PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SERVICES

The pharmaceutical industry is facing huge challenges in R&D productivity, increasing government scrutiny, and higher hurdles for risk-benefit of new products. Solutions require a coordinated effort across all the key factors in a company: cost-containment, excellence in delivery, and a reaffirmation of the passion and determination to deliver bold results in R&D.

VantagePoint Consulting Group is a leader in providing clients strategic, operational and technology solutions to address their most pressing issues. Our staff has decades of experience, and a history of delivering results that work. Examples of the types of work for which we have been engaged can be found in our Assignments

Based on our decades-long experience in Pharmaceutical R&D, we feel comfortable in supporting the industry trend towards a Learn-Confirm approach to R&D. Different companies have tailored this approach to their own specific needs. Looking across many companies, we provide an industry perspective on implementing Learn-Confirm.

It is our core belief that in order to help our clients be their best, we need to bring an industry-wide perspective to all of our engagements. Our clients not only catch-up, but rather they leapfrog current practices, and therefore continually progress the industry. Examples of how we assist companies through our industry-wide activities are shown below.

Survey of the Operational Implications of Learn-Confirm presentation from the 2007 DIA conference in Atlanta, GA     provides a summary of interviews with key opinion leaders from across industry, government, academia, suppliers     and associations on the new Learn-Confirm approach. 

Quantitative Analysis of the 2007 DIA Learn-Confirm Survey provides numerical results from an online survey     conducted in support of the 2007 DIA conference, including VantagePoint Consulting Group discussion of the     numerical results.

How do we stop bad drugs from entering the pipeline was roundtable discussion facilitated by VantagePoint     Consulting Group at the March 2007 Translational Medicine Conference in Philadelphia.  This discussion highlighted     the importance of individual behaviors in Early R&D drug development process.

Benchmarking Clinical Operations was a 2006 FDA News presentation on using benchmarking to make the right     improvements for the biggest productivity and profit impact in clinical operations.

Overview of Learn-Confirm VantagePoint Consulting Group delivered an overview of the Learn-Confirm approach     during the March 2007 Translational Medicine conference in Philadelphia as a part of a session on "Models for     Bridging the Translational Gap".