Why Clients Choose First Principles Advisory Group
See why over 50 clients including Fortune 100 pharma companies, venture capitalists and their portfolio companies, several US and Canadian government agencies, and 4 universities use First Principles.
Core Team to C-Suite Execution
“I’ve used them when I was at a large, established biopharmaceutical company, as well as at several emerging biotech companies. The work is great - I highly recommend them.”
- CFO, Venture Funded Bio-oncology Company
Bringing Science to Market
“Particularly valuable bridging the transition from start-up to clinical through commercialization stages.”
- CBO, Venture Funded Bio-oncology Company
Fit for Purpose Solutions
“They really dive deeply into the science and bring out commercial ramifications in a way that is rare for consultancies.”
- COO, Clinical-Stage Biopharmaceutical Company
Services Areas
First Principles covers all biopharma strategy needs from early stage companies to big pharma.
Commercial Strategy
At its heart, First Principles is a strategy consulting firm. We excel at providing guidance at the fulcrum of commercial, scientific and clinical strategy. From portfolio strategy to go/no-go decisions, from developing commercial plans to executing them.
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Operations Execution and Strategy
We offer project management services across clinical, manufacturing and commercial functions to support the needs of every organization & business model, keeping your employees flexible and focused on what they do best.
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Market Research
With global capability across almost all therapeutic areas, First Principles employs a full suite of quantitative and qualitative primary research techniques to get the best relevant information for pre-clinical to post-launch stages.
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Portfolio Management and Disease Area Strategy
Working with some of the largest portfolio groups in the world and cutting edge platform technology start ups, we routinely implement best-practice practical portfolio management techniques in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Therapeutic Areas
First Principles' experience and expertise covers the most cutting edge science in the pharmaceutical industry.
Oncology
Solid tumors, Hematology, Immunoncology including CAR-T and bispecifics, targeted combination strategies including companion diagnostics (cDx), etc
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Auto-immune
Rheumatoid arthritis, IBD, Psoriasis, Lupus, etc
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Gene Therapy & Orphan Disease
Hemophilia, Guache, Pompe, MPS1, MPS2, MPS3, etc
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Central Nervous System
Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS, etc
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Infectious Disease, Cardio Vascular, Metabolism, Pain
Meet the Team
First Principles Advisory’s team has extensive hands-on experience delivering market research, operational strategy, and commercialization strategy solutions for bio-tech companies.
Mitchell Kossar
Strategy, Market Research, Portfolio Management, Commercialization
Florence Bouvier
PharmD, MBA
Market Research, Technical
Susan Garrahan
Strategy, Market Research
Rosie Buckley
Strategy, Portfolio Management, Project Management, Operations
Diana Starr
PhD
Strategy, Market Research, Portfolio Management, Technical
Avery Burke
Data Modeling
Sanjana Ahsan
PhD
Market Research, Forecasting
Richard Koo
JD
Strategy, Market Research, Portfolio Management, Project Management, Operations
Michael Schlamp
PhD
Commercialization, Strategy, Market Research, Technical
Benjamin Rogers
Strategy, Portfolio Management, Project Management, Operations, Commercialization
Stephen Jones
PhD
Strategy, Competitive Intelligence
Russel Degener
Data Modeling, Commercial Assessment
Lindsey Davis
MSc
Strategy, Market Research
Benjamin Kaeser
PhD
Data Analysis
Strategic Advisors
Baruch Harris
Kristi Jones
Josh Schwiesow
