I have worked with Catenion on a number of occasions.

In one instance, as part of a re-prioritization of our R&D portfolio, we were thinking of downscaling a long-standing collaborative research program with an Italian university in the field of regenerative medicine; Catenion was retained to provide an objective outside view on the level of scientific excellence and the longer term business potential of the collaboration.

As result of Catenion’s in-depth assessment, it became clear that our program was actually leading the field and we decided to upscale our engagement and to initiate business development activities through a dedicated biotech vehicle.
Catenion also supported us with thinking through the strategic potential of a Big Data-driven disease modeling project; they helped us position our methodology as an innovative platform approach clearly differentiated from both artificial intelligence and quantitative systems pharmacology; the firm also introduced us to the analytics group of a leading HMO in Israel to validate our thinking with third party patient data and pilot it in a high unmet need indication.

I very much enjoy working with Catenion who combine a deep understanding of biomedical innovation and scientific understanding with strategic acumen and
organizational savvy and I strongly recommend them to anybody with challenging strategic questions at the interface between academia and industry.