Life Sciences

Helping clients accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth across the life sciences industries

How we help clients

Medtech

Bringing cutting edge capabilities in design, digital and analytics to create innovative products, devices, equipment, software, and solutions that enhance patient value and outcomes.

Generics and Biosimilars

Helping companies capture opportunities across the value chain for generics, branded generics, established products and biosimilars, and forging connections among industry stakeholders.

Medical Affairs

Helping clients to transform their medical affairs function into the company’s third strategic pillar alongside R&D and commercial.

Operations

Using our operations expertise to drive performance, increase revenue, and enhance the bottom line.

Research & Development

Helping clients build the R&D capabilities needed to drive innovation, improve productivity and performance, and develop successful portfolio and asset strategies.

Commercial

Helping clients maximize commercial value by assisting with product launch, marketing, sales, and market access.

Biotech

Helping biotech companies across the entire value chain, from early-stage companies getting initial funding to established companies launching into international markets.

Digital Health and Health tech

Helping health tech businesses across the entire value chain, from start-ups in the initial stages of fundraising to established companies, expand into global markets.

How we make a difference

The McKinsey Cancer Center helps life sciences organizations discover, develop, and distribute more effective medicines, deliver better care, and provide broader access to solutions that help patients and their families combat cancer.

Our people

Robert Linden

Senior PartnerBay Area

Co-leads our global Life Sciences Practice, advising a broad range of healthcare clients – from early-stage innovators to global,...

Chris Llewellyn

Senior PartnerLondon

Co-leads our work globally in the life sciences, biopharma, medical products and health technology spaces

Featured capability

POBOS

POBOS provides information on cost, productivity and quality, supply chain performance, and quality performance across more than 35 pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Companies can use the information to understand productivity drivers and their impact and quickly focus efforts on the highest value areas.

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