Strategic Planning
     
          - Technology assessment
 
          - Intellectual property 
               
                    - Working with patent attorneys to assess the intellectual property space
 
                    - Assessing patent approach 
 
               
           
          - Business development 
               
                    - Assessment of various business models 
                         
                              - Development strategy
 
                              - Manufacturing strategy, including selection and management of contract manufacturers and/or testing labs
 
                              - Analysis of making versus buying
 
                         
                     
                    -                Identifying benefits/risks of different approaches 
 
               
           
          - Product development – from start to finish
               
                    - Process
                         
                              - Manufacturing strategy
 
                              - Feasibility assessment
 
                              - Long term plan
 
                              - Process/product integration                         
 
                         
                     
                    - Analytics 
 
                    - Dosage form 
 
               
           
          - Quality / Compliance
               
                    - Quality-technology approach
 
                    - Implementing a quality system