May 7, 2026Strategy Consulting Using analogs to support your strategy Whenever analogs come up in pharma strategy, someone usually says: “But that situation wasn’t the same as ours.” In recent weeks, I’ve […]
April 29, 2026Strategy Consulting Wearables in Clinical Trials – Form Factor Over recent months, I’ve been exploring novel diagnostic tools, with a particular focus on digital cognitive assessments. Along the way, I came […]
November 6, 2025Strategy Consulting Project History X: The Project That Outlived Its Parents Every Project Plan Assumes People Don’t Leave. Reality Check: They Do. A few years ago, I took over a project that was […]
October 30, 2025November 6, 2025Therapy Area Deep Dive Emerging Mechanisms in Obesity: NLRP3 inhibiton doesn’t move the scale This past month, I have been immersed in obesity science, and one thing’s clear: not every pathway moves the scales. After dissecting […]
October 16, 2025March 12, 2026Strategy Consulting Project History VII-IX: Why the Best Go/No-Go Research Starts by Trying to Kill the Project Intro Teams often fail not because of a lack of data, but because of research that confirms what they already believe. The […]
August 21, 2025August 25, 2025Therapy Area Deep Dive Its all to play for in the next generation of obesity treatments – Viking Therapeutics It has been a quiet summer on the post front with holidays and then a few active projects keeping us very but, […]
July 10, 2025July 14, 2025Therapy Area Deep Dive What is Happening in Pain: The Next Wave of Sodium Channel Blockers Intro At the end of May, Eli Lilly announced a $1 billion deal with Site One Therapeutics, a company developing a Nav1.8 […]
June 26, 2025April 16, 2026Strategy Consulting Project History VI: Asset Landscaping for Pharma BD and why your biotech website might be hindering your chances of being “spotted” When you read the Pharma news sites and analysis on LinkedIn about drug patent cliffs, you might think pharmaceutical companies are sitting […]
June 19, 2025Recommendations Simon Says Listen to this Podcast With the sun out and a few projects wrapping up, I have enjoyed longer dog walks and catching up on new pharmaceutical […]
June 12, 2025June 19, 2025Strategy Consulting Project History V: Your Competitor Doesn’t Always Look Like You; Why companies miss competitive threats hiding in plain sight. Introduction: Spotting the Threat You Didn’t Expect This week’s article is based on a project I completed earlier this year as part […]