystem
ePM is designed to work as the portfolio and project management layer across the e-line ecosystem. Specialized systems continue to own their business domains, while ePM consumes selected milestones, statuses, risks, documents and readiness information to provide one consolidated management view.
ePM does not duplicate domain systems. It connects them.
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Supporting systems across the lifecycle
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Typical use cases
ePM is aimed at management questions that cut across projects, teams and specialized systems.
Portfolio steering
- Which projects should continue?
- Which projects are delayed?
- Which projects consume too much capacity?
- Which decisions are required this month?
R&D project execution
- What phase is the project in?
- What is blocking progress?
- What deliverables are missing?
- Which tasks are overdue, blocked or due before the next gate?
- What changed since the last meeting?
Project scope control
- Which products, packagings, countries and partners are in scope?
- Where do we need registration, launch activities or both?
- Which scope combinations drive workstream, budget or capacity demand?
- Has the project scope changed since the previous decision point?
Stage-gate preparation
- Is the project ready for the next phase?
- Are all required inputs available?
- What risks need management attention?
- What decision should be made?
Capacity and budget planning
- Do we have enough RA, QA, QC, CMC or PM capacity?
- Which projects compete for the same resources?
- Where is budget forecast exceeding baseline?
- What is the impact of an accelerated launch?
Scenario and exception management
- What happens if the timeline, budget or capacity plan changes?
- Which cross-project exceptions need portfolio attention?
- Who owns the recommended fix and by when?
- Should the scenario be applied to the baseline plan?
AI Smart Actions
AI-assisted project and portfolio management
ePM Smart Actions are launched from the selected portfolio, project, gate, RIDA item or capacity view. The system assembles the relevant structured context and asks AI to perform a specific controlled task, such as checking readiness, explaining risk, summarizing status or identifying next actions.
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Example ePM actions
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Contextual AI Smart Actions
Pharma R&D fit
Designed around pharmaceutical R&D reality
ePM supports long project timelines, cross-functional workstreams, stage-gate decisions, regulatory milestones, resource constraints, budget control, readiness tracking and audit-friendly decision records. It is built for organizations that need more than task tracking, but do not want the complexity of heavyweight project planning tools.
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Benefits
What ePM helps you achieve
Better visibility across the entire R&D portfolio
Clearer prioritization of products, projects and investments
More precise control of product, packaging, country and partner scope
More realistic planning based on resources and budget
Earlier escalation of cross-project exceptions with owner and recommended action
Clearer scenario comparison before changing the approved baseline
Faster preparation for stage-gate and steering decisions
Earlier identification of risks, blockers and capacity conflicts
More consistent project setup through reusable templates and operating standards
Stronger connection between strategy, execution and launch readiness
Less manual reporting and fewer disconnected spreadsheets
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