Medical Affairs Best Practices
In this 3rd position paper of its 2023 Medical Series, Smart Pharma Consulting analyses strategic, tactical and organizational best practices of...
About us
Our ambition – Becoming Smarter
Our mission – Delivering Smart Services
Our obsession – Being Innovative
Smart Pharma Consulting unique smart services
Since its creation, in 2001, Smart Pharma Consulting has strived to allocate its resources and develop its capabilities to:
1
Generate and disseminate high quality insights regarding the healthcare environment
2
Offer innovative viewpoints, concepts, methods, tools and solutions that outperform mainstream ones
3
Share knowledge and thoughts through training and teaching activities, as well as through numerous publications (e.g. reports, books, articles, position papers)
Our consultants have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of healthcare markets:
- More than 30 years of experience in the healthcare environment
- A dedication to strategic, management and organizational issues for pharma and med tech companies
- More than 110 clients
- More than 100 publications
- Operational experience for several pharma companies (Novartis/Sandoz, Servier):
- In various countries: Europe, Middle-East, Asia, Africa
- At positions such as: country manager, sales manager, business intelligence manager
Since 2001, becoming smarter has been our corporate ambition…
… and delivering smart services has been our corporate mission
To do so, we have made the following radical choices that make us unique:
- Remain a consulting boutique (< 7 full-time consultants) to ensure higher agility and level of service quality
- Put innovation at the center of our priorities
- Offer our clients the possibility to get a 7/7 and 24/24 service (check!)
- Condition the payment of our consulting fees to our clients satisfaction
- Cultivate our passion about sharing & serving (as acknowledged by the pharma companies we have been working for)
Our triple expertise enables us to create synergies to deliver our clients unmatched services
Our clients
Abbott
AbbVie
Actelion (Janssen)
AJ Pharma
Alfasigma
Allergan (AbbVie)
Almirall
ALK
Arkopharma
Aspen
Astellas
AstraZeneca
Bayer
BMS
Boehringer Ingelheim
Chiesi
Daiichi-Sankyo
Diepharmex
Effik
Eisai
Esteve
Ethypharm
Expanscience
Fresenius Kabi
Galderma
Gilead
Grünenthal
GSK
HRA Pharma
Indivior
Innothera
IPRAD
IPSEN
Janssen
Keocyt
Leo Pharma
Lilly
LFB
Lundbeck
Menarini
Merck AG
MSD/Schering-P.
Mundipharma
Nordic Pharma
Norgine
Novartis
Novo-Nordisk
Otsuka
Pfizer/Wyeth
Pierre Fabre
Reckitt-Benckiser
Recordati
Roche
Sanofi
Schwabe
Servier
Shire (Takeda)
Sinclair Pharma
SOBI
Sothema
Takeda
The Medecine Co.
Therabel
Tillotts Pharma
UCB Pharma
Urgo
Vifor Fresenius
Zambon
Alexion
Amgen
Biogen
Celgene (BMS)
Genzyme (Sanofi)
GSK Biologicals
Innavirvax
Sanofi-Pasteur
Biogaran (Servier)
EG Labo (Stada)
Gedeon Richter
Glenmark
Hospira (Pfizer)
Polymedic
Sandoz (Novartis)
Sothema
Teva
Viatris
Wockhardt
Zentiva (Advent International)
Zydus
Alliance Healthcare
Ceido
Collectif des groupements
FM Logistic
Giphar
PharmaRéférence
PharmaVie
Alma Capital
Astorg
Cinven
Exane
Keensight Capital
PAI
Rothschild
Sagard
Valpre
Weinberg
Jones Day
Simmons & Simmons
Véron & Associés
Active Cosmetics (L'Oréal Group)
Aga Linde
B. Braun
Cegedim
Celtipharm
CRIP
Datapharm
DDB Health
Dynavie
Eurobio Scientific
Fondation Deniker
Hartmann
Health, Science & Technology Group (HST)
Insulet
Invacare
MedToMed
Nemera
Nobel Biocare
Polidis
Preciphar
Unilever
Zoetis
Our Senior Management Team
JEAN-MICHEL PENY
President
- Pharm. D.
- MBA – HEC Business School
- Postgraduate in International Business – IAE Lyon
- 1-year experience at Begin hospital
- 7-year experience as General Manager for pharmaceutical companies:
- 3 years in Sri Lanka (Servier)
- 3 years in India (Servier)
- 1 year in France (Novartis Generics)
- 29-year experience in Strategy and Management consulting for the pharmaceutical sector
- (Bain & Co, Arthur D. Little, AT Kearney, ISO Health Care Consulting/Monitor)
- 30-year teaching experience Lecturer
- (ESCP Europe & ESSEC B-schools – Paris Pharmaceutical and Medical University)
- Former affiliate Professor (HEC B-school)
LAURENT CHESNEL
Senior Manager
- Graduated from KEDGE Business School (formerly ESC Bordeaux) – Specialization in audit, law and management control
- 10-year operational experience in Financial Audit at KPMG
- 3 years as a Manager
- Audit of statutory and consolidated financial statements, in French GAAP, IFRS or US GAAP
- Specialization in the Technology, Media & Telecommunication (TMT) practice
- « Key accounts » clients (Capgemini, SFR, TF1, Vivendi)
- 8-year consulting experience with Smart Pharma Consulting