Strategy Consulting Benchmarking Part I: Why you might want to do it and how you can collect the data Intro As I continue the series of articles on the projects we specialize in at SiVan Consulting, I thought I would tackle Read More » Simon Vanstone October 17, 2024
Benchmarking Part II: How to analyse, report and use your findings Intro This is the second article discussing how to run a benchmarking project. If you haven’t read the first, in which we Read More » Simon Vanstone October 24, 2024
How expensive is it to develop a drug? A 2024 Update Getting a Nature + subscription was one of the best decisions we made this year. For £15 a month we get access Read More » Simon Vanstone November 7, 2024
A slow start to M&A in 2025, and it doesn’t look to be changing soon… It has been a bit of a writing hiatus as I have been in the middle of delivering a few short, intense Read More » Simon Vanstone May 15, 2025
Strategy Consulting Many pharma companies have zigged… but Teva is zagging. This post/article is worth a read for those interested in the evolution of Pharma Business models: Pharma Exec – The Teva Turnaround Read More » Simon Vanstone March 20, 2025
Strategy Consulting Top pharma’s R&D expenditure, M&A, and In-licensing activity 2012-2021 This follows last week’s post (Link) on the impact of M&A and licensing on FDA drug approvals of leading pharmaceutical companies, based Read More » Simon Vanstone March 13, 2025
Strategy Consulting Is internal R&D, M&A or licensing most impactful on the number of FDA drug approvals? I recently read an interesting paper from Prof. Alexander Schuhmacher et al. on the impact of M&A and licensing on FDA drug Read More » Simon Vanstone March 6, 2025
Strategy Consulting Project History IV – LOE Readiness Done Right 1. Introduction In this project history, I’ll talk about an example of a proactive company preparing for an event several years away, Read More » Simon Vanstone February 27, 2025
Strategy Consulting Benchmarking Infographic: How to analyse, report and use your findings If you have decided to do a benchmarking exercise and collected a load of data, including primary research, you’re now probably thinking, Read More » Simon Vanstone February 20, 2025
Recommendations Simon Says Read This Book: Storytelling with Data This week’s recommendation is a book I’m in the process of reading through a second time: Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Read More » Simon Vanstone February 11, 2025
Strategy Consulting Using the MoSCoW Method to organise what you will and won’t get during a consulting project Ever find yourself mid-way through a research consulting project and disagreeing on what can be delivered? It’s the start of the year Read More » Simon Vanstone January 16, 2025
Strategy Consulting Benchmarking Infographic: Why you might want to do it and how you can collect the data With the start of the new year, you may look at your company, business unit, or function and decide it is time Read More » Simon Vanstone January 9, 2025
Strategy Consulting Project History III – How do we get our new med-tech or software offering into a hospital? Two crucial questions I’ve tackled in numerous projects for new life science products designed for hospitals are: who are the decision-makers, and Read More » Simon Vanstone January 2, 2025
Recommendations Simon Says Read This Book: Capitalizing a Cure Has the influence of finance in biopharma helped or hindered addressing unmet needs and getting treatments to patients? Roy Victor’s book is Read More » Simon Vanstone December 19, 2024
Strategy Consulting Why Your Strategy, Competitive Intelligence or Market Research Project Findings Deserve a Podcast (And 4 Other Formats to Make Them Memorable) Intro You, your internal strategy/research/insights team, and one or more vendors have just wrapped up a project to support a drug, medical Read More » Simon Vanstone December 12, 2024