Interim Medical Director and Fractional CMO Support
Senior medical leadership for biotech, medtech and specialty pharma companies that need CMO-level judgement and execution before a full-time hire is justified.
Gisselbaek Consulting provides fractional Chief Medical Officer and interim Medical Director support for companies facing clinical, regulatory, investor or organisational decisions where experienced medical leadership is required. The role can be advisory, hands-on or embedded into the leadership team depending on the situation.
Typical situations
- Preparing for first-in-human, proof of concept or a new development phase.
- Aligning the clinical development path with financing, partnering or board decisions.
- Covering temporary senior medical capacity during recruitment, transition or scale-up.
- Providing CMO-level input to protocols, regulatory interactions, governance and vendor oversight.
- Mentoring internal clinical, medical and scientific teams.
Typical deliverables
- Clinical and medical leadership plan.
- Programme governance and decision framework.
- Protocol and study concept input.
- Investor, board or partner-facing medical narrative.
- Risk review and prioritised action plan.