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Pharmaeutical
Pharma companies are facing increased pressures from regulators, competitors and patients while bio-tech and diagnostics are changing the operating model
Pressure of managed care providers
- Pharmaceutical companies need to bring significant value with new products through improved efficacy, safety, delivery, cost and R&D productivity
Industry has entered a period of lower returns
- Pharmaceuticals are facing for the first time real cost pressure. The industry is addressing these challenges through improvements in product innovation, cost effectiveness and streamlined operations
New medicine and diagnostics are changing the face of big-pharma
- Pharma companies will provide a broader range of services from Diagnostics , through drugs and monitoring devices. In addition a range for services direct to patients is required. The move from chemistry to bio-tech based medicine requires a change of operating models to more flexible and adaptable processes
Pressure from Generics companies
- Pharma is exposed to major patent expiries of traditional blockbusters, with no good replacements in the pipeline. New Rx products must be measurably better than branded and generic products
Increasing validation & financial regulations
- Pharmaceuticals companies are experiencing increased compliance, business controls and reporting requirements from external agencies
 Lodestone has built expertise in 7 key areas to help Pharmaceutical companies address the following challenges
- Clinical Trial Managament Clinical Trial Management (Clinical Supply and Clinical Accounting) and the advanced use of CRM in Development
- Supply Chain Planning Tax optimized funds and materials flow management, Colaborative supply planning with vendors
- Supply Chain Execution Manufacturing Execution and optimization through integrated MES and Process Data Mgmt, Product Costing in global manufacturing
- QM and LIMS CSV based Quality Management, 21CFR11, Integrated Information Management and Validation using LIMS, Electronic Batch Management and Recording
- CRM Customer segmentation and Distribution Management, Co-marketing and Alliance Strategy, Integrated Information Management from marketing to drug development
- PLM Product Pipeline Management and Valuation, Pre-launch and life cycle Pricing Strategies (ethical and generic), RFID in a regulated industry
- MDM/XI Support of CPFR's XML format, UCCnet product data synchronization
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