John Simpson

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Valuation modelling of front-loaded vs. risk sharing deal for drug discovery collaboration

Challenge A drug discovery company was in discussions with a big pharma about collaborating on a number of strategies that would deliver at least one quality clinical candidate. The pharma company...
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Helping an oncology company with a preclinical project to seek finance and potential acquisition

Challenge A virtual life science company had raised money from angel investors and anticipated a clinical development strategy for their product targeting two major cancer indications. The client...
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Matching sellers with buyers for a wound care product

Challenge A company developing a novel wound care product was embarking on a significant clinical trial program. It was planning an investor exit in the next 24 months and therefore wanted to connect...
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Acting as an expert observer on the board

Challenge A private equity (PE) investor was looking for a partner to be retained as an observer on the board of a regenerative medicine/advanced wound-healing company.
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Providing business development and deal support in antibiotics

Challenge A pharma company that specializes in discovering and developing antibiotics asked us to help expand the search for a development partner in some of its drug candidates.
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Valuing a cancer immunotherapy asset

Challenge A biotech company developing a cell-based cancer immunotherapy was engaged in licensing discussions with a number of major pharma companies and needed valuation support.
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Valuing multinational pharma company partnerships

Challenge A division of a multinational pharma company needed to evaluate a pipeline agreement with an antibody platform technology company. They wished to understand the overall value of the...
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Supporting a biotech company’s pharma partnerships

Challenge A biotech company needed support with an active partnering process with several major pharma companies.
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Conducting due diligence on a novel interventional cardiology device

Challenge A university research team had worked for a number of years on the development of a novel interventional cardiology device. Recent progress had been made with preclinical testing on pigs,...
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Due diligence on a new biosensor technology

Challenge A company considering an investment in a new early-stage biosensor technology for the measurement of blood pressure needed due diligence support. The product had a number of potential...
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Providing an oncology cell therapy reality check

Challenge A venture capital investor needed a reality check on a clinical stage cancer biologic prior to a proposed $10m investment.
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Due diligence of a small molecule arising from a phenotypic screen

Challenge Our client asked us to conduct a risk assessment and due diligence of a small molecule oncology compound that had been identified from a phenotypic screen. The molecule was in a Phase I/II...
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