Advisory Associate - Management Consulting
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Growth Strategy Design for Large Contract Research Organization (July 2015-Sep 2015)• Supported formulation of growth strategy recommendations for client in the following areas: service area adjacencies in drug development and manufacturing, expansion of geographic footprint to regions with high growth in outsourcing of clinical trials, potential collaborations with new entrants, and adoption of disruptive clinical trial and data collection technologies• Developed comprehensive CRO market assessment• Designed a template for service-area leads to facilitate annual FY16 presentationsBenchmarking assessment of clinical trial resources (June 2015)• Gathered data from nine major pharmaceutical companies to conduct a benchmarking assessment of human resources for clinical trials • Presented data to clients, representing their distribution of resources against the industry average of the other eight participating pharmaceutical companies• Advised on reallocation of resources to make clinical trials more efficient and cost effective• Resulted in an expansion of the effort to small and mid-size pharmaceutical companiesDesign of drug-device product development framework for global health foundation (Apr 2015 - May 2015)• Supported creation of stage gates and milestones framework to guide development of drug-devicecombinations in regulatory, clinical, and commercial functional areas• Resulted in increased visibility into drug-device combination portfolio and ensured alignment between investors and development partners at all stages of product developmentDesign of drug and vaccine delivery models for global health foundation (Feb 2015 - Apr 2015)• Co-developed launch planning model for delivery of drugs and vaccines to developing countries• Formulated risk profile on a portfolio of drugs in development to indicate five key interventions at high risk for launch failure – resulted in piloting of the new delivery framework on these five products