4. Pharma Circle in Basel, CH

Navigating the Future of Pharma PPM

What is the Pharma Circle?

The Pharma Circle is an exclusive event for project and portfolio management experts from big pharmaceutical companies. The number of participants is limited and only accessible with an exclusive invitation. The Pharma Circle is designed to enable project managers from pharmaceutical companies to network with each other and build a strong project and portfolio management in pharma community.

How do I benefit from the Pharma Circle?

How do other pharmaceutical companies use AI? Which KPIs are best used to manage R&D projects? How do I keep track of the multitude of research initiatives, and in which use cases is cplace Citizen AI of greatest benefit to my company? Discuss these and other questions with colleagues from other life sciences companies and with the experts from cplace.

Register and Benefit

Time	Session	Speaker
2:30 pm	Arrival of guests	–
3:15 pm	Large-Scale Changes and Impact on Running Big Programs	Thomas Koechli, Program Owner, Hoffmann-La Roche Eric Alan Bauer, Product Manager, Hoffmann-La Roche
3:30 pm	Navigating the New Era: How Science, Technology, and Geopolitics Are Reshaping Pharma	Margaret McMahon, Head of Business Strategy and Portfolio, Hoffmann-La Roche
3:50 pm	AI in Project Management: Solving Your Conflicts?	Christoph Huber, PreSales Solution Engineer, cplace Julia Hillenkötter, Product Owner AI, cplace
4:10 pm	sphin-X: Rethinking Real-World Data – Enabling Innovation Together	Viktoria Prantauer, Manager, Intelligent Industry Data, AI & Platforms, Capgemini Invent Germany PD Dr. Med Jost Leemhuis, Patient Safety Partner, Hoffmann-La Roche
4:50 pm	Visitor Centre and Roche Basel Site Development	Guided Tour
6:00 pm	Apéro Riche & Get Together	–

Pharma Circle Topics

Faster and safer to project success

Efficient project management is a critical success factor in drug development. The cplace Pharma Circle shares best practice approaches and discusses strategies for success.

Improve decision-making with access to real-time data

Reliable data is the basis for good decisions and efficient management of the large number of research projects. Discuss which KPIs are suitable for managing the portfolio and how you can make projects comparable.

Achieve more market approvals in less time

Short project progressing times improve the time to market. Find out how you can involve all stakeholders and achieve efficient collaboration. And experience how you can turn cplace Citizen AI into a powerful project assistant.

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Pharma Circle: June 26, 2025 | F. Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel, Switzerland

Become part of an active and exclusive community and benefit from a lively exchange of information with colleagues from the pharmaceutical industry, exciting discussions and insights that only the cplace Pharma Circle can offer.

What Former Participants Say about the Pharma Circle

I am absolutely thrilled. The exchange with other pharmaceutical companies is unique.

Pharma Circle participant

The Pharma Circle was very enriching for me. The event is of high quality and the group of participants is very exclusive. I was able to make important contacts and I am looking forward to the next event.

Pharma Circle participant