Time and expense tracking for CROs, biotech, and pharma

ClickTime gives life sciences organizations the labor cost visibility and expense tracking they need to bill sponsors accurately, control trial budgets, and stay audit-ready.

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Sponsor-ready billing data

Every hour and expense tied to the right trial, task, and rate—ready for invoicing without manual reconciliation

Audit-ready documentation

Built-in approval workflows and audit trails that meet the standards FDA and DCAA auditors expect

Real-time trial budget visibility

See where labor costs and expenses stand against every active study—before overruns become billing disputes

"ClickTime is a game changer. We're able to get the answers we need, and make faster, data-driven decisions around budgeting and managing our projects. ClickTime fundamentally improved how we manage our finances, staff projects, and plan our budgets."
Van Chang
Director of Finance at COPE Health Solutions

Track time and expenses against every clinical trial

  • Capture researcher and staff hours tied to specific trials, phases, and cost categories—eliminating the reconciliation work that delays sponsor invoicing
  • Log project expenses alongside time entries so finance has a complete picture of trial costs—not just labor, but the full spend
  • Give employees a single place to record time and expenses, reducing the friction that leads to late or inaccurate submissions

Protect margins with real-time budget visibility

  • Monitor labor costs and expenses against trial budgets in real time—so project managers spot overruns before they erode margins
  • Break down costs by study, team, or site to identify where spend is tracking off-plan and generate the reports sponsors and leadership need
  • Compare budgeted hours to actuals across your portfolio of clinical studies, giving finance the data to forecast more accurately on future trials

Stay audit-ready without the administrative burden

  • Built-in approval workflows and timestamped audit trails create the defensible records that DCAA and FDA auditors require—no last-minute scrambles
  • Enforce compliance rules at the point of entry so data quality issues are caught before they become audit findings
  • Export finance-ready data directly into your accounting or ERP system through ClickTime's integrations, keeping your financial reporting accurate and current
Integrations

Purpose-built for labor cost data, not pieced together

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Every entry includes approval workflows, complete change history, and instant reporting. Whether it's R&D tax credits, client billing disputes, or grant compliance, you have defensible records without scrambling through spreadsheets or Jira logs.

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Solution FAQs

What makes clinical trial expenses so difficult to manage?

Clinical trial expenses span multiple teams, sites, and cost categories—often tracked in disconnected spreadsheets and systems. When time and expenses aren't captured at the point of entry and tied to specific trials, finance teams spend hours reconciling data before they can invoice sponsors or report to leadership. ClickTime solves this by capturing both time and expenses in one system, tied to the trial structure finance needs.

How does time tracking software help meet pharmaceutical regulations?

Regulatory audits from the FDA and DCAA require defensible, timestamped records of how labor hours were spent. ClickTime's built-in approval workflows and audit trails create this documentation as part of normal time entry—not as an after-the-fact exercise. This means your records are audit-ready at all times, reducing compliance risk and the administrative burden of audit preparation.

How can CROs improve sponsor billing accuracy?

Billing disputes often stem from labor data that sponsors can't verify—hours logged in bulk, missing cost categorization, or expenses that don't tie back to specific trial activities. ClickTime ties every hour and expense to the right trial, phase, and billing rate at the moment of entry, giving CROs the verified, finance-ready data that reduces disputes and accelerates payment cycles.

What features should CROs look for in clinical trial financial management software?

CROs should prioritize software that captures time and expenses tied to specific trials and cost categories, provides real-time budget visibility across studies, and produces audit-ready records with built-in approval workflows. Integration with existing accounting and ERP systems is also critical—double entry creates the friction and errors that lead to inaccurate billing and failed audits. ClickTime's expense tracking and reporting capabilities are built for exactly this use case.

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