Patient intelligence built to change decisions.
We partner with life science companies and nonprofits to turn patient centric ambition into reality.
what we do.
strategy
Shape the decisions that move the business.
- Frameworks
- Evidence plans and dossiers
- Business transformation and cases
- Program and launch planning
- Patient and PAG engagement
- Thought leadership
systems
Design sustainable systems that realize ambitions.
- Governance design
- Operating models
- Insight generation councils
- Measurement methodologies
- Standards, SOPs, and guidance
- Data, automation, and AI management
stories
Connect with the people who matter, when it matters.
- Patient engagement campaigns
- Disease awareness and policy education
- Impact and patient storytelling
- R&D milestone communications
- Corporate and investor narratives
- Crisis and issues management
small on purpose.
A team designed to move fast, work hard, and have fun.
alix floyd
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
18 years helping pharma, biotech and advocacy organizations drive patient-centered impact. Likes ambitious work and a good chicken parm. She'll ask you hard questions in a nice way.
liza allner
Grew up in the pharma marketing and advertising world. Leads communications, campaigns and external positioning. Obsessed with puzzles.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
emma chistolini
Leads patient experience data strategy, advocacy and patient engagement in R&D. Avid baker on a mission to perfect the cinnamon roll.
DIRECTOR
caitlin smith
The emotional and research intelligence leader who turns experience into understanding. Our resident book expert.
RESEARCH & INSIGHTS MANAGER
don't just take it from us.
“You guys care—you bought my book, follow our social channels, check in on how the trial’s going, comment on new haircuts, and even offer movie recommendations.You treat us like people, not patient profiles.”
Patient Advocate & Caregiver
“Working with Assemble never feels like outsourcing. It feels like teaming up with people who care just as much as I do. They're true experts in patient engagement, sharp sparring partners who challenge my thinking, and collaborators who make me better at what I do.”
Patient Engagement Lead
Top 15 Pharma
we publish what we learn.
Strategy
Patient engagement as a permanent organizational check. Why treating it as a checkbox instead of infrastructure keeps costing companies trust.
Markets
What M&A in rare disease means for patient communities. Much of what acquirers are buying lives outside the deal documents, in the registries, relationships, and trust that communities built long before any offer came in.
Craft
The criticism-to-taste pipeline. How the best patient engagement work absorbs pushback and turns it into sharper instincts.
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our most productive relationships are fun.
We look for four qualities in partners, and hold ourselves to the same standards.
Ambition. We look for clients trying hard to change something material.
Honesty. We look for clients forthcoming about their reality, even if it's ugly.
Curiosity. We look for clients willing to be challenged, willing to challenge, and open to finding something new.
Humanity. We look for clients who seek context about the world around them, can laugh at themselves, and sometimes at us.
