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Pre-Due Diligence Assessment of First-in-Class Allergy Therapeutic

Challenge: A pharmaceutical company seeking new assets requested a pre-due diligence assessment of a European biotech developing a first-in-class compound for treating allergic conditions. The...
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Strategic Partnership Assessment of Autoimmune Drug Development Program

Challenge: A pharmaceutical client asked Alacrita to assess a early-stage biotech company developing an orally-available agent for treating various autoimmune conditions. The pharma company was...
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Pre-Due Diligence Assessment of a Women's Health Biotech Partnership

Challenge: A pharmaceutical company was actively searching for strategic partnering opportunities to expand its pipeline and had commissioned Alacrita to conduct a comprehensive pre-due diligence...
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Due Diligence of an Academic Adenovirus Gene-Therapy Program

Challenge: A pharmaceutical company with an established gene-therapy franchise wanted to expand its oncology pipeline through external licensing. Among several options, the deal team had identified...
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Pre-Due Diligence Evaluation of a Women’s Health Opportunity for a Mid-Cap Pharma

Challenge: A mid-cap pharmaceutical company exploring licensing and co-development opportunities in women’s health identified a promising early-stage startup. With limited internal resources...
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Strategic Deal Restructuring Informed by Scientific Due Diligence on an Anemia Therapeutic

Challenge: A generalist investment fund with limited experience in the pharmaceutical sector was evaluating a co-investment opportunity in an early-stage therapeutic project targeting novel...
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Due Diligence Support for High-Risk Pediatric Oncology Asset

Challenge: Our client, a private equity-backed specialty pharmaceutical company experiencing rapid growth through mergers and acquisitions, was actively evaluating several late-stage development...
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Evaluating the Commercial Viability of a Novel Neonatal Therapy Approach

Challenge: A leading U.S. children’s hospital commissioned an independent review of a novel therapeutic approach for rare neonatal diseases. The principal investigator (PI) - a highly regarded,...
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Landscape Assessment of Novel Pain Targets for R&D Prioritization

Challenge: A privately held US-based biotech company specializing in pain therapeutics had developed a cutting-edge drug discovery platform utilizing multi-omic, tissue-specific datasets. This...
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TTO Strategic IP Portfolio Review

Synopsis For Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), evaluating and prioritizing intellectual property (IP) portfolios is a critical step in determining the best allocation of internal funding and...
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Axl/merTK target assessment for an AI-driven drug discovery company

Challenge: An AI-driven drug discovery company requested an expert third party assessment of the attractiveness and risks of a particular discovery strategy focused on a dual tyrosine kinase...
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Technical Feasibility Ranking of Gene Therapies for CNS Diseases

Challenge: A mid-sized pharmaceutical company was considering the option of expanding into developing gene therapies for CNS diseases. Alacrita was asked to help them evaluate and prioritize the...
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