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A small selection of the questions our clients have asked us — answered in public so prospective clients can evaluate the standard of our analytic work.

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The GLP-1 Revolution — Competitive Landscape Brief.

Our debut sample brief — written to the standard we apply to every client engagement. 28 pages, every quantitative claim primary-sourced.

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SAMPLE BRIEF
Cardiometabolic

The GLP-1 Revolution

May 2026 · 28 pages · IE · EU · UK · US

Market dynamics, pipeline threats, and the next phase of competition in obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Built from SEC filings, FDA / EMA decisions, NICE, NEJM, IDA Ireland.

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BRIEFING NOTE
Manufacturing

Why Ireland matters in the GLP-1 supply chain

May 2026 · Briefing note

Lilly Kinsale (Co. Cork) and Limerick now produce tirzepatide; Novo Nordisk’s €432m Athlone expansion (announced 2 March 2026) is the second-largest non-US GLP-1 capacity bet of 2026.

OUTLOOK
Pipeline

Eight challengers on every CSO’s desk

May 2026 · Pipeline scoring

From Amgen MariTide to Viking VK2735 — probability-adjusted threat scoring against the duopoly. Pfizer has left the field; retatrutide tops the table.

POLICY
Reimbursement

What the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge demonstration means for sponsors

May 2026 · Policy primer

Three scenarios for what happens when the 1 July 2026 – 31 December 2027 demonstration ends — and the revenue sensitivity for sponsors across each.

NICE WATCH
UK · NICE

NICE TA1026 — phased NHS rollout of tirzepatide

Mar 2025 · NHS commissioning note

3.4 million NHS-England eligible patients across a 90-day / 180-day / 3-year rollout. What this means for forecasting UK net price corridor.

HSE WATCH
Ireland · HSE

The Irish reimbursement gap — Wegovy, Mounjaro, and the H2 2026 deadline

Oct 2025 · HSE primer

Cash-pay corridor of €120–€475/month. Health Minister Carroll MacNeill’s end-2025 reimbursement signal — and what slippage would mean for franchise valuation.

READOUT
Clinical

SURMOUNT-5 — the head-to-head that changed the conversation

2025 · Trial read

Tirzepatide −20.2% vs semaglutide −13.7% at 72 weeks (NEJM). The commercial implication: a generation of sponsors must re-test franchise economics.

READOUT
Clinical

Retatrutide — Phase 3 TRIUMPH-4 results explained

Dec 2025 · Trial read

−28.7% mean weight loss at 12 mg over 68 weeks plus WOMAC pain reductions in osteoarthritis. The triple agonist economics question.

DEAL ANALYSIS
M&A

$16.5B — what Novo Holdings’ Catalent acquisition actually solves

Dec 2024 · Deal analysis

The deal is a fill-finish capacity bet, not an obesity bet. Implications for second-source qualification for emerging biotech sponsors.

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