19 of the Top 20 Global Pharma Companies

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Pharma Market

We don't help companies compete. We help them win.

Pharma 2.0

A System for Winning Pharmaceutical Markets

War Games

Launch

Counter-Launch

Competitive Training

Bernard Associates is ranked #1 in the world for pharma war games by pharmaceutical executives.

Why Do We Need Pharma 2.0?
The Industry Has Changed

Since the late 1990s, the industry has entered a fundamentally different lifecycle stage: the Competition Stage. There are more products, competitors, noise, and stakeholders. Pharma 1.0 approaches do not work in a Pharma 2.0 world.

Bernard Associates identified this structural shift and built the Pharma 2.0 Winning System™ in direct response — creating the only framework purpose-built for competing and winning in this new era.

The Pharmaceutical Industry: Four Lifecycle Stages
The industry entered the Competition Stage in the 1990s.

Pharmaceutical industry sales growth chart, 1930s-1990s

The Pharma 2.0 Winning System

Agenda

Platform

Actions

01

Create the Campaign Agenda
Play a game only your company can win. Define a unique competitive strategy that forces competitors to react.

02

Communicate the Campaign Platform
Align all functions, disciplines, and markets around a single Campaign Agenda. One voice. One direction.

03

Champion Winning Actions
Execute cross-functional, cross-disciplinary, cross-geographic actions that drive market victory.
We don’t deliver recommendations.
We implement a system proven to win.
Why Bernard Associates

#1

Global Pharma Competition Firm for Helping Clients Win

#1

War Games Satisfaction Ratings

#1

War Games
“Best Ratings”

#1

Simulated Pharma 2.0 Launches

#1

Pharma 2.0 Counter-Launches

#1

Published Competition Articles

#1

Pharma 2.0 Professionals Trained

Capabilities

Four Ways to Win the Market

Pharma 2.0 War Games
Next-generation competitive simulations. Simulate competition before it happens. 98% satisfaction. 96% best ever.
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Product Launch 2.0
and Relaunches
Design launches that win markets. Winning starts 3–6 years before product approval — and Pharma 2.0 Relaunches deliver results even years after.
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Product Counter-Launch 2.0
Don’t give your competitors a free launch. Bernard Associates has conducted more biopharma Counter-Launches than any other firm in the world.
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Pharma 2.0 Competitive Training
Build competition-ready organizations. Winning isn’t driven by sales alone — it’s driven by an aligned, fully trained team.
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Selected Clients

Trusted by
Leading Biopharmas

19/20

Top Global Pharma
Companies Served

150+

Total Organizations

300+

Simulated Launches

60+

Countries

25K+

Trained Professionals

Firm Leadership

Stan Bernard,
MD, MBA

Founder & President · Bernard Associates

Internationally recognized pharmaceutical competition strategist, keynote speaker, and best-selling author, Dr. Stan Bernard is the leading global authority on competitive strategy and product launches. He founded Bernard Associates in 1999 and has since built it into the #1 global firm for helping biopharmaceutical companies win competitive markets.

“Founder and President of Bernard Associates, Stan Bernard, MD, MBA, has been hailed as one of the most strategic, innovative consultants in the pharmaceutical industry… Dr. Bernard is nationally renowned as a healthcare and pharmaceutical industry guru.

— PharmaVoice Magazine

Experience & Impact

Advisor to 19 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies

Creator of the Pharma 2.0 Winning System™

150+ pharma, biotech, and healthcare organizations across 6 continents

Led 300+ global product launch simulations in 60+ countries

Thought Leadership

#1 Publisher on pharmaceutical competition worldwide

Author of 80+ articles, reports, and book chapters

Columnist, Pharmaceutical Executive and Global Digest

Amazon #1 best-selling book: Brands Don’t Win — 11 awards

Prior Leadership

Former Executive, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Former Principal, A.T. Kearney Pharma Practice

Senior Fellow & Pharma Teacher, Wharton Business School (14 years)

Expert Consultant to United States Healthcare Agency

“Stan Bernard has successfully combined a medical degree, a Wharton MBA, and an entrepreneurial approach to consulting that has enabled him to work as a consultant, speaker, teacher, and published expert… Bernard has tackled opportunities at Fortune 500 companies and small startups alike, always bringing a sense of foresight and vision. Few people in the field today have his background; even fewer can reliably be called on to provide objective advice about a rapidly changing field and remain on the cutting edge.”

— Advance Magazine

Thought Leadership

The Leading Voice in Pharmaceutical Competition

Bernard Associates has published more articles on pharmaceutical competition than any other firm in the world. Founder Stan Bernard, MD, MBA has authored over 80 articles, reports, and book chapters in leading industry publications over three decades.

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