Thomas Foster
Founding Partner
Mr. Foster is a 30 year veteran of the life sciences, healthcare, technology and other IP-based industries. He has supported over 500 client organizations, and his career has focused on characterizing both value and risk. He has been a pioneer in developing valuation techniques for assets without relevant market analogs. He is expert in decision-support frameworks that translate uncertainty into quantifiable risk.
Mr. Foster‘s work provides independent and objective strategic advisory services that include market characterization, valuation, transaction support and financial opinions.
Additionally, Mr. Foster has deep experience as a pricing and access professional. At one time, he had supported the pricing strategies for 7 of the 10 best selling global life sciences products.
Past Professional History
Foster Rosenblatt: Managing Partner
RNA Advisors: Advisory Board
IQVIA (IMS Health) Consulting: Vice President
Cambridge Pharma Consultancy: Senior VP, Strategy
PAREXEL International: Practice Leader, Benchmarking
Helix Research: Chief Operating Officer
Princeton Alternative Investments: Financial Analyst
Thought Leadership
Mr. Foster is a frequent author and speaker on various issues with contributions to articles appearing in Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Time, Reuters & other publications. Additionally, he has been a Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Lecturer at the Columbia School of Business and the Darden School of Business University of Virginia. He was the Editor of the PAREXEL Statistical Sourcebook.
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award: Pharmaceutical Management Science Association
President’s Award: IQVIA (IMS Health)
Mr. Foster has a BA from Brown University.


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