U. S. Pharma Corporation is headquartered in New Jersey but has research sites in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Australia. Research and development of new pharmaceuticals is the key to ongoing profits, and U. S. Pharma researches and tests thousands of possible drugs. The company’s researchers need to share information with others within and outside the company, including the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, the World Health Organization, and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations. Also critical is access to health information sites, such as the U. S. National Library of Medicine and to industry conferences and professional journals. Design a knowledge portal for U. S. Pharma’s researchers. Include in your design specifications relevant internal systems and databases, external sources of information, and internal and external communication and collaboration tools. Design a home page for your portal.

For the homepage design, please describe the elements and principles ( e.g. Taxonomy, technologies, capabilities).