Guiding You to Higher Ground
Strategic, commercial, and capital advisory for pharma services businesses and the investors who support them.
// ABOUT FREEDOM
Where Experience Shapes What's Next
Freedom Bioscience Partners works with founder-led businesses and VC or PE-backed organizations at critical moments of growth and transition across the life science services ecosystem.
Grounded in more than 30-years of experience serving as an operator, advisor, and investor in pharma services, we’ve lived the realities of building and scaling science-forward businesses. We know where growth stalls, where valuation gets discounted, and where capital conversations go sideways.
It's at these pivotal moments where clarity and trusted guidance matter most. That's where we focus our work.
// WHO WE WORK WITH
Where We Have Built, Advised, & Invested
Freedom brings three decades of operating, advisory, and investment experience across the pharma services ecosystem and the firms who invest in them.
Focus Areas
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Drug Substance / Drug Product
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Biologics and Small Molecules
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Formulation Dev / Particle Engineering
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Analytical (CMC / Bioanalysis)
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Discovery Enablement
CROs & CDMOs
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Production Inputs / Functional Excipients
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Advanced Materials / Biomaterials
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Research Reagents and Materials
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In-Vitro Research Tools
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Synthetic Biology Platforms
Functional Materials / Life Science Tools
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Board Advisory
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Diligence ; Techno-Commericial
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Thesis Development
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Portfolio Strategy
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Deal Sourcing
VC & PE Investors
// OUR SERVICES
How We Create Value
We focus our work across 4 core areas of engagement:
Commercial & Market Advisory
Advising leadership teams on translating strong technical capabilities into focused positioning, scalable commercial strategy, and sustainable growth.
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Commercial leadership support, leveraging strong industry connections
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Go-to-market & revenue strategy aligned with market demand
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Market and competitive intelligence to inform positioning & growth decisions
Designed for companies running strong science-led businesses and seeking sharper commercial direction & accelerated revenue growth.
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Capital & Transaction Readiness
Enhance value creation by preparing businesses for future capital raises, strategic investment, M&A, and exit; Elevating how the business is viewed by future investors.
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Capital raise & exit preparation - Grounded in value creation
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Growth Roadmapping - Positioning for future organic / inorganic growth
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De-risking across commercial & operational areas
For teams approaching capital or transaction-related inflection points.
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Investment Advisory
Advising private equity and venture capital firms with strategic and tactical, board-level judgment applied to investment decisions and portfolio peformance.
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Board-level and portfolio advisory
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Deal sourcing and thesis development
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Commercial and market diligence
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Growth strategy, add-on acquisitions, and portfolio prioritization
For investors who value deep industry connections and market insight alongside financial & operational analysis.
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Thought Leadership & Market Perspective
Providing a clear, current view of how the pharma services market is evolving and what it means for operators and investors.
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Interpreting market shifts across CROs, CDMOs, and life sciences services
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Shaping industry dialogue through publications, conferences, panels, and media
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Grounding industry conversations with real-world operating and investment experience
Designed to provide clarity and direction above the noise.
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// WHY FREEDOM
Grounded in Experience, Focused on Value Creation.
Freedom Bioscience Partners brings a market-tested perspective built over decades inside CROs, CDMOs, and Life Science Materials/Tools businesses. Our work reflects firsthand experience operating at the same inflection points our clients face — when growth accelerates, ownership shifts, and the consequences of decisions begin to compound.
We’ve been in the room for these transitions, helping leaders move with clarity when the stakes rise and the margin for error narrows. Along the way, we’ve built deep, trusted relationships across owner-founder businesses, corporate strategics, and the investor universe. Simply stated, we use our experience and network with precision and purpose.
Clients work with Freedom for clarity, judgment, and credibility — Especially when the decisions are complex and the margin for error is small.
Brian Scanlan
Managing Partner
Freedom Bioscience Partners
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// WHY FREEDOM
Grounded in Experience, Focused on Value.
Freedom Bioscience Partners brings a market-tested perspective built over decades inside CROs, CDMOs, and PE-backed pharma services businesses. Our work reflects firsthand experience operating at the same inflection points our clients face — when growth accelerates, ownership shifts, and the consequences of decisions begin to compound.
We’ve been in the room for these transitions, helping leaders move with clarity when the stakes rise and the margin for error narrows.
Clients work with Freedom for clarity, judgment, and credibility — Especially when the decisions are complex and the margin for error is small.
Brian Scanlan
Managing Partner
Freedom Bioscience Partners