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

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

  • Tax Compliance
  • Financial Statement Audits
  • 409A Valuations
  • R&D Tax Credits
  • Outsourced Accounting
  • Executive Tax Services

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

  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Statement Audits
  • Outsourced Accounting
  • 409A Valuations
  • Stock Options
  • Executive Tax Services

Drive Value and Growth

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

  • Tax Structuring
  • Accounting for Income Taxes (ASC 70)
  • Process Controls and Internal Audits
  • Software Assessment and Planning
  • State & Local Tax Services
  • International Tax Services

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

  • Financial Statement Audits
  • Employee Benefit Plan Audits
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • State & Local Tax Services
  • International Tax Services
  • Net Operating Loss Limitations
  • Software Assessment & Planning

Focus on expansion domestically and globally.

  • Transfer Pricing
  • R&D Tax Credits
  • Tax Incentives
  • International Tax
  • Cybersecurity
  • Process & Controls Internal Audit
  • Software Assessment & Planning
  • Global Mobility

Prepare for a Transaction

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

  • Technical Accounting
  • Financial Statement Audits
  • Accounting for Income Taxes (ASC 70)
  • SOX 404 Services
  • Stock Option Tax
  • Executive Tax Services

Augment organic growth with acquisitions while mitigating transaction risk.

  • Tax Structuring
  • Accounting for Income Taxes (ASC 740)
  • Financial Statement Audits
  • Valuations
  • Net Operating Loss Limitations
  • Due Diligence and Quality of Earnings

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

  • Tax Compliance
  • Valuations
  • Investment Banking
  • Financial Statement Audits
  • Net Operating Loss Limitations
  • Transactions Consulting
  • Executive Tax Services

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.

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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.


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