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The client has developed a new therapy that may be effective in treating two different symptoms/diseases. Given that they can only afford to pursue one, for which indication should our client seek clinical testing?
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Life Science Specialist

Interviewed at L.E.K. Consulting

3.7
Sep 26, 2017

The client has developed a new therapy that may be effective in treating two different symptoms/diseases. Given that they can only afford to pursue one, for which indication should our client seek clinical testing?

Personality questions: A time you had a conflict with a team, why are you interested in consulting, describe your scientific research background Case interview questions: 1. Quantitative market sizing, estimation of the market size for a niche exercise business in the US, used real numbers on the fly, were mostly round numbers so it was pretty straight forward. 2.Qualitative question: This one was a bit general, how would you advise a client that is launching a new medication in approximately 6 months, what factors to consider etc.
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Life Science Specialist

Interviewed at L.E.K. Consulting

3.7
May 16, 2019

Personality questions: A time you had a conflict with a team, why are you interested in consulting, describe your scientific research background Case interview questions: 1. Quantitative market sizing, estimation of the market size for a niche exercise business in the US, used real numbers on the fly, were mostly round numbers so it was pretty straight forward. 2.Qualitative question: This one was a bit general, how would you advise a client that is launching a new medication in approximately 6 months, what factors to consider etc.

Competency: examples of team-work, leadership or time management. Cases: 1. Estimate the market size of botox injection in the UK? 2. Imagine we have a company that has created a cannabis-based drug and they want to use it as a painkiller. What should they consider? 3. A healthcare case: they gave me three methods by which hospitals get funding and explained them in one or two sentences. Then they asked me to find the pros and cons from the perspectives of the provider-the hospital-the patient. 4. We have a client pharma company that has created a drug for disease X but they found out it is good for disease Y and it has an edge over existing drugs for Y, but they do not specialise in this disease so what should they do?
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Life Science Associate

Interviewed at L.E.K. Consulting

3.7
Jul 5, 2016

Competency: examples of team-work, leadership or time management. Cases: 1. Estimate the market size of botox injection in the UK? 2. Imagine we have a company that has created a cannabis-based drug and they want to use it as a painkiller. What should they consider? 3. A healthcare case: they gave me three methods by which hospitals get funding and explained them in one or two sentences. Then they asked me to find the pros and cons from the perspectives of the provider-the hospital-the patient. 4. We have a client pharma company that has created a drug for disease X but they found out it is good for disease Y and it has an edge over existing drugs for Y, but they do not specialise in this disease so what should they do?

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