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
Strategy 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 Read More » Simon Vanstone June 26, 2025
Recommendations 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 Read More » Simon Vanstone June 19, 2025
Strategy 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 Read More » Simon Vanstone June 12, 2025
Strategy Consulting Simon joins panel discussion Behind the Headlines Early this week, I joined Chris Spivey on PharmaTech.com’s Behind the Headlines to discuss several of the previous week’s significant life science Read More » Simon Vanstone June 5, 2025
Strategy Consulting ‘First mover’ isn’t always an advantage for new drugs ~1.5 years ago I was reading a Financial Times article (FT.com) on obesity drugs and their order to market when my critical Read More » Simon Vanstone May 30, 2025
Strategy Consulting What does GSK know that Novartis doesn’t? Looking back at R&D bets Following last week’s post on the slow activity in M&A in 2025 so far (Sivan-Consulting), we now have some activity picking up, Read More » Simon Vanstone May 22, 2025
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