Consulting

Portfolio strategy and optimization

An extension of your team, delivering independent perspective and practical guidance for portfolio success

Why choose Evaluate?

Data-Driven Foundation

Norstella-wide data and insights power evidence-based portfolio decisions.

Flexible Engagements

Modular offerings scale to client needs, scope, and budget.

Proven Biopharma Expertise

Decades of experience guiding portfolio strategy across asset sizes.

Actionable Outcomes

Integrated qualitative and quantitative methods drive confident investment decisions.

How can you objectively determine the true value of acquisition and licensing targets and accurately assess the health of your portfolio?

Our team can provide insights to enable informed portfolio strategy decisions. 

We help with:

  • Market sizing and forecasting

  • Commercial opportunity assessment

  • Indication prioritization and strategy

  • Portfolio optimization

Asset & Portfolio Strategy Services

Commercial forecast development to size market opportunity across geographies, patient populations, and competitive dynamics

Whether you need to size opportunies, prioritize indications, or support business development and investor discussions, partner with our consultants for credible forecasts and valuations that stand up to scrutiny

Questions we help to answer:

  • What is the realistic market positioning and uptake potential for the asset?

  • What is the commercial value and NPV across different scenarios and TPPs?

  • How do KOLs and payers view unmet need, treatment patterns, and future competitive dynamics?

  • How can we credibly defend and maximize asset value in investor or partner discussions?

Objective Assessment of a Defined Market Segment to Support Early Strategy and Portfolio Decisions

Whether you need to validate a new target, understand a competitive landscape, or pressure‑test early strategy, our consultants help you cut through complexity, ground decisions in market reality, and focus your portfolio where it can really win. Connect with us to strengthen early strategy, support go/no‑go decisions, and move forward with confidence

Questions we help to answer:

  • Is this indication, target, or MoA worth pursuing?

  • Where is the true unmet need, and how competitive is the landscape?

  • Which indications make most biological or mechanistic sense?

  • How do KOLs assess opportunity, feasibility, and development risk?

  • Which markets best align with our portfolio strategy?

  • What risks or blind spots emerge from an independent view?

Data‑Driven Analysis of Industry Trends to Validate Opportunities and Guide Portfolio Strategy

Whether you need to validate an emerging trend, understand where capital and innovation are moving, or ensure your portfolio strategy stays ahead of market change, we can support you. Our consultants help you turn complex trend signals into clear, actionable direction. Connect with us to keep your strategy aligned with market direction.

Questions we help to answer:

  • What do investment, deal, or development trends look like in this space?

  • Where is activity most concentrated, and how is it shifting over time?

  • Which trends should we anticipate and act on ahead of competitors?

  • Where should we focus portfolio, investment, or strategic effort, and where should we avoid?

  • Who are the key players shaping the trend today and tomorrow?

  • What risks or opportunities might we miss without an independent view?

Data‑driven prioritization of indications to support confident portfolio and development decisions.

Whether you are prioritizing 10 or 20 potential indications, we deliver objective, data‑driven clarity on where your asset can win. Partner with Evaluate Advisory to build a defensible indication strategy that aligns clinical promise with commercial value.

Questions we help to answer:

  • Which indications are most attractive for our asset, based on data not opinion?

  • How can we clearly defend our indication and portfolio strategy with evidence?

  • Which high‑potential indications might we be overlooking?

Independent assessment of a TPP to optimize development strategy

Whether you need to pressure‑test a TPP, prioritize indications, or strengthen clinical and commercial strategy ahead of key decisions, partner with Evaluate Advisory to turn evidence into clear, actionable direction.

Questions we help to answer:

  • Where can our TPP win, and which indications merit progression?

  • How do KOLs view unmet need, current treatment, and future competitive shifts?

  • Does the TPP deliver clinically meaningful differentiation to drive adoption?

  • What level of benefit is required to displace standard of care?

  • How do payers assess value, access risk, and reimbursement potential?

Have a bespoke requirement?

Every strategic challenge is different. If you need to answer a unique commercial question or require tailored support beyond standard solutions, our consulting team will work with you to design an approach that fits your objectives, timelines, and data needs.

Consultant perspectives, on demand

Hear directly from our consulting experts on how we work with clients, approach complex challenges, and deliver insight‑led support across the commercial lifecycle.

Meet your Portfolio Consultants

Our experts will help you identify the tools and insights that support your strategic, commercial, or investment priorities.

Paul Verdin, PhD

Senior Vice President and Head of Consulting & Analytics

Paul leads the Evaluate’s consulting and analytics business, overseeing strategic advisory engagements across portfolio strategy, asset strategy, competitive intelligence, forecasting, valuation, and BD&L, working with clients across the global pharma and biotech ecosystem.

Paul brings extensive experience spanning academic research and life sciences consulting, supporting organizations ranging from early-stage biotech companies to large pharmaceutical corporate strategy teams. His work focuses on helping clients make evidence-based decisions across the product lifecycle, from pipeline prioritization through to commercial strategy and investment decision-making.

Mark Lansdell, PhD

Director and Asset & Portfolio Strategy Practice Lead

Mark leads client engagements focused on asset strategy, portfolio prioritization, opportunity assessment, forecasting and valuation, and development strategy across pharma and biotech portfolios. Mark brings over 25 years of biopharma and life sciences experience, having worked across academia, large pharma, and consulting roles. His background includes hands-on experience as a medicinal chemist, followed by senior analytical and advisory positions supporting strategic decision-making in R&D and commercial planning.

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