Services

End to end Alliance Management.
From deal to patient.

VAM supports pharmaceutical and life sciences alliances across the full lifecycle: from deal structuring and negotiation, through launch and execution, until the product reaches the patient. Work is delivered either as a defined engagement, an interim role, or a modular capability alongside your existing team.

01 Pre-alliance & deal structuring Screening, due diligence, term sheet, ecosystem design
02 Contracting & governance design In/out-licensing, Quality Agreements, JSC architecture, decision rights
03 Launch & integration JSC facilitation, cross-functional alignment, onboarding, dashboards
04 Execution & performance JSC leadership, milestone tracking, partner ecosystem oversight
05 Transition, renewal & exit Amendments, dispute resolution, litigation support, transition management
Core services

Four ways VAM works with you

Service 01

Launch an alliance

Structure the partnership from the first handshake. Deal review, governance design, joint committee setup, communication cadence, escalation paths, KPIs, and the full onboarding package for both parties. Delivered as a fixed scope engagement.

  • Alliance charter and governance design
  • Committee structure and meeting cadence
  • Communication and escalation framework
  • Joint workplan, risk register, KPI set
Service 02

Recover an alliance

When an alliance has drifted, stalled, or turned adversarial, VAM steps in to diagnose, mediate, and reset. The work combines structured assessment, senior-level mediation, and a concrete recovery plan the parties can commit to.

  • Health check and root cause analysis
  • Senior mediation and realignment
  • Governance redesign and commitments
  • Monitoring plan during recovery
Service 03

Interim alliance leadership

Step-in alliance director, head of Alliance Management, or joint committee lead. Full accountability for the role during transitions, leaves, or while you recruit. Operates under your governance, reports to your leadership.

  • Alliance director or head of AM role
  • Committee chair or JSC lead
  • Transition management and handover
  • Knowledge transfer on exit
Service 04

AI enabled alliance tools

Augment your alliance team with AI-powered capabilities: automated meeting intelligence, document drafting, regulatory monitoring, briefing preparation. Deployed inside your own cloud environment, under your data policies.

  • Meeting and document intelligence
  • Regulatory and competitive monitoring
  • Briefing and communication drafting
  • Deployed in your own infrastructure
Alliance Management core services
Full alliance lifecycle

What VAM covers at each phase

Seventeen years in life sciences Alliance Management. From pre-alliance screening through governance, compliance, dispute resolution, and commercial transition.

01

Pre-alliance & deal structuring

  • Pre-alliance screening
  • Due diligence
  • Term sheet review and negotiation support
  • Alliance ecosystem design
  • Economic and governance modelling
02

Contracting & governance design

  • In-licensing and out-licensing negotiation
  • Quality Agreement negotiation and drafting
  • Joint Steering Committee architecture
  • Decision rights and escalation paths
  • Milestone and deliverable framework
03

Launch & integration

  • JSC facilitation and cadence
  • Cross-functional alignment: clinical, CMC, regulatory, legal, finance
  • Alliance onboarding for both parties
  • Executive dashboards and risk visibility
  • Integrated development plan execution
04

Execution, governance & performance

  • Ongoing JSC leadership and performance management
  • Contractual milestone tracking
  • Partner ecosystem oversight: Medical, Commercial, Tech Ops, QA, supply chain
  • Early Access program coordination
  • Regulated market operations (FDA, EMA audit readiness)
05

Transition, renewal & exit

  • Amendment negotiation
  • Dispute resolution and formal legal correspondence
  • Litigation support including metadata-driven investigations
  • Commercial transition management
  • Knowledge transfer and handover
Modular capabilities

Be the first. Execute clean. Be in control.

Specialist support across the alliance lifecycle, built on real-time control over commitments, decisions, and risk. Alliance Management is the core. Under the alliance umbrella, many disciplines intersect. Each capability can be scoped as a standalone engagement or combined with the core services.

Alliance Management specialist support
01

Integrated program management

Cross-functional program execution across clinical, CMC, regulatory, R&D, legal, IP, and finance. Board-level reporting, executive dashboards, integrated development planning for clinical-stage and commercial-stage assets.

02

Deal structuring and contract negotiation

Term sheet review, in-licensing and out-licensing negotiation, due diligence, partner selection, economic and governance modelling, Quality Agreement review and drafting at the contractual level. Works alongside legal counsel and business development.

03

Commercial launch readiness

Partner ecosystem enablement and oversight across Medical, Commercial operations, Early Access programmes, Tech Ops, supply chain, and distribution in regulated markets. Launch coordination from contract execution through market entry and first-year performance.

04

Dispute resolution and governance recovery

Facilitated partner conversations, structured issue logs, pre-arbitration mediation, formal legal correspondence drafting in coordination with counsel. Metadata-driven investigation where litigation is possible. Governance redesign when an alliance needs to be reset.

How we engage

Three engagement shapes

Fixed scope

Defined deliverables, defined timeline. Best for launches, recoveries, governance redesigns, and specific modular capabilities.

Interim role

Full accountability for a named position during transition periods. Typical duration three to twelve months.

Ongoing advisor

Retained availability for committee attendance, drafting, coaching, and crisis intervention. Monthly or quarterly.

Thinking about a specific situation?

Thirty-minute call. No obligation. Honest answer on whether and how VAM can help.

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