Challenge
A change in the corporate strategy required the R&D organisation of a MidPharma to evolve and structure its activities from a Life Cycle Management and Product Maintenance focus to a mixed model incorporating NME innovation
The R&D head and R&D Leadership team were not clear or aligned on what the new strategic focus, structure, governance, and roles and responsibilities should be for the R&D organisation
Solution
Deeply investigated and diagnosed the organisation’s current focus, structures, practices and processes for R&D activities
Interviewed a broad range of executives from our proprietary network of R&D leaders to explore the processes and models that they applied to managing R&D projects in both product maintenance and innovation, and the nature of outsourcing they applied to each
Explored options and designed an evolved operating model for the new R&D organisation
Result
- A clearly articulated and comprehensive operating model comprising R&D focus, organisational structure, practices, and processes
- Alignment and commitment of the R&D leadership team to implement the new model
