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Life Sciences Strategy & Implementation
Strategy backed by true experience. Intense dedication to your team. We work side-by-side with your organization to bring life-changing medicines to market.
About the service
Acquis has been helping life sciences organizations achieve milestones since its founding in 1998. We have driven and executed upon strategy for 15 of the 20 largest pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the world and across 20+ therapeutic areas. We know how to ask the right questions, listen, and collaborate with you to produce results.
We support life sciences organizations through:
Transformation
Change Management
Program Management
We work with executives across an array of functions including:
Commercial
Medical
Pharmacovigilance
Clinical
The unique perspective we deliver to our clients’ strategic initiatives has taken shape through:
Our work across a diverse range of clients and enterprise functions
The experience and ideas of the top talent we’re proud to have on our team
Our ability to ask the right questions and truly listen to our clients
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Life Sciences Development Cycle
Early Stage
Phase 1-2
Pre & Peri Launch
Phase 3-4
Early Post Launch
Launch & Lifecycle Management
Mature Brand
Lifecycle Management
Clinical Development
We partner with clinical development functions in the end-to-end management of the clinical development lifecycle, emphasizing on guiding the strategic planning and execution of clinical research and studies.
Sample project: clinical trial end-to-end program management.
Commercial
We enable the management of strategic programs for commercial functions across the mature stages of product lifecycle management.
Sample project: assessing strategic needs of patient services organizations, and supporting the managing of strategic programs to improve the existing operating model.
Medical Affairs
We guide medical affairs across the design and implementation of strategic initiatives focused on evidence generation, scientific communications, and stakeholder management.
Sample project: the design and management of a registry for real world evidence generation.
Safety
We support transformation programs for safety functions centered on the execution of strategic initiatives, such as process improvement and technology-enablement programs.
Sample project: evaluation and implementation of a safety database.
Global PMO
We work to help clients design and build program and project management capabilities, and provide support to lead complex transformation initiatives.
Sample project: building a new program management office and providing interim management of it.
IT PMO
We guide clients through the end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle, inclusive of pre-implementation activities such as vendor assessments and selection, as well as post-implementation needs like change management.
Sample project: leading the business case development, vendor selection, and end-to-end implementation for a global safety database.
Key Numbers
Our work in the Life Sciences with midsized and large pharmaceutical and medical device companies is expansive.
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therapeutic product areas have been addressedKerby Houff
Partner
Kerby holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Georgetown University and Bachelors of Science degrees in Finance and Marketing Management from Virginia Tech. He is a college football connoisseur, a purveyor of obscure analogies, and a lover of travel. He lives in New York City with his wife Meredith and their four children, Emerson, Yardley, Poppy, and Hampton.
Get in touch with Kerby!Resources
See All ResourcesInsight
April 2022Post-Merger Integration (PMI) in Life Sciences: Levers for Your Success
Insight
October 2021The Intersection of Pricing, Reimbursement, and Market Access Strategies
Insight
December 2020Resource Management for Clinical Operations
Ebook
April 2022Launching in a New Therapeutic Area
Complete List of Life Sciences Services
01 Clinical Trial End-to-End Program Management
02 Strategic Planning for Clinical Research
03 Clinical Research and Studies Execution
04 Safety Database Evaluation and Implementation
05 Process Improvement - Safety Functions
06 Technology-Enablement Programs - Safety Functions
07 Medical Affairs - Evidence Generation
08 Medical Affairs - Scientific Communications
01 Medical Affairs - Stakeholder Management
02 IT PMO – End-To-End Software Development Life Cycle
03 IT PMO – Vendor Assessments and Selection
04 IT PMO – Change Management
05 IT PMO – Global Safety Database Implementation
06 Strategic Program Management – Commercial Functions
07 Strategic Needs Assessment – Patient Services Organizations
08 Design and Build - Project Management Capabilities
09 Design and Build - Program Management Capabilities
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