What is a Target Product Profile and why is it important?
A TPP defines your drug characteristics and serves as a blueprint to guide development. It answers fundamental questions like:
What disease or disorder will the drug address?
Which patient population and unmet medical need will it target?
What is the mechanism of action?
What efficacy and safety profile is required?
How will the drug be administered?
What quality standards must it meet?
A well-crafted TPP brings strategic clarity to your program, ensuring that every experiment and decision moves you closer to a viable clinical candidate.
TPPs helps your development efforts stay laser-focused on reaching key milestones, setting decisive "GO/NO-GO" criteria, and directing resources where they matter most to avoid costly missteps.
Think of the TPP as your lighthouse illuminating the path from concept to clinic, casting a steady beam that guides your team through a fog of uncertainty. It empowers you to navigate around risks and challenges to stay on track and reach the clinic.
In summary TPPs:
Streamline planning and execution
Showcase a translational mindset: builds investor confidence and stakeholder trust
Clarify priorities, so resources are directed towards work that achieves your vision and goals.
Having great scientific ideas is simply not enough. A structured approach is critical for translating scientific innovations into a feasible strategy and actionable plan to build a drug product.
Partner with us to design a TPP that brings clarity to your drug development journey.