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Pharma and Biotech

Helping clients understand disease evolution and stakeholders’ perspectives to stay ahead of competition

What we do

 Disease landscaping and forecasting
  • What is the key population afflicted with the disease?  
  • How has the disease incidence changed over time? 
  • What are the key symptoms and implications of the diseases?  
  • What are the currently available treatments for the disease? 
  • What is the current disease burden – direct costs, loss of productivity etc.? 
  • Who are the key players in the treatment ecosystem of the disease?  
  • How has their share or role evolved over time?  
  • How is disease incidence, mortality / morbidity, customer LTV, market size and share expected to evolve over time? 
Epidemiological studies
  • Which population is most affected by the disease?  
  • How does the disease behavior vary across geographies, age-groups, ethnicity, environment etc.?  
  • What is the risk of transmission of the disease in healthy population?  
  • How magnified is the risk of disease infection in exposed population in comparison to unexposed population?  
  • What is the distribution of the disease in a selected population group? 
  • Which population is most vulnerable and should mandatorily be screened for the disease?
Pharma market tracking
  • Who are the market leaders across different therapeutic areas and geographies?  
  • Which players have inherent advantages considering recent regulations?  
  • How does the pipeline of key players look like?  
  • When is the next patent cliff for generic manufacturers?  
  • What are the expected strategies (M&A, fundraise, IPO, developed market entry) for key players? 
  • What is the pace of NDA (New Drug Approval) / ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Approval) for key players? 
  • How has the share of key players changed in the last quarter, 6 months, 1 year, 5 years and 10 years? 
 Physician insights
  • What is the severity of the target disease in addressable population? 
  • What is the rate of discovery and treatment for the disease?  
  • Which treatments exist for the disease and what is their efficacy?  
  • What is the degree of patient compliance for the disease treatment? 
  • Does the treatment efficacy vary with demographics? 
  • What is the typical patient journey in disease treatment?  
  • What are the current white gaps in disease treatment?
Emerging therapies study
  • Which emerging therapies for the disease appear promising in terms of safety, efficacy, and cost?  
  • What is the degree of willingness to accept / switch for the emerging therapy?  
  • What are the proven, typical side effects of the therapy? 
  • What is the intended plan of scale-up for the therapy?  
  • What is the expected revenue stream initially and how is it expected to evolve over time? 
  • What are the challenges associated with the launch and scale-up of emerging therapies?  
Industry insights
  • What new technologies are being adopted by the industry?  
  • What are the most recent headwinds / tailwinds in the sector?  
  • Which are the most profitable therapeutic areas currently?  
  • What are the challenges currently faced by the pharma players?  
  • How is digitization helping increase operational efficiencies?  
  • When is the next patent cliff due?  
  • What are the newest drugs / biologics approved by US FDA, EU CEP, other regulatory bodies?  
  • What have been the most promising therapeutic areas in last 5-10 years?  
Company and drug insights
  • How much revenues have been recorded by the company / drug in the last financial period?  
  • How does the unit economics of drug / company look like?  
  • What is the company’s / drug’s supply chain? 
  • What has been the historical journey of the company / drug? 
  • Has the company / drug been involved in any major recalls or audit actions?  
  • How strong is the company leadership and what is its vision?  
  • Who are the key competitors in manufacturing of drug / biologic?
Product feasibility assessment
  • Who is the target audience of the product?  
  • Is the product substituting any existing product?  
  • What is the product’s value proposition and differentiation with respect to competitors?  
  • What is the expected degree of adoption or willingness to switch for the product?  
  • What is the expected degree of success of the product launch?  
  • Are there any regulatory clouds surrounding the product? 
 Patient needs and NPS
  • What are the key segments using the drug? 
  • What is the NPS on the drug or therapy type? 
  • What does the patient like about the drug? 
  • What is the patient’s degree of choice of the product? 
  • What doesn’t the patient like about the product – unpalatable dosage form, severe side-effects etc.? 
  • What is the patient compliance on the drug?  
  • How does NPS, feedback, KPC and degree of compliance vary across demographics?
Doctor NPS diagnostic
  • What are the key parameters influencing doctor’s NPS for the product?  
  • What is doctor’s feedback on each of the parameters influencing NPS?  
  • How does doctor’s NPS and feedback vary across patients’ demographics?  
  • How can the manufacturer improve upon the NPS?  
 Pharmacovigilance study
  • What is the performance of drug since market launch?  
  • What is the degree of efficacy of the drug?  
  • How does degree of efficacy vary across demographics, routes of administration, dosage form etc.?  
  • Has there been any unlabeled harm observed in the patients? 
  • What is the severity of the harm? 
  • How does the unlabeled and unidentified harm vary across demographics? 
  • How was the new issue missed during clinical trials reporting? 
Real world and late stage research
  • How much revenues have been recorded by the company / drug in the last financial period?  
  • How does the unit economics of drug / company look like?  
  • What is the company’s / drug’s supply chain? 
  • What has been the historical journey of the company / drug? 
  • Has the company / drug been involved in any major recalls or audit actions?  
  • How strong is the company leadership and what is its vision?  
  • Who are the key competitors in manufacturing of drug / biologic?  
 Regulatory ecosystem
  • What have been the most recent regulations put out by various pharmacopeia? 
  • What are the implications of most recent regulations on the industry and patients? 
  • Which parties will be impacted and what is the degree of impact on each of them? 
  • How is competition responding to the regulations?  
  • What are the local and international best practices in face of the regulations?  
 Channel partner NPS
  • What is the channel partner’s portfolio with the client?  
  • What is the partner’s NPS on each portfolio product? 
  • How does partner’s NPS vary across channel type, margin size, geography and operating model?  
  • What does the partner like / dislike about the product?  
  • What are the key improvement areas for the client?  
  • How does NPS, feedback, KPC and degree of compliance vary across demographics?  
 Sales force effectiveness
  • What is the sales force’s effectiveness in terms of standard industry parameters? 
  • How does client’s sales force effectiveness benchmark with the competition on key parameters?  
  • How does client’s sales organogram compare with that of the competition?  
  • What are the local and international best practices to boost effectiveness? 
  • How has the effectiveness changed over time? 
  • How does effectiveness vary with product type, channel, geography and incentive schemes? 
Cost benchmarking
  • How does client’s process cost fare with that of competition?  
  • What is the structure and breakup of cumulative cost?  
  • How do individual cost segments compare with competition?  
  • What are the areas of improvement for the client with respect to competition?  
  • Does client’s additional cost provide it a differentiation against competition?   
  • What are the global best practices for cost optimization?  
  • What are some of the short-term and long-term actions that can help optimise cost?  
Micro-market expansion
  • What is the potential of select micro-market and what is client’s current share?  
  • Has how client’s share in micro-market changed over time?  
  • Is there potential for client’s growth in the select micro-market?  
  • What would be client’s drivers of growth in the market? 
  • What are client’s strengths and weaknesses with respect to competition?  
  • What is the typical investment required to boost share? 
  • What are some local and global best practices that can help client gain micro-market share?  
Brand health diagnostic
  • What is the degree of brand awareness with respect to competitors? 
  • What are the key values associated with the brand?  
  • What are the typical avenues for introducing brand to practitioners and patients? 
  • What is the effectiveness of various channels for brand introduction?  
  • How does brand awareness change with demographics and patient ailments? 
  • How important is brand in the sale process?  
  • What are some of the best practices to strengthen brand value?  

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