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Project managers working in the pharmaceutical industry face high stakes every day. As such, they need an education that familiarizes them with a professional body of knowledge but also instills the confidence to implement case-by-case solutions based on creative thinking, says Fernando Portes, an affiliate professor at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Fernando Portes, who has worked for 17 years for Fortune 100 pharmaceutical and medical device corporations, has recently begun teaching a new class, "Introductory Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry," for the graduate-level pharmaceutical programs at Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. The HoweSchool, the largest school of technology management in the United States, is ranked top five in technology management and accredited by the Project Management Institute. Stevens offers two pharmaceutical graduate degrees, and The Howe School’s new project management offering for the pharmaceutical industry is well placed in New Jersey, the capital of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry.
Portes, who also is a principal at consultancy Best Project Management, is adamant that his students, most of whom work in pharmaceuticals already, absorb the fundamentals of project management and then approach each project individually and with creativity. Not a fan of the "cookbook …
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