Unlocking R&D performance for pharma and biotech with faster, smarter, and more efficient development.

Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences R&D Operations

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Overview

We don't observe how R&D is changing. We’ve built the delivery models behind the shift. Our team has led the industry in retail-based and health-system clinical trial models, deployed AI-based clinical trial oversight, and next-generation resource forecasting and reporting.  We bring an operator's perspective to modernizing R&D across ClinOps, medical affairs, and clinical data and portfolio management, all to help expand patient access, accelerate new medicines, and lower the cost to market.


Market trends

45%

of pharma CEOs believe their company will not be viable in a decade on its current path, up from 28% in 2023

Source: PwC CEO Survey 2024
$47B

in global pharmaceutical revenue is at risk on average over the new four years due to loss-of-exclusivity pressures

Source https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/health-industries/library/pharma-life-sciences-deals-outlook.html
26%

of AI-driven value in pharma operations stems from R&D functions

Source https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/de/en/industries/pharma-life-sciences/re-inventing-pharma-with-artificial-intelligence.html 
~2%

of the US population participates in traditional clinical trials

Source https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/pharma-life-sciences.html

Capabilities

Portfolio operations and governance

Make better portfolio bets faster and with more confidence. We establish proactive decisions and real-time monitoring through PPM strategy and operations, portfolio governance and prioritization, resource and financial management, and R&D systems strategy and implementation.

Clinical development & clinical operations as a service

Clinical operations leaders are asked to run more trials, faster, without adding budget or risk. With many team members as former ClinOps and trial operations practitioners we design for the constraints you actually face. Our industry-leading solutions for protocol optimization, digital trial core, monitoring platform comprise our clinical operations as a service model where we compress study start-up well below industry standards.

Medical affairs of the future

Jumpstart launch readiness and strengthen post-approval performance. We embed real-world data and evidence generation across the value chain, enhance stakeholder engagement through omnichannel KOL and MSL strategies, and deliver medical launch excellence with strategic planning for successful product launches.

Clinical trial technology & AI-enabled trials

Only ~2% of the population has access to traditional clinical trials. We've spent years changing that, building pharmacy retail and AMC-based clinical trial businesses from the ground up, standing up site management organizations, and deploying risk-based quality management and AI-enabled delivery. Our team is now on a journey to architect next-generation trial platforms that reach patients where they are.

R&D asset management

Unlock asset value and strategic optionality throughout the R&D lifecycle. We enhance portfolio strategy, asset governance, and transaction readiness through asset strategy and study cutover planning, transaction playbook and operating model development, and post-deal portfolio integration.


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Contact us

Anthony Di Stefano

Principal, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences R&D Advisory Services, PwC US

Brian Slizgi

Partner, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences R&D, PwC US

Sarah Daubenspeck

Principal, PwC Sector Operations Practice Lead, PwC US

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