scalable life sciences talent
Vetted life science consultants, on demand
From IND-enabling studies to commercial readiness — access 15,000+ specialized consultants across 300+ life sciences roles. Faster than hiring. More flexible than CROs.
Areas of Expertise
Expertise Across the Lifecycle
Explore the specialized roles and functional areas where Clora consultants support biotech and pharma teams.
Our Approach
The Clora Engagement Model
The Clora Engagement Model
When hiring is underway, paused, or uncertain, Clora helps ensure work doesn’t stall.
Use Clora to:
- Fill the gap while you find the right full-time hire
- Support lean teams after after organizational transitions or during periods of growth
- Maintain momentum without rushing permanent decisions
This approach reduces operational risk while preserving optionality.
Episodic Support
Bring in industry specialists for defined, time-bound needs without committing to a full-time hire or expanding a CRO engagement.
Common examples include:
- IND regulatory strategy and submission support
- CSR development support
- Quality audits and remediation
- QMS implementation
- Safety and pharmacovigilance support
- Clinical data review and program assessment
Interim Hires
When hiring is underway, paused, or uncertain, Clora helps ensure work doesn’t stall.
Use Clora to:
- Fill the gap while you find the right full-time hire
- Support lean teams after layoffs or during periods of growth
- Maintain momentum
This approach reduces operational risk while preserving optionality.
Strengthen CRO Oversight and Sponsor Control
CROs play a critical role in drug development.
Clora provides the experienced sponsor-side leadership to ensure they do it right.
- Provide sponsor-side leadership and maintain institutional knowledge when your team is lean
- Improve CRO coordination and ensure continuity with CRO turnover
- Strengthen oversight and decision-making
Expert & Advisory Calls
Speak with advisors and experts to get instant insights for short-duration projects.
Short Duration, High‑Skill Work
- Deploy multiple experts quickly for small, focused tasks
- Speak with life science experts for consultation at critical milestones
- Conduct user interviews with experts to shape the next iteration of your product or app
Need expert input without a long-term engagement? Tell us what you need and we’ll match you with relevant experts within 72 hours.
AI Model Evaluation
Building AI tools for drug discovery, CMC, or clinical development? Validate your models with independent expert review from experienced biotech and pharma professionals.
The Challenge: Your models are only as good as the training data and real-world validation behind them. Generic crowdsourced evaluators don’t understand ICH guidelines, clinical endpoints, or regulatory requirements. You need domain experts.
De-risk and accelerate your models with domain-expert evaluation, real-world test design, and RLHF-ready human feedback.
What Clora Provides:
- Engage with 5 subject matter experts to develop scientifically rigorous test cases and evaluation frameworks
- Deploy 10–50 trained evaluators to run blinded comparisons, score outputs against rubrics, and generate preference data usable for RLHF (or for supervised fine-tuning / reward modeling).
A Smarter Way to Resource
Accelerate Your Pipeline with Specialized Biotech Talent
Hiring is slow and CROs aren’t always the right tool for every gap. Clora gives you sponsor-side expertise exactly when needed—fractional, interim, or surge support.
$400/hour
Andrew Johnson, PhD
CMC Leader
- Midwest
- 15 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
$400/hour
David Jones, MD, PhD
Translational Leader
- NY/NJ
- 20 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$525/hour
Elizabeth Carter, MD
Interim CMO
- Bay Area
- 25 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
$175/hour
Elena Smith
Data Manager
- Midwest
- 15 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$350/hour
Daniel Wright
QA/QC Leader
- Boston, MA
- 20 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
$400/hour
Kim Thorne, PhD
BD Leader
- Bay Area
- 20 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$180/hour
Ashlynn George
Clinical Project Manager
- Boston, MA
- 20 years experience
- Available 25 hours/week
$300/hour
Maria Franci, PhD
Biostatistician
- NY
- 15 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
$250/hour
Kevin Steward
Data Scientist
- Bay Area
- 15 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$120/hour
Ann Dias
Medical Writer
- Midwest
- 20 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
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$350/hour
Hanna George, PhD
Pharmacologist
- Boston, MA
- 15 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
$120/hour
Ann Dias
Medical Writer
- Midwest
- 20 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$450/hour
Catherine Hynes
Regulatory Strategist
- Bay Area
- 20 years experience
- Available 15 hours/week
$180/hour
Ashlynn George
Clinical Project Manager
- Boston, MA
- 20 years experience
- Available 25 hours/week
$200/hour
Jean McNeil
Program Manager
- NC Area
- 15 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$300/hour
Maria Franci, PhD
Biostatistician
- Greater NY/NJ Area
- 15 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
$250/hour
Kevin Steward
Data Scientist
- Bay Area
- 15 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$400/hour
David Jones, MD, PhD
Translational Leader
- NY/NJ
- 20 years experience
- Available 20 hours/week
$400/hour
Andrew Johnson, PhD
CMC Leader
- Midwest
- 15 years experience
- Available 10 hours/week
Precision in Practice
Built for the way biotech teams operate
In today’s biotech environment, how you resource your organization is a critical strategic decision. Clora makes this easy — giving you the flexibility to scale specialized expertise up or down without long hiring cycles or rigid service contracts.
As pipelines advance and priorities evolve, teams need the flexibility to scale thoughtfully, access specialized expertise quickly, and deploy resources where they create the most impact.
The most effective organizations take a deliberate, balanced approach to resourcing, combining:
- Full-time leadership and core team members to drive long-term strategy and continuity
- CROs and service providers to execute defined scopes of work
- Consultants and specialized experts to provide targeted expertise, accelerate progress, and strengthen internal capabilities
A dynamic resourcing strategy is about control, speed, and building durable advantage.
Why consultants choose Clora
Elise B.
Project Manager for the Evaluation of Business Opportunities
“She was an excellent resource for us as we built up our internal capabilities. She quickly canvassed complex areas and was able to synthesize down to the essential elements. She worked well with our internal team, and was easy to contact.”
Anand P.
SVP of Clinical Development
Al B.
Interim Director of Clinical Pharmacology
“Excellent clinical pharmacologist with deep expertise in drug development. Not hesitant to speak up and provide insights to all team members. Acted professionally and had genuine passion for the projects. Would welcome the opportunity to work with him should the opportunity arise in the future!”
Chris W.
Head of Translational Medicine
Machinani R.
Analytical Method Validation Expert for Cell & Gene Therapy Program
“He helped us with a number of technical analytical, CMC and comparability questions. He helped out team and was a ready participant. He was specific and helpful, not general (as some consultants can be).”
Jon V.
Head of Quality
Steven L.
Regulatory CMC QbD Expert
“He is an exceptional professional who provided the team with important guidance as we advanced our technology. We were very fortunate to have him join our team to provide this critical advice.”
Mary C.
SVP of Regulatory
Teresa B.
Interim Sr. CPM/Director Clinical Operations
“She was incredible on all dimensions. Her expertise was critical at many junctures of our business, and we would highly recommend working with her.”
Linhao Z.
Co-Founder
Nicole R.
Clinical Biosamples Lead for Anti-Infective Studies
“She is extremely knowledgeable, capable, and reliable! She has and is handling some large complex projects and is doing a fantastic job! She works very well with others, is very proactive and willing to step in and offer help where needed. She goes above and beyond, is a true delight to work with!”
Susan R.
VP of Clinical Operations
Elise B.
Project Manager for the Evaluation of Business Opportunities
“She was an excellent resource for us as we built up our internal capabilities. She quickly canvassed complex areas and was able to synthesize down to the essential elements. She worked well with our internal team, and was easy to contact.”
Anand P.
SVP of Clinical Development
Al B.
Interim Director of Clinical Pharmacology
“Excellent clinical pharmacologist with deep expertise in drug development. Not hesitant to speak up and provide insights to all team members. Acted professionally and had genuine passion for the projects. Would welcome the opportunity to work with him should the opportunity arise in the future!”
Chris W.
Head of Translational Medicine
Machinani R.
Analytical Method Validation Expert for Cell & Gene Therapy Program
“He helped us with a number of technical analytical, CMC and comparability questions. He helped out team and was a ready participant. He was specific and helpful, not general (as some consultants can be).”
Jon V.
Head of Quality
Steven L.
Regulatory CMC QbD Expert
“He is an exceptional professional who provided the team with important guidance as we advanced our technology. We were very fortunate to have him join our team to provide this critical advice.”
Mary C.
SVP of Regulatory
Teresa B.
Interim Sr. CPM/Director Clinical Operations
“She was incredible on all dimensions. Her expertise was critical at many junctures of our business, and we would highly recommend working with her.”
Linhao Z.
Co-Founder
Nicole R.
Clinical Biosamples Lead for Anti-Infective Studies
“She is extremely knowledgeable, capable, and reliable! She has and is handling some large complex projects and is doing a fantastic job! She works very well with others, is very proactive and willing to step in and offer help where needed. She goes above and beyond, is a true delight to work with!”
Susan R.
VP of Clinical Operations
Elise B.
Project Manager for the Evaluation of Business Opportunities
“She was an excellent resource for us as we built up our internal capabilities. She quickly canvassed complex areas and was able to synthesize down to the essential elements. She worked well with our internal team, and was easy to contact.”
Anand P.
SVP of Clinical Development
Al B.
Interim Director of Clinical Pharmacology
“Excellent clinical pharmacologist with deep expertise in drug development. Not hesitant to speak up and provide insights to all team members. Acted professionally and had genuine passion for the projects. Would welcome the opportunity to work with him should the opportunity arise in the future!”
Chris W.
Head of Translational Medicine
Machinani R.
Analytical Method Validation Expert for Cell & Gene Therapy Program
“He helped us with a number of technical analytical, CMC and comparability questions. He helped out team and was a ready participant. He was specific and helpful, not general (as some consultants can be).”
Jon V.
Head of Quality
Steven L.
Regulatory CMC QbD Expert
“He is an exceptional professional who provided the team with important guidance as we advanced our technology. We were very fortunate to have him join our team to provide this critical advice.”
Mary C.
SVP of Regulatory
Teresa B.
Interim Sr. CPM/Director Clinical Operations
“She was incredible on all dimensions. Her expertise was critical at many junctures of our business, and we would highly recommend working with her.”
Linhao Z.
Co-Founder
Nicole R.
Clinical Biosamples Lead for Anti-Infective Studies
“She is extremely knowledgeable, capable, and reliable! She has and is handling some large complex projects and is doing a fantastic job! She works very well with others, is very proactive and willing to step in and offer help where needed. She goes above and beyond, is a true delight to work with!”
Susan R.
VP of Clinical Operations