Critical Strategies for Success in the
Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Biotech Worlds
NFJ Consulting. Frank and Informed.
For straightforward answers to complex questions, ask NFJ Consulting.
About Us
Thought Leadership
That Produces Results
NFJ Consulting is a reflection of its principal, Nelson de Franco. A medical doctor and a pharmacist, Nelson brings more than 40 years of practical, interdisciplinary experience to decision-making in all aspects of the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotech worlds.
We bring the kind of thinking that makes a difference in every area that matters to your success.
Services
What We Do
Guide companies navigating and adapting to the constantly changing regulatory and diversity requirements in all areas, including critical manufacturing tech transfers.
Pharmaceutical and Biotech
- Develop early and late life cycle plans.
- Manage loss of exclusivity (LOE) support for difficult to manufacture or complex products.
- Provide insights and map early competition.
- Build regulatory strategies.
- Plan new product launches in less developed markets.
Intellectual Property
- Articulate how the dynamics of global intellectual property rights (IPR) differ from country to country, with special attention to developing markets.
- Give scientific support to IPR legal defense teams.
- Coordinate and plan the work of joint legal, regulatory, communication and public affairs task forces for intellectual property defense or crisis management.
Pharmaceutical Public Affairs
- Evaluate impact of new regulatory requirements.
- Develop collaboration with policy makers.
- Support connection strategies with patient organizations and NGOs
- Provide policy making insights and support.
Sales & Marketing
- Develop training programs for field forces and marketers.
- Offer global perspective for product launches and early generic competition.
- Plan product introductions strategically in emerging and less developed markets.
- Understand the specific dynamics of each country’s sales potential.
Interactions with Academia
- Offer pharmaceutical industry perspectives to academia and healthcare professionals.
- Organize and deliver workshops for scientists, regulators and healthcare professionals.
- Articulate scientific and technical support sourced from impartial experts.
Financial
- Provide insights for investment in emerging markets.
- Support investor decision-making on biotech and pharma.
- Define when to “pull the plug” for promotional efforts.
Why Choose Us
We have navigated the complexity of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries for more than four decades and offer valuable advice to leaders in many industries.
Can your business benefit from the high-level perspective of a physician and pharmacist with clinical training experience, academic credentials, and a record of leadership as a global pharmaceutical company executive? If so, no one is better positioned to offer you all of that.
We have tackled these challenges and more;
- Ensuring generic versions of drugs with expired patents follow quality assurance guidelines
- Forming approaches that appropriately address IP challenges while assuring that populations will continue to be served, protecting the corporate reputation.
- Evaluating emerging markets for pharmaceutical companies seeking global reach.
- Determining which types of products are worthy of investment
Who We Serve
No one has our depth of experience and global reach.
- Pharmaceutical Companies and Biotech Firms of all sizes worldwide
- Companies looking for extensive understanding in early and late life cycle planning, portfolio management, policy insights and crisis management.
- Law Firms and Legal Clients pursuing strategies based on solid scientific underpinnings
- Venture Capital, Private Equity Firms, and Financial Services Companies
