e-R&D
As with any technology, e-R&D solutions alone will never be “silver bullets”. To drive true operational excellence, your team needs an e-R&D strategy that clearly identifies business needs, maps technology to those needs, and surrounds systems and software with effective people and processes.

PHARMICA Consulting excels at developing and executing such strategies. To date, we’ve built effective e-R&D strategies for many of the largest R&D organizations and emerging biotechnology companies. In doing so, we rely on our proven, client-focused approach:
  • In Phase I, we assess your situation—identifying company-specific business needs and current “pain points”.
  • In Phase II, we analyze existing technology investments—determining the impact of current business processes and the best use for each system.
  • In Phase III, we transform your IT capabilities—appraising system implementation and performing any required
    data and system integration.
 
Based on the resulting strategy, we help you determine which type of technology solution(s) will best meet your scientific and business needs. We’re well versed in every major type of e-R&D system, including:
  • Clinical trial management systems (CTMS)
  • Electronic data capture (EDC) systems
  • Interactive voice and/or web response systems (IVRS/IWRS)
  • Electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) systems
  • Electronic common technical document (eCTD) systems
  • Project management software
  • Resource planning and management tools
  • Enterprise content management systems
  • Collaboration tools (SharePoint)
  • Off-the-shelf and custom reporting tools
 
Once we’ve determined which type of solution(s) you need, we help in evaluating, selecting, and implementing specific systems or software packages. We collaborate with your team to manage installation, test applications, and customize systems to address your business needs. And we identify and define any new business processes that may be required to maximize the return on your e-R&D investments. We can even develop the appropriate SOPs and train users to ensure successful adoption of the technology.
 
Contact us to learn more about how the right approach to e-R&D can drive operational excellence.
 
Case Study
 
In Their Words
 
“PHARMICA has been an absolute pleasure to work with. Compared to all other consulting firms that I have worked with, I feel that PHARMICA provides a very different type of service.”
-Manager, Resource Management
 
“PHARMICA Consultants are charismatic leaders with demonstrated ability to successfully lead change at all levels of an organization. PHARMICA led a large piece of work on a multi-million dollar project in our R&D organization. They were able to drive change across our people, our processes, and were key in designing a new enabling technology that transformed our business.”
-Director, Informatics