
Thought Leadership • Government Affairs • Strategic Communications
Thought Leadership
Government Affairs
Strategic Communications

We deliver analysis and strategic advice together with research, reports, and other communications that can be used to inform policymaking. Our practice focuses on trade, innovation and intellectual property, healthcare, and economic development. We deliver work with agility and efficiency.
We create unique partnerships to achieve goals. We also offer complementary services such as advocacy campaigns, media and communications, and graphic design to support our policy advisory services.
We are committed to integrity, intellectual honesty, creativity, and nuance in all our work. We consistently integrate a gender lens and inclusivity into our projects.
Our Work Speaks for Itself.

Policy Report: Spotlight on Biovac
This report presents the trajectory of the Biovac Institute in South Africa over the past two decades. Biovac is known globally for excellence in vaccines manufacturing and innovation, and it is a critical actor in the mRNA Hub. Biovac’s success is rooted in the leadership’s long-term vision, multiple projects with global tech transfer partners, targeted investments to build a highly skilled workforce, and other factors presented in the paper.

Policy Report: Biomanufacturing Resilience
This report, based on interviews with senior leaders at Merck Life Science, identifies strategies employed by private sector actors in the wake of the COVID pandemic to reinforce global biopharma supply chains. It sets forth recommendations as to how policymakers can support these efforts, to improve future pandemic preparedness and response as well as healthcare delivery in routine times.

JIPA interview with Jennifer Brant
This interview focuses on Jennifer Brant’s work on gender equity in access to intellectual property systems. The discussion focuses in part on Jen’s IP diversity research and publications, starting in 2018. It also touches on her work to create global and regional campaigns to raise awareness about how better access to IP rights can drive better results for companies and national economies, in addition to unlocking individual opportunities.

Q&A for Policymakers: Cellular Technology Standardization and the EU SEP Regulation
This Q&A was developed to inform discussions in Brussels and elsewhere about the EU SEP Regulation. It was published by Innovation Council, a cross-sectoral innovators group that includes cellular technology innovators.

Policy Report: Making Biologics
This analysis is based on interviews with health biotech experts from around the world. The report describes the category of health technologies known as “biologics” and presents trends in the global biologics market. It unpacks the strategies used by different countries to attract investments and technology transfer, resulting in the emergence of biologics centers of excellence for R&D and manufacturing.

WEF Blog: What South Korea’s vaccine industry success teaches us about global trade policy
This WEF blog presents actions taken by the Government of Korea, including in relation to trade policies, to attract investment and partnerships in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The country has rapidly become a hub for biomanufacturing in Asia; the co-authors showcased this journey the run-up to a WTO Ministerial.
We work with companies, industry groups, NGOs, and inter-governmental organizations.
ActogeniX • African Vaccines Manufacturing Initiative • Afya Rekod • Biovac Institute • Biolabs • Center for Global Enterprise • CISPE • Color Accounting • Corning • Croplife International • Cultiv • Energysquare • EnergySquare • EPFL • Ericsson • Ethisphere • EU Commission • General Electric • GLIPA • Hinrich Foundation • IFPMA • Innovation Hub Geneva • Innovation Hub South Africa • Innoventures • Innoventures • InterDigital • International Chamber of Commerce • International Gender Champions Network • International Telecommunications Union • Interpat • Invent Together • IP Europe • J&J • LSMA • Medicines for Malaria Venture • Merck Healthcare • Merck Life Science • Mexican Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) • Microsoft • National University of Singapore • Novartis • Novo Nordisk • Pfizer • PipeWay • Procter & Gamble • Qualcomm • SARIMA • Shiok Meats • Start-up Africa • TechInvention • Techstars Berlin • Tecsis • UNHCHR, the UN Refugee Agency • UNIGE • US Chamber of Commerce • Villgro • Wetility • World Brewing Alliance • EBPMN • World Intellectual Property Organization • World Health Organization • World Trade Organization
Our Global Team

Jennifer Brant
Switzerland

Mark Schultz
United States

Gretchen Reeves
Austria

Phil Wadsworth
United States

Sabrina Leung
Italy

Sorelle Henricus
Singapore

Dini Djalal
Singapore

Carolina Rodriguez
Singapore
