Life Sciences

Accelerate Innovation for a Better Future

Life sciences companies are uniquely positioned to seize emerging opportunity.

The industry, however, faces significant challenges ahead of bringing products to market.

Confidently navigate the business landscape with guidance from our professionals so you can stay focused on inspiring innovation and breakthroughs.

Overcome Industry Challenges

Stay ahead of change and strategically plan for what’s next with industry-focused advisory solutions.

Drive Growth with Technology

Increase your business’s performance and support growth by leveraging technology that aligns and integrates with your distinct goals.

As your business progresses, your technology architecture and software solutions should evolve to manage change expeditiously, enhance operational efficiencies, and access superior information.

Implementing specific systems, automation, infrastructure, analytics, and organizational practices can help drive data-informed decision-making, boost forecasting and planning, reduce transactional costs, and more.

Develop a comprehensive, technology-driven approach with our Technology Consulting Services.

Protect Your Business & Customers

Streamline your compliance plan, save time and resources, and reduce disruptions to your organization with a custom, risk-based approach.

Organizations that fail to meet compliance obligations can jeopardize customer trust and loyalty, with cascading effects across all business functions. Implement a clear, effective compliance program to demonstrate your commitment to reducing risk and maintaining high ethical standards.

Key protection areas include:

Cybersecurity
IT compliance
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)

Pursue your business goals knowing your operations are protected with our Risk & IT Compliance Consulting Services.

Boost Efficiency & Revenue

Streamline your company’s processes to help drive efficiency. Strategic technical and competitive benchmarking, as well as internal and performance audits, can help reduce costs, grow a customer base, and stay ahead of regulatory changes.

Develop tailored strategies aligned with each stage of your organization’s life cycle to help counter shifting workforce demographics, declining employee engagement, and other challenges.

Drive change and maintain your momentum with our Strategy & Operation Consulting Services.

Confidently Execute Transactions

Make strong, informed decisions ahead of and during a transaction to strategically position your company to accomplish its goals in fiercely competitive environments—whether you’re contemplating a restructuring event, business spin-off, merger, or acquisition.

Build a solid foundation and confidently navigate the transaction process with guidance customized to the specific risks, methods, and industry landscape of your event.

Accelerate and strategically navigate your deal life cycle with our Transactions Services.

Confidently Navigate the Business Life Cycle

Growing a successful business isn’t always a linear journey and often requires reassessing specific needs multiple times—that’s why we deliver relevant expertise during every life cycle stage.

Our holistic approach can address your tax and assurance needs while integrating services to improve your operations, IT capabilities, and more.

Access Funding

First Venture Round

Effectively plan to scale your business and begin to formulate a business platform that can be leveraged for future growth.

Initial Funding

Evaluate the implications and opportunities of various corporate, capital, and tax structures.

Drive Value and Growth

Build Shareholder Value

Take advantage of market opportunities and increase your value proposition while mitigating risk and dilution.

Commercialization

Take a disciplined strategy to help bring your products to market more efficiently and effectively.

Globalization & Growth

Focus on expansion domestically and globally.

Prepare for a Transaction

Capital Markets & IPO

Navigate the heavily regulated opportunity of accessing public markets and preparing to be a public company.

M&A: Buy-Side

Augment organic growth with acquisitions while mitigating transaction risk.

M&A: Sell-Side

Prepare for an exit by proactively addressing business risk to drive value and transaction speed.

Who We Serve

Organizations from across the industry and in every life cycle stage—from large multinational companies and publicly traded middle-market corporations to private firms and start-ups—look to our professionals for guidance, including:

Biotechnology
Diagnostics
Medical devices
Pharmaceuticals
Digital health

Explore Featured Resources

Elevate your business performance with insights to key industry trends and focus areas with our in-depth guides.

Explore how current market trends and conditions could impact your business and any potential transaction plans in our industry report.

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Gain insight into key venture capital, investment, and market updates that could impact your company’s life cycle in 2021.

Analysis of SEC comment letter trends among middle-market and pre-IPO life sciences companies by comment frequency.

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Learn how the US venture investment cycle’s early stage has adapted and evolved as a result of increased capital. Our report covers early-stage deal making, fundraising, and exits.

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It’s likely that life sciences companies will account for transactions quite differently under new revenue recognition guidelines. This guide will help you better understand

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During this on-demand webcast, we discuss potential impacts of the sweeping tax legislation and highlight relevant bill provisions.

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SOC audits are increasingly being requested to demonstrate the integrity of an organization’s control environment to protect their business as well as that of their customers. Learn more in our guide.

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IPO Spotlight

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SEC Comment Letter Summary and Report

Analysis of SEC comment letter trends among middle-market and pre-IPO life sciences companies by comment frequency.

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Prepare for an IPO with 8 Transaction Steps

How to strengthen key areas of your business before an IPO to help achieve your company’s transaction goals.

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Valuation Considerations Before Going Public

Understand extra financial reporting requirements with equity compensation while preparing for a valuation.

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3 Internal Control Considerations for IPOs

Learn core considerations for your company’s initial public offering (IPO) journey to help avoid material weaknesses.

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Top Tax Considerations Before Going Public

Life sciences companies can face industry-specific challenges when preparing for an IPO. Here are six areas to explore.

Expansive Industry Expertise

As the largest accounting and consulting firm headquartered in the West, our professionals are deeply immersed in locations where many life sciences companies innovate, operate, and thrive.

Our collaborative approach takes the time to understand your unique business needs and strategically contextualize solutions among greater industry trends and activity.

Our clients aren’t the only industry leaders who look to us for guidance. We frequently collaborate, volunteer, sponsor, and serve on boards with influential industry organizations and events such as California Life Sciences, Life Science Washington, Life Science Angels, Athena–Women in STEM, Connect San Diego, San Diego Innovation Council–Annual Innovation Showcase, and the American Diabetes Association–Silicon Valley Leaders Forum HealthTech Showcase.

Watch Webcasts Related to Life Sciences

Dive deeper into industry hot topics to help your business stay ahead of change and plan for what’s next with our complimentary webcasts, available to view on demand. Explore upcoming events and watch the latest series.

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