Smarter Lifecycle Strategy for
Pharma and Biotech
Global Pharma and Biotech Insight. Practical Lifecycle Solutions.
For strategic, experience-backed answers, ask NFJ Consulting.
About Us
Thought Leadership
That Produces Results
At NFJ Consulting, we help pharmaceutical companies strategically plan and manage every phase of the product lifecycle—from development and launch to growth, maturity, and end-of-life. With deep industry insight and practical expertise, we empower smarter, globally integrated decisions that drive long-term success.
With a dual background as a pharmacist and medical doctor, Nelson de Franco brings over 40 years of interdisciplinary experience to NFJ Consulting. His career spans the full pharmaceutical value chain, from solid dose production and quality control in Brazil to regulatory and medical leadership roles across Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the US. NFJ Consulting is a reflection of Nelson’s practical, global perspective shaped by decades of hands-on work in the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries.
Services
What We Do
Guide companies navigating and adapting to the constantly changing regulatory requirements in all areas of lifecycle of a product or brand.
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.
Regulatory Sciences
- Design and execute global regulatory strategies.
- Anticipate and manage regulatory risks across jurisdictions.
- Integrate real-world evidence into regulatory submissions.
- Monitor policy shifts and maintain compliance readiness.
- Support approvals, inspections, and post-market obligations.
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.
Choose Us for Smarter Lifecycle Strategy for Pharma and Biotech
With over 40 years of global experience across manufacturing, regulatory, medical, and commercial functions, NFJ Consulting helps pharma companies protect and grow product value—through every stage of the lifecycle.
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
We have depth of experience and global reach for lifecycle management.
- 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
