Biography

About Santosh

Santosh Naik is a Partner at Acumetis and has 15+ years of experience working in both strategy consulting and product development.  In his current role, he leads Acumetis Launch Excellence practice and is a member of the Executive Leadership team.

Santosh’s primary expertise includes advising clients on go-to-market strategy development and launch excellence and execution. In his time at Acumetis, Santosh has advised clients on over 50+ product launches and he has built brand strategies for both launch and in-line brands. He has overseen projects across multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, rare disease, CNS (psychiatry, neurology, migraine), cardiometabolic (diabetes, obesity), vaccines, and immunology. In addition, over the past five years, he has advised over 10 biotech firms launching their first asset. His additional work at Acumetis includes leading large-scale transformation, brand turnaround, and patient services projects with both large top 5 pharma and small biotech clients.

Santosh strives to be a valued thought partner for his clients with the intention of solving business challenges that drive growth and innovation. His focus is on helping clients develop and execute commercial strategies and solutions that are both realistic and impactful.

He holds an MBA from Rutgers University and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech.

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Professional skills
and industry expertise

Leadership

  • Launch Excellence Practice lead
  • Executive leader at Acumetis

Specialty

  • Launch Excellence
  • Commercial Strategy
  • First Commercialization Expert

Key Projects

  • Launch Strategy and Management
  • Go To Market Planning
  • First Commercialization Strategy
  • Mock Launches

Therapeutic Areas

  • CNS (Psychiatry, Neurology, Migraine, Pain Management)
  • Cardiometabolic (Obesity, Diabetes)
  • Vaccines
  • Oncology
  • Rare Disease
  • Immunology