Moffat Dickson - Specialist Consultancy to the Pharmacutical Industry

Specialist Consultancy Expertise

Moffat Dickson through John’s knowledge and contacts can provide support to the client who wants identify opportunities both in the clinical as well as the commercial area within the geographical location of Japan and South East Asia.

This could include finding a licensing partner within this region, seeking to in licence compounds to the European market, identifying a low cost manufacturing facility FDA compliant or identifying a clinical research centre with a network of over seventeen hospitals currently undertaking clinical trials for international pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Recent assignments have included an overview of both the Japanese and Singapore biotech sector for a Regional Spanish Government department who were looking for the ideal template to establish their biotech cluster.

Another assignment came from a US based Clinical Research Organisation evaluating whether to open a Japanese office.

Access to Pharmaceutical and Biotech Companies in Japan and South East Asia plus a unique Government owned Site Management Organisation (SMO)

Over the last twenty-five years John has travelled many times and extensively throughout Japan and South East Asia. This international network both from John’s personal contacts and from the access through the UK Pharmaceutical Licensing Group www.plg-uk.com makes for a powerful resource available to Moffat Dickson clients.

Moffat Dickson has been retained to represent a South East Asian Government’s Ministry of Health’s Site Management Organisation (SMO) in South East Asia which has a unique group of 17 Clinical Research Centres.

The SMO has many years’ experience of conducting clinical trials to ICH standards for pharmaceutical and biotech clients including big pharma as well as biotech companies.

The SMO offers a one stop centre with one contract that covers all investigators and one centralised approval for both regulatory and ethics approval across all clinical research centres

The Moffat Dickson Forum & Specialist Consultancy Expertise

This is an EU database of key opinion leaders including Professors and Senior Consultants in urology and oncology who John personally worked with in the development of the anti-cancer drug Mitomycin-C for more than 15 years. Other therapeutic areas including cardiology are being added.

For example a client may seek a key opinion leader for inclusion in a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Each Moffat Dickson Forum Member has provided a profile and their specialist area of interest which enables the identification of suitable candidates for the SAB.

As another example a client company may want to access a Moffat Dickson Forum Member with specialist knowledge, who is often a key opinion leader in their own field, who can work directly on a consultancy basis with the client. Once the required client profile for a senior clinician or urological surgeon is known, a number of Forum Members will be approached directly by Moffat Dickson and an anonymous profile will then be provided to the client.

If the client agrees to the choice of Forum Member including their fees for service then both parties are put in contact. This is ideal if the client is based outside of the UK and needs the Moffat Dickson Forum Member to provide either the current status on the management of a particular disease or an expert report on a compound in development.

Tailor Made Training Courses

Moffat Dickson can provide an alternative to those training courses, often expensive, with numerous delegates from many companies when after the course the attendee often leaves the folder on the office bookshelf.

Moffat Dickson with access particularly to oncologists and urologists can provide a tailored training course which is both interactive and interesting to delegates covering the company’s specific training requirements for the individual company employees.

Moffat Dickson recently ran a two day introductory training course in oncology for the marketing department for one of the largest Japanese pharmaceutical companies.

Additional tailored training courses which can be provided either in house or off site include

  • Good Laboratory Practice
  • Good Clinical Practice
  • Good Manufacturing Practice
  • Topics under the Regulatory and Clinical Environment
  • Project Management
  • Effective Presentation Skills
  • Business and Report Writing
  • Effective Negotiation Skills

Access to Independent Consultants and Services

Moffat Dickson has access to a network of independent consultants and service providers derived through John’s personal experience with these individuals and companies.

The independent consultants have a strong track record in their area of expertise and provide an external resource as service providers in a cost efficient way to the pharmaceutical or biotech sector. They understand the demands and requirements of the small and mid sized client that is always under pressure to deliver on time and within budget.

In addition where clients request, Moffat Dickson can remain as an integral part of the business relationship with the consultant or service provider to ensure efficient management of the assignment as well as communication between all parties. This is particularly useful for a client based outside of the UK who requires a project management involvement from Moffat Dickson.

Areas of expertise available from the independent consultants and service providers include clinical, regulatory, Project Managers, CRA’s and CTA’s. Also access to a unique document management system through a specialist company.

  • Clinical
  • Regulatory
  • Provision of Clinical Trial Administrators
  • Provision of Clinical Research Associates
  • Provision of Project Managers
  • Outsourcing of the Trial Master File