What are the core skills needed to be successful in portfolio strategy roles?

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No skills are required. Just network in, hire MBB to make some decks to confirm exec pre-existing goals, then blame any failures on market volatility and repeat. Profit.

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Financial modeling, clinical & preclinical data top to bottom, indication research

Probably being able to plan and conduct PMR with KOLs as well

Does the MD background translate or is having a PhD much better? Is the scientific focus more on study data or mechanistic biology?

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