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Covert Consulting Group

Creating Great Partnerships in Healthcare

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Covert Consulting Group

Covert Consulting Group is focused on advising pharmaceutical and biotech companies in creating and implementing their strategy to grow their business through partnering and acquisition.   Our global experience in Strategic Planning and Business Development makes us the ideal group to engage with when looking for a trusted advisor to guide you through the creation and execution of Business Development transactions around the world.

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Our individualized approach allows you the flexibility in identifying the activities to collaborate on including:  Strategic Planning, Scouting for Partnering Opportunities, Deal Term Development, Contract Negotiation and Alliance Management

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Services

We have the knowledge and experience to assist management in charting the course for long-term growth.  We offer a variety of services customized to fit your specific needs including identifying external opportunities for revenue growth and analyzing cost structures to create more efficient operations. Learn more about the how we can help you to grow your business by contacting us today.

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The Path to Success

Our services are customized to meet the specific needs of each client. We work collaboratively with management to chart opportunities to grow through identifying in-licensing and/or out-licensing opportunities as well as identifying assets for full acquisition or divestiture.

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Global Business Development

A Comprehensive Global Approach

Projects vary in scope from full, ongoing Business Development leadership to project specific Business Development support. Activities include: scouting for opportunities, representing the company to potential partners, working with internal team on evaluating the opportunity, providing advice to management on contract terms, negotiate contracts, and preparing for integration.

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Management

Theresa Covert Walker, President and Founder

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Ms. Theresa Walker served as Vice President - Business Development at Merck.  Her geography included the EURAM Markets (Europe, East Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia) and Japan. In this role Ms. Walker led global teams responsible for identifying external opportunities to grow Merck’s pharmaceutical business.  Notable activities included a significant, multi-year, co-promotion oncology deal in Japan, numerous promotion and distribution deals throughout Europe, and in-licensing and divesting products globally in the Women's Health and Primary Care areas.    Additionally, she pursued other opportunistic deals that offered real, measurable benefits to patients, to customers, and to Merck.
Prior to joining the Business Development organization, Ms. Walker was Executive Director of Finance within Merck’s Manufacturing Division where she had controllership responsibility for the Global Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering organizations in addition to managing the company’s Capital spending.
Before the Merck/Schering-Plough merger in 2009, Ms. Walker spent 16 years at Schering-Plough where her last role was as Assistant Treasurer.  In this role, she was responsible for global cash management, capital markets, working capital management and cash flow forecasting.  In addition, she was responsible for executing debt and equity offerings to finance the $16B acquisition of Organon Biosciences.
While at Schering-Plough, Ms. Walker held other finance roles of increasing responsibility including international assignments in Canada and France and held positions in the U.S. within the manufacturing and research finance organizations and Corporate Strategic Planning.  Prior to joining Schering-Plough, Ms. Walker spent five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Ms. Walker holds a B.S. degree in accounting and finance from King’s College (Pa.) and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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2172 W. Nine Mile Road
Pensacola, FL 32534

201-787-1146

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