Medtech Consulting
For more than 30 years, our specialized team has been supporting everyday leading medical device manufacturers in their innovation and new market development projects.
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How we support players in the medical device industry
Founded in 1993, Alcimed is a consulting firm specialized in innovation and new markets development in life sciences. Spread over our 8 offices in the world (in France, Europe, Singapore and the USA), our team of 220 high-level explorers supports everyday decision-makers and business departments (marketing, research, innovation, strategy, CSR, etc.) in their innovation and new market development projects.
Our projects for Medtech players cover topics as diverse as new technologies and therapeutic approaches, new product launch preparation, disease management and care pathway understanding, assessment of market and licensing opportunities, market access, regulatory framework analysis, and much more!
And our activities are not limited to the Medtech industry. The diversity of our clients (manufacturers, ETIs, innovative start-ups, institutions, etc.), the subjects we deal with, and the geographical areas we explore, enable us to master a wide range of missions and develop recognized expertise in our specialized sectors.
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What they say
"The Alcimed team brought a new way of looking."
Lucia TESTOLIN
Marketing Manager, BD Biosciences
"I really appreciated the execution of the project."
"I recently worked with Alcimed on a project to investigate HCP perception of different future products. I really appreciated the execution of the project on an eye-to-eye level between the teams and the broad language skills and multiculturality in the Alcimed team!"
Dr. Sonja RAUCHSCHWALBE
Vice President Marketing Injectable Drugs
"Very engaging and rich project!"
"Very engaging and rich project! The beginning of a beautiful friendship between Stryker and Alcimed!"
Paul EVITT
General Manager Trauma & Extremities
Examples of projects carried out for our clients in Medtech industry
Launch of a digital surgery platform in Europe
Preparing the launch in Europe of the digital surgery platform of a leading player in the medical device industry. Our client’s ‘go to market plan’ included uncertainties as to which players to target.
Through a detailed mapping of the key players involved in the purchase and integration of such robotic solutions (in and around the hospital), and by analyzing their levels of influence, Alcimed enabled its client to finalize its go to market strategy and to train the sales and marketing teams of each European country on its go to market plan.
Technology scouting for a medical device company
We worked with the R&D team of a leading medical device manufacturer who wanted to identify and evaluate smart sensors to develop a new connected object.
After having discussed with our client’s team to identify the state of internal expertise and to frame our scope of investigation, we first predefined the evaluation criteria (level of maturity of the technology, technical performance, partners involved, scope of development capacities, etc.) for our investigation. Once this first step was completed, we identified and analyzed potential technologies and associated companies on the market in a broad way, and then characterized a final selection of the most relevant companies and technologies.
In the end, we were able to recommend 3 possible solutions to our client through this technology scouting, according to the criteria we defined together.
Market access strategy for a syringe portfolio in China
One of our customers, a leading company in medical devices, wanted to enter the Chinese market and needed a better understanding of the Chinese market specifications and market potential in order to develop a clear growth strategy and assess the resources needed to achieve its development ambition in the area.
Our team first conducted a detailed analysis of the competition. Then we explored the current practices, needs and expectations of potential buyers and users of syringes, before deciphering the regulations and the impact of local cultural specificities on the market access of our client’s products. We then assessed the market potential and projected potential market shares for our client.
This exploration work allowed us to recommend to our client the best strategy to undertake to establish itself in China and become a future leader in this new market.
Strategic foresight for a MedTech firm on new services for the hospital of the future
We have supported a leading medical device firm in the supply of consumables for hospitals in the identification of new growth opportunities in the hospital of the future.
Through the identification and characterization of trends impacting the healthcare sector as well as the description of prospective situations in the hospital, Alcimed enabled its client to identify and select new services to be developed now for the hospitals of tomorrow, thus promoting a pioneering role for our client in proposing the services of the future!
Accompaniment of a diagnostic company in the launch and positioning of a POCT
Alcimed supported a diagnostic company to prepare the launch and positioning of a new portable infectious disease diagnostic device in France.
For this mission, our team first explored the regulatory context and its expected changes concerning POCT devices, in order to validate the possible conditions for launching and financing the device on the target market, as well as the health providers potentially involved in its implementation. At the same time, we drew up an overview of competing or potentially competing solutions in place or to come on the market, in order to define the axes of differentiation of the solution and its unique value proposition. The solution was confronted with the needs and expectations of 7 target client segments, including 5 segments new to the laboratory, in order to prioritize the effort and refine the value proposition of the solution and to prepare, beyond the launch, its first years of life. The target client segments ranged from traditional health providers in private practice to public health screening centers, pharmacies, nursing homes or even the army.
The results of our study allowed our client to precisely target the target client segments, allowing him to bring added value and guide the value proposition of his solution, as well as to define the adjustments to be expected in the short term. to allow the device to reach its full potential.
Studying the potential of a novel Internet of Things (IoT) healthcare platform for a MedTech firm by creating value and a new business model via a digital twin
Alcimed supported a MedTech industry player in setting up a healthcare technology platform to enable the creation of a digital twin by connecting all industrial systems and provide a broad portfolio of digital services based on the Internet of Things (IoT).
The expertise gathered by our team in this project provided our client with an in-depth understanding about the key needs and wishes of the platform end-users and enabled to identify different potential applications of the platform within the healthcare sector.
Evaluation of opportunities to develop an enteral nutrition offer on the homecare market in Germany
We supported a medical device firm and a medical nutrition company in assessing the opportunities to develop a joint enteral nutrition offer on the German home care market.
The objectives of our mission were to understand the drivers of the enteral nutrition market and to identify the main challenges faced by home care providers in Germany, as well as their enteral nutrition needs and expectations.
Alcimed thus analyzed the home enteral nutrition market in Germany through an in-depth literature review and interviews with different profiles, including home care providers, dietitians, hospital discharge teams, neonatologists and pharmacists.
Development of a business case for a telemedicine project for a pharmaceutical laboratory in women's health
While telemedicine is a rapidly developing channel of access to care in e-health, it is also a potential means for the industry to implement complementary services for professionals and patients.
Alcimed supported an international pharmaceutical company in building a business case in women’s health, highlighting how services based on teleconsultation platforms could create value.
The project concluded with the implementation of three pilot programs with start-ups in the sector in France, Germany and Russia.
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Founded in 1993, Alcimed is an innovation and new business consulting firm, specializing in innovation driven sectors: life sciences (healthcare, biotech, agrifood), energy, environment, mobility, chemicals, materials, cosmetics, aeronautics, space and defence.
Our purpose? Helping both private and public decision-makers explore and develop their uncharted territories: new technologies, new offers, new geographies, possible futures, and new ways to innovate.
Located across eight offices around the world (France, Europe, Singapore and the United States), our team is made up of 220 highly-qualified, multicultural and passionate explorers, with a blended science/technology and business culture.
Our dream? To build a team of 1,000 explorers, to design tomorrow’s world hand in hand with our clients.