Engagement formats · How a Brioche project runs

Seven engagement formats. One standard of evidence.

Each format has a defined scope, a fixed delivery window, a named reviewer, and a written deliverable. Choose the format that fits the question. We will write back what we heard, set the boundaries, and confirm before kickoff.

A  —  Intelligence Studio

Strategic intelligence formats.

A.01  ·  Format
TypeProject-based
FormatWritten brief
AudienceCSO / Reg Affairs
ConfidentialityNDA-default

Regulatory Intelligence Report

A focused read of the regulatory pathway for one specific asset, indication, or submission question. Built from the primary FDA, EMA, PMDA record and the precedent it sets on the question you are asking.

What you receive
  • Pathway analysis with cited primary regulatory record
  • Comparable approval & CRL precedent set
  • Submission strategy recommendations
  • Risk register for the chosen path
  • Audit trail with retrieval timestamps and reviewer

Best fit when a team is preparing a submission, choosing a regulatory pathway, or evaluating a recent CRL or label decision in the indication.

A.02  ·  Format
TypeProject-based
FormatWritten dossier
AudienceBD / Strategy / CSO
ConfidentialityNDA-default

Discovery Diligence

A full pre-clinical-to-IND read on a discovery asset — regulatory pathway, competitive landscape, IP space, clinical design lessons, deal precedent. The brief a BD lead would write if they had a research desk on call.

What you receive
  • Target validation read with cited evidence
  • Comparator program intelligence with status & trajectory
  • IP and freedom-to-operate landscape
  • Regulatory pathway with precedent CRL pattern
  • Deal-precedent context for licensing or co-development
  • Risk register for discovery and translational risk

Best fit when a team is evaluating in-license, weighing program continuation, or preparing a Series A pitch on the asset.

A.03  ·  Format
TypeContinuous
FormatMonthly + on-demand
AudienceCSO / CEO / Board
ConfidentialityDedicated coverage

Continuous Intelligence Retainer

Ongoing dedicated coverage of a therapeutic area, a pipeline, or a competitive set. A monthly written read plus on-demand short briefs against the same coverage perimeter. The retainer that replaces a consultancy you keep on call.

What you receive
  • Monthly written intelligence read on the perimeter
  • On-demand short-form briefs against the same coverage
  • Live regulatory and competitive change alerts
  • Quarterly strategic review with the team
  • Cumulative archive with retained audit trail

Best fit when a team needs persistent coverage that holds context across quarters — a CSO who wants the same desk reading the field every month.

B  —  Discovery Engine

Computational discovery formats.

B.01  ·  Format
TypeProject-based
FormatValidation package
AudienceCSO / VP Discovery
ConfidentialityNDA-default

Target Validation Sprint

A computational validation package for a putative target. Druggability, disease-target linkage strength, the published failure record on the target, the competitive set already pursuing it, and the IP landscape around it.

What you receive
  • Druggability assessment from structural & chemical tractability evidence
  • Disease-target linkage read (genetic, functional, clinical)
  • Failure analysis — what has been tried, where it stopped, why
  • Competitive landscape on the target
  • IP & freedom-to-operate read
  • Go / no-go recommendation with cited rationale

Best fit when a team is choosing a target to pursue and wants an independent read before committing chemistry resources.

B.02  ·  Format
TypeProject-based
FormatHit hand-off package
AudienceVP Discovery / Med Chem
ConfidentialityNDA-default

Hit Identification Campaign

Computational hit finding for a validated target. Virtual screening, generative chemistry, similarity work, predicted profiles, and a triaged hand-off package ready for experimental validation through your CRO of choice.

What you receive
  • Pharmacophore models and virtual screen output
  • Generative chemistry candidate set
  • Predicted profile per hit (potency estimate, selectivity, ADMET red flags)
  • Triaged hit list with synthesis prioritization
  • Hand-off package: SMILES, predicted profile, sourcing route per hit

Best fit when a team has a validated target and needs a computational hit set to feed an experimental validation campaign.

B.03  ·  Format
TypeProject-based
FormatOptimization plan
AudienceMed Chem / Discovery
ConfidentialityNDA-default

Lead Optimization Sprint

A computational read of an existing scaffold and a proposed improvement plan. SAR analysis from the available data, suggested modifications for potency, selectivity, ADMET, and PK, with predicted profile of every analog proposed.

What you receive
  • SAR analysis on the existing scaffold
  • Computational suggestions for potency & selectivity
  • ADMET and PK improvement proposals
  • Predicted profile for every proposed analog
  • Synthesis prioritization with sourcing routes

Best fit when a team has a hit or scaffold in hand and wants an independent computational read on the next round of analogs before committing synthesis effort.

B.04  ·  Format
TypeProject-based
FormatIndependent read
AudienceBD / Investment / CSO
ConfidentialityNDA-default

Asset Diligence

An independent computational evaluation of someone else's discovery asset. Re-validation of claimed activity, an independent target rationale read, the IP and competitive landscape, and a developability profile — for in-license, investment, or partnership decisions.

What you receive
  • Computational re-validation of claimed activity
  • Independent target rationale check
  • Competitive & IP landscape on the asset
  • Predicted developability profile
  • Risk register for in-license, investment, or partnership

Best fit when a team is evaluating an external asset for in-license or investment and wants an independent technical read before signing a term sheet.

A note on engagement structure. Engagement scope, timeline, and fee are written into the engagement letter at kickoff. Scope is fixed; deliverable is fixed; reviewer is named. Co-development partnership terms (equity-aligned or milestone-based) are discussed case-by-case with the right alignment.
C  —  How an engagement runs

Four steps. Defined scope. Named reviewer.

C.01  ·  Day 0
Length~30 minutes
OutputScoping note

i. Scope

A 30-minute scoping call. We write the question back to you in our words, define the boundaries of what is in and out of scope, and confirm the deliverable before kickoff. No engagement opens without this step.

C.02  ·  Day 1
OutputEngagement letter
OutputSource & method plan

ii. Kickoff

The engagement letter is signed. Source list and analytical plan are posted. The named reviewer is assigned and disclosed. The engagement clock starts.

C.03  ·  Days 2–n
OutputWritten brief
OutputAudit trail

iii. Delivery

The written analysis is produced against cited primary sources. The named reviewer signs the brief before it leaves the practice. The full audit trail — sources, retrieval timestamps, reviewer identity — is provided alongside the deliverable.

C.04  ·  Final day
Length~60 minutes
OutputOpen-question log

iv. Debrief

A working session with the team that has to use the brief. We walk through the analysis, log open questions, and scope any follow-up the engagement surfaced.

Bring us the question. We will write it back.

If you can describe the question in a paragraph, we can scope an engagement against it.

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