Offering 01 · Drug Discovery Consulting

Expert guidance across the discovery pipeline.

From a second opinion to an embedded discovery team — strategic advisory, programme leadership, and practical guidance that draw on deep screening and repurposing experience to move programmes forward with confidence.

Target→Candidate
Strategy Across the Pipeline

"Sharper decisions, earlier — from someone who has run the campaigns."

Overview

Advice, leadership, and a steady hand on the science

Whether you need a strategic sounding board, an embedded discovery lead, or hands-on guidance through a tricky campaign, we bring practical, decision-focused expertise across the drug discovery pipeline.

The same team that develops assays and runs screens advises on strategy — so guidance is grounded in what actually works at the bench, not just on paper.

Where we help

  • Target selection, validation, and tractability
  • Assay cascade and screening strategy
  • Portfolio prioritisation and go / no-go decisions
  • Embedded / fractional discovery leadership
  • Hit-to-Lead and Candidate selection
  • Scientific due diligence and team training
Capabilities

What the Consulting offering delivers

01

Target Selection & Validation

Assess and prioritise targets on tractability, biological rationale, and competitive landscape before committing resources.

Strategy
02

Assay & Screening Strategy

Design the right assay cascade and screening approach — target-based or phenotypic — to answer the question at hand efficiently.

Design
03

Portfolio & Go / No-Go

Decision frameworks, critical-path design, and milestone planning that keep programmes moving toward high-value outcomes.

Decisions
04

Programme Leadership

Embedded or fractional discovery leadership — direction, project management, and momentum for a client's discovery effort.

Leadership
05

Hit-to-Lead & Candidate Guidance

Medicinal-chemistry, profiling, and optimisation strategy to advance compounds toward Lead and Candidate milestones.

Optimization
06

Due Diligence & Training

Scientific due diligence for investors and partners, plus practical upskilling for internal discovery teams.

Advisory
How we engage

Three ways to work with us

Scale the engagement to the need — from a focused review to leading the programme.

01

Strategic Advisory

Project-based expert guidance — target and strategy reviews, study design, and go / no-go decisions.

02

Embedded Leadership

Fractional discovery leadership — we join your team to direct and de-risk the programme hands-on.

03

End-to-End Guidance

Practical support across the whole pipeline, from target to candidate, backed by our screening platform.

Better together

Advice, then execution

Consulting sets the strategy; our other offerings deliver it. When a programme is ready to run, the same team can execute the discovery science, digitise the data, and apply the AI layer.

See Discovery & Pre-Clinical →

Pairs with

Discovery & Pre-Clinical — turn strategy into assays, screens, and validated hits.

Lab Digitisation — capture the programme's data as FAIR, reusable records.

AI — reason across the data to sharpen every decision.

Need a discovery sounding board?

Tell us where your programme is today — we'll bring the strategy, leadership, and hands-on guidance to move it forward.

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