Sarlsco Life Sciences

Operator, Advisor, Consultant

Turn innovation into sustainable growth.

Where scientific depth meets commercial and operational execution.

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Providing Leadership in Science and Commercial Operations to
Life Sciences SMEs

A connected perspective

Scientific insight.
Business understanding.
Practical execution.

Healthcare innovation needs sound science and a clear path forward.

Sarlsco combines deep scientific experience with commercial and operational expertise to develop effective strategies and help businesses grow.

We support drug development, diagnostics and health technology organisations, and the service businesses that enable them, with a shared purpose: helping healthcare innovations reach patients.

Find the right way to work together

Companies supported

For the innovators.
And those who enable them.

Specialist support for life sciences service providers and product developers.

01 / SERVICE PROVIDERS AND INVESTORS

Enabling discovery
and development

  • CROs and CDMOsPreclinical & clinical research, laboratories, manufacturing and in-silico/tech services
  • ConsultanciesSpecialist advisory and consulting businesses
  • Investors and ResearchVCs, PE, Angels and Equity Research
02 / PRODUCT DEVELOPERS

Bringing innovations
closer to patients

  • BiopharmaBusinesses developing therapeutic assets and products
  • DiagnosticBusinesses developing in vitro diagnostics, biomarker assays and companion diagnostics
  • HealthtechBusinesses developing healthcare technologies

Areas of expertise

Depth where it matters.
Support where you need it.

Explore the capabilities that connect scientific decisions with business priorities.

01

Executive and functional leadership

Providing you CxO and, or functional leadership across business development, consulting, labs and R&D.
02

Corporate development & governance

Supporting you across corporate development and governance, backed by executive and board experience at an LSE AIM-listed plc, including fundraising, M&A, strategic partnerships and investor relations.
03

Business strategy & planning

Aligning scientific, commercial and operational considerations to help you define clear priorities, a practical business plan and roadmap to support growth, including budgets and projections.
04

Scientific, commercial and operational due diligence

Providing you an integrated perspective on the science, market opportunity and operational considerations behind a business or asset
05

Market assessment & go-to-market strategy

Combining deep scientific and technical insights with market intelligence to shape your strategy and build an effective commercial engine that drives growth across existing and new markets, reaching the right customers and partners.
06

Business development & marketing

Supporting you align scientific capabilities and offerings with business development priorities, sharpen your market messaging, engage clients and partners, and embed best practices through supporting implementation of systems, processes and KPI tracking.
07

Operating models, process improvement & quality

Helping you design a future-state operating model aligned with your vision and mission, enabling effective value delivery to customers and stakeholders across people, processes, technology, governance and ways of working. Additional support includes business process engineering and quality management systems.
08

UK ecosystem navigation

Supporting you navigate the complex UK health ecosystem by connecting you with NHS trusts, universities, experts, data infrastructure, government and funding bodies to support evidence generation, research and market access.

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Ways of working

The right involvement
for your next chapter.

From a specific strategic question to ongoing leadership, choose the support that fits your organisation.

01

Advisory &
consulting

Focused expertise for a defined challenge, opportunity or decision.

02

Fractional &
fixed-term leadership

Executive or functional leadership when your business needs additional capacity and experience.

03

Non-executive
director

Board-level perspective to support strategic direction and governance.

Meet the founder

Dr Peter Sargent

Founder, Sarlsco Life Sciences

Dr Peter Sargent, founder of Sarlsco Life Sciences

Life sciences executive and hands-on operator with more than 25 years’ commercial, scientific and operational leadership experience across drug and diagnostic development, CRO services and R&D strategy consulting. Proven track record of leading business growth and transformation, commercialising new products and services, building high-performing teams and translating strategy into measurable results. Experienced in public-company leadership, corporate governance, capital raising, investor relations, strategic partnerships and M&A, with well-established relationships across the global life sciences industry, UK government, NHS and academia.

Contact Peter

Your next step

What would progress
look like for your business?

Tell us about your organisation, your priorities and the support you are looking for.

Get in touch

psargent@sarlsco.com