Steering a Go/No-Go Decision for Clinical Development

Situation

A client with an early-stage bispecific antibody needed to make a go/no-go decision about moving forward with clinical development for patients with multiple myeloma.

Task

Articulate the unmet need and anticipated market evolution in multiple myeloma, outlining the essential attributes that a new therapy must have to win adoption in the treatment paradigm of the future.

Action

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Leveraged secondary intel to define the current treatment paradigm and proof-of-concept “bar” for therapies to date.
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Used primary intel to validate key assumptions, pinpoint perceived strengths and weaknesses of current and emerging therapies and identify differentiation strategies of frontrunners in late-stage development.
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Defined key attributes that a new entrant would need to possess to enter the future treatment paradigm in alignment with the evolution of unmet need.
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Results

The client gained a clear, concise understanding of the challenges they would need to overcome to gain adoption with this type of bispecific in the multiple myeloma treatment paradigm. They made a no-go decision and devoted the time and resources saved into a different asset with a higher likelihood of success.
Gained understanding
Made a no-go decision
Chose a new asset

Clarity Saved Time

and Resources

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“The insights BTH delivered enabled us to have a productive conversation at our steering committee meeting and align on a no-go decision, in light the scope for differentiation and the timeline difference in terms of when we could hit the market. Mission accomplished! Feedback from the team was positive across the board.”
Director | Corporate Development

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