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Research & Development

The life sciences industry is at an inflection point. At many companies, R&D productivity has fallen and costs have risen. The strategies that worked over the last several decades are no longer sufficient, and the companies that will win in the next decades are those that innovate to improve R&D productivity and reduce costs. With experienced project managers and subject matter experts to support Research & Development, The Evanston Group is helping pharmaceutical and medical device leaders do exactly that.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL CORE TEAM LEADERSHIP FOR STAGE-GATED DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

Rely on The Evanston Group to help you improve R&D productivity and reduce costs – and win the next decades.

For over two decades, The Evanston Group has helped pharmaceutical and medical device leaders drive innovation. We’ve delivered subject matter experts like specialized scientists and engineers who work as individual contributors in support of the overall R&D development. We’ve also delivered project managers who provide cross-functional core team leadership, building consensus and driving stage-gated R&D processes forward cost-effectively.

For medical devices, we support R&D from early concept through development, submission, launch and lifecycle management. Our expertise extends across all types of medical devices, Class I through Class III, including robotics, high-volume consumables, complicated electromechanical devices, software as a medical device, and combination devices. For pharmaceuticals, too, we work from concept to commercialization across a range of product types – including generic and branded, small molecule, biologics, gene therapies, translational medicine, different drug delivery methods, and vaccines.

DELIVERING VALUE ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF R&D ENGAGEMENTS

Cross-functional Core Team Leadership

Specialized Scientists and Engineers

Pipeline & Portfolio Management

R&D PMO Tools and Processes

Total Product Life Cycle (TPLC)

Benchmarking Strategy & Analysis

PROGRAM LEADERS DEVELOPING SOFTWARE AS A DEVICE SOLUTION TO EXTEND PRODUCT LIFECYCLE

With program leaders for on-market product lifecycle management, we help you gain market share.

This $11 billion firm sought a solution to extend the lifecycle of a key product with a differentiated offering to solidify and expand its market share. The Evanston Group provided two program leaders to oversee stage-gated development of the software as a device product. Our consultants’ leadership extended across the process of validating the software and successfully navigating the regulatory pathway.

PROJECT TEAM STRATEGIZING AND EXECUTING GLOBAL R&D EXPANSION

When you’re looking to extend R&D across global markets, rely on The Evanston Group for strategy and execution.

This Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm was looking to build out a global R&D team and platform. The Evanston Group brought in a consultant with expertise in global R&D expansion to help the client develop the strategy. Then we provided a team of senior project managers who led the expansion, working with the client’s cross-functional teams to ensure that products could be submitted and approved in the different countries. That included assessing whether there needed to be additional clinical studies or additional data or documentation to meet regulatory requirements in each country.

SPECIALIZED ENGINEERS SUPPORTING INNOVATION INCUBATOR

In the earliest stages of R&D, our subject matter experts help you co-innovate the next blockbuster.

This Fortune 1000 firm had created an innovation incubator within which specialized engineers worked directly with doctors in the field to assess market needs and devise concepts for new products to meet those needs. The Evanston Group provided specialized engineers to embed within the incubator, working to ideate new concepts, build prototypes, make the business case, and then pass the innovation to the client’s traditional R&D group for development.

INSULIN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ENSURING DEVICE COMPATIBILITY

When you encounter roadblocks in product development, our SMEs help you get back on track.

This Fortune 1000 firm was struggling to develop a medical device for insulin delivery; the insulin was reacting with the device in a way that rendered it ineffective. The Evanston Group provided a subject matter expert with deep expertise in how insulin interacts with different materials, to consult on device compatibility.

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what our customers say

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“Knowing how to match consultants with the industry knowledge who can jump right in, hit the ground running, and make it work for clients is why The Evanston Group is a top-notch organization from top to bottom.”
- Senior Project Manager and Clinical Researcher

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“Placing hard to find, adaptable people with very specialized backgrounds and a working knowledge of projects that are more complex to run is how The Evanston Group differentiates from others in the market.”
- Clinical Manager specializing in rare disease

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“My expectations were exceeded by the caliber of people The Evanston Group brings in. When I am looking for a special mix of talents, skills and background, The Evanston Group has been able to find and screen a very high quality set of resources. They are immediately right on target.”
- Senior Vice President, $10B medical devices company

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“It is rare when a company and its associates can exemplify so many wonderful values with forethought and respect for those in their employ.”
- Software Engineer Consultant, Johnson & Johnson

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