Would you lateral from a boutique LS firm (think ZS, ClearView, Trinity, etc.) into an MBB? Which MBB firm is the strongest in the life sciences? Are there any differences in what each firm does in the LS space?

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McK and BCG
Bain not as strong in LS

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Not as strong in terms of volume of work or specific types of projects?

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F - also how would you approach doing that?

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You're going to do different work, for larger clients overall. Having ta depth would be helpful in some situations but when you're optimizing cold chain storage or figuring out how much of the company you can lay off it's going to require different knowledge.

But yes you should do it.

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Good to know they’re exactly the same everywhere lol

I’ve had two former team do same - B and M. Both came back to strategy at industry specialty firms, all of which are relative boutiques. ZS, IQVIA, Trinity etc. included

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Yes EM1 but THE POWER

BCG seems like it has been edging us the past few years

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