CF is a leading consultancy dedicated to making an enduring impact on health and healthcare. The Life Sciences Practice partners with pharmaceutical and biotech organisations to accelerate the adoption of innovation—ensuring new products and services reach patients faster and more equitably. 

• Experts in Health: Every CF consultant brings deep, real-world experience in health. Health is complex—clients deserve true experts. 

• Trusted Advisors: Recognised by the Financial Times as a Gold-rated consultancy for Healthcare & Life Sciences, CF is one of just four firms to achieve this distinction. 

• Unrivalled Data Access: Instant access to longitudinal, record-level data for 57 million people in England, with the ability to securely access and analyse data across the UK and beyond. 

• Insight That Drives Change: Advanced analytics, data science, and AI transform data into actionable insights—shifting opinion and enabling system change. 

• Partnership: CF works alongside clients as a trusted partner, building solutions together and supporting teams at every stage. 

Strategy for Driving Adoption 

• End-to-End Support: From shaping launch strategy to embedding innovation in care pathways, CF helps clients navigate complexity and deliver measurable impact. 

• System Expertise: Deep understanding of health systems, payers, and providers enables tailored strategies that address real-world barriers to adoption. 

• Evidence-Based Approach: Insights are grounded in robust data and best practice, ensuring recommendations are practical and effective. 

• Collaboration: CF builds partnerships across the ecosystem—industry, NHS, regulators, and patients—to create the conditions for sustainable adoption. 

Data, Digital, AI & Evidence 

• Instant Analytics: Rapid access to core analytics—burden of disease, treatment pathways, market sizing—delivered in days, not months. 

• Secure Data Environments: Patient-level linkage for advanced research, including prescribing, outcomes, biomarkers, and rare disease cohorts, with full compliance and ethical approval. 

• Real NHS Costs: Gold-standard evidence for HTA submissions, linking actual healthcare spending to patient outcomes. 

• Advanced Methods: Data science and AI unlock deeper insights, supporting everything from trial feasibility to value-based contracting. 

Policy & Influencing 

• Thought Leadership: CF shapes policy through evidence-based insights, influencing the environment for innovation adoption. 

• Trusted Source: Regulators, payers, and providers rely on CF's analysis and recommendations. 

• Advocacy: CF supports clients in engaging stakeholders, building the case for change, and navigating evolving policy landscapes across the UK, EUCAN, and Middle East. 

• Pre-Launch: Identify unmet need, map patient journeys, assess trial feasibility, and prepare for HTA. 

• Launch & Growth: Track uptake, measure real-world effectiveness, and support submissions to NICE and other agencies. 

• Market Access: Analyse budget impact, comparative effectiveness, and support value-based agreements. 

• Be Connected: CF meets clients on their terms, builds lasting relationships, and cultivates networks that drive results. 

• Uphold Standards: Committed to excellence, CF acts with integrity and professionalism. 

• Inspire Change: CF brings fresh thinking, sparks conviction, and translates innovation into practice. 

• Create the Future: CF acts fast, adapts, and helps clients seize new opportunities.