Industry Projects

CMI Project: Fall 2020

Served as a graduate student consultant for a Comparative Medicine Institute project
Our team of 5 performed market analysis for a novel therapeutic, BIO-PLY, in the equine veterinary industry
Identified unmet market needs, identified competitor and provides alternative markets (dog market)
Helped find funding and licensing opportunities for Dr. Gilbertie
Compared the advantages and disadvantages of biologic based product versus a synthetic peptide

Served as a graduate student consultant for a practicum project with BASF
Our team of 5 performed market analysis for several major crops
Identified current crop protection treatments (pesticides, fungicides, etc.) and researched RNAi use for crop protection
Preformed a patent search for RNAi crop protection technologies
Identified major pests and diseases for each crop and helped narrow the companies search for RNAi crop protection targets
Identified RNAi methods and technology that could be used to make a sprayable version of RNAi

Served as a graduate student consultant for an Office of Research Commercialization project
Our team of 5 analyzed potential applications, market landscape, and licensing opportunities for a wearable ultrasound sensor
Our team performed a KOL survey to gauge industry interest in wearable ultrasound technology

Served as a graduate student consultant for a practicum project with Panaceutics
Our team of 5 performed market analysis for several nutrition markets
Our team identified potential partnership opportunities with each market
Our team developed pitch strategies for the companies identified in each nutrition market
Our team identified potential product types for each company identified
Our team conducted a consumer VOC campaign and conducted KOL interviews

Served as a graduate student consultant for a Comparative Medicine Institute project
Our team of 5 performed market analysis for a disease surveillance technology in the swine industry
Performed a market analysis, identified competitors and provides alternative markets (bovine market)
Helped identify strategies for bettering the surveillance technology

Served as a graduate student consultant for a practicum project with BD
Our team of 5 performed market analysis for both IVDs and LDTs
Our team performed regulatory landscape analysis
Our team identified utilization trends based on Medicare and Medicaid database information
Our team identified potential diseases to focus on for IVD development
Our team conducted KOL interviews