Biotech & life sciences advisory

From bench data
to regulatory yes.

Cerberus guides biotech founders and R&D teams through the science-to-market pathway — regulatory strategy, clinical development, and IP positioning built on decades inside the agencies you're trying to convince.

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Advised founders who have raised from & partnered with
ARCH VENTURES NIH SBIR FLAGSHIP PIONEERING BARDA SANOFI VENTURES
What we do

Four disciplines, one pathway

Every biotech hits the same four chokepoints between a discovery and a product. We staff each one with people who've sat on the other side of the table.

Regulatory Strategy

Pre-IND and pre-submission planning, agency meeting prep, and designation strategy for FDA and EMA pathways — built by people who used to sit on the review side.

  • Pre-IND / pre-submission meetings
  • Breakthrough & orphan designation strategy
  • Briefing document drafting
  • Global regulatory roadmapping

Clinical Development

Trial design, endpoint selection, and CRO oversight built to hold up under statistical and regulatory scrutiny.

  • Protocol & endpoint design
  • CRO selection & oversight
  • Biostatistics review
  • Data safety monitoring setup

IP & Licensing

Freedom-to-operate review, patent strategy, and term sheet support for in-licensing and out-licensing deals.

  • Freedom-to-operate analysis
  • Patent portfolio strategy
  • In/out-licensing term sheets
  • Due diligence support

Market Access

Payer landscape, pricing strategy, and evidence generation planning aimed at reimbursement, not just approval.

  • Payer landscape assessment
  • Pricing & reimbursement strategy
  • Health economics evidence planning
  • Launch readiness review
How we work

An engagement, not a slide deck

We embed with your team for the length of the phase that matters, then step back. No standing retainers you don't need.

Week 1

Diagnose

We audit your data package and current plan against the regulatory bar you're actually aiming for.

Week 2–3

Map the pathway

A written strategy with named milestones, agency touchpoints, and the studies that will and won't move the needle.

Ongoing

Execute alongside you

We sit in your working sessions, draft agency-facing documents, and pressure-test decisions before they're locked in.

Milestone

Hand off cleanly

Documentation and rationale live with your team, not in our heads, so the next phase doesn't need to start over.

Track record

Numbers we're accountable to

40+
Biotech clients advised since 2016
12
Successful IND clearances
$680M
Follow-on capital raised post-engagement
9
Former FDA & EMA reviewers on our bench

Bring us your hardest regulatory question

A 30-minute call — we'll tell you honestly if there's a faster path.