The Catenion Academy

Risky Business –
The Pharmaceutical Industry Boardgame

A highly stimulating programme on pharmaceutical R&D and BD&L in the form of a boardgame called Risky Business.
The Catenion Academy Read more


Decision Analysis in Pharmaceutical R&D

Courses for R&D portfolio managers and R&D project leaders and teams to improve strategic decision making.
The Catenion Academy Read more


Customised Progammes

We tailor existing courses on strategy and decision analysis or create new courses for specific training needs.
The Catenion Academy Read more

Visit the Catenion Website

The Risky Business Board Game

An engaging course to experience the multi−year product development process in just half a day, and to sharpen strategic thinking at all levels of an organisation.


The Risky Business Board Game

"The Risky Business game is fantastic. The most valuable aspect was experiencing the discomfort of the high risk in the industry. Whether or not you are a seasoned portfolio professional, the game helps you make better strategic decisions."

Claus Due Ponsaing
Senior Portfolio Manager
Strategic Marketing
H. Lundbeck A/S

The Catenion Academy is the education arm of the management consulting firm Catenion.

The Catenion Academy helps pharmaceutical professionals to reduce the risks involved in bringing new drugs to the market and to improve complex decision-making in R&D and BD&L. Our programmes are based on pharmaceutical industry strategy games, standard methods in decision analysis, and proprietary consulting approaches developed by Catenion – approaches that have helped to address and solve strategic issues for many of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
Read more