About Us

The name

Who is Janus? A mother, a sister? A great aunt from whom we hope to inherit a small fortune to invest in life sciences start-ups? No, none of the above. Janus is, in fact, a Roman God.

And not just any Roman God. He was said to have been present at the world’s formation and became the god of doors, gates, and transitions.

With one face on the front of his head and another on the back, he had the ability to look forward and backward at the same time. With this unique ability, Janus was known as the initiator of human life, transformations between stages of life, and shifts from one historical era to another. Ancient Romans believed Janus ruled over seasonal events such as planting, harvests, seasonal changes, and the new year. You will now not be surprised to learn than the first month of the year, January, is named for Janus. Change and transitions, progress from past to future, from one condition to another, from one vision to another. 

We at JLSC take inspiration from Janus. His bidirectional vision is core to who we are and why we are good at what we do. At JLSC, we look into the future to build an effective strategy for clients but at the same time look backward into history and our own experience to inform and build the optimal road map to success. At JLSC, we have that depth experience and we understand the importance of history and learning from it. We understand the power of taking in the lessons from the past to provide the best advice and value to companies who are commercializing today and into the future. Afterall, the very formula of commercialization success is great innovation multiplied by the ability to look back in time, draw upon history and experience, and use that knowledge to inform and guide your look forward, assess markets, form strategy, and build an outstanding commercialization plan. That is JLSC. If that is what you are looking for, we look forward, and backward, to helping you on your commercialization journey, to walking with you, going boldly but wisely, informed by history and guided by experience.

The values

Values? Who cares about values? Well, we do.

Values are too often throwaway lines on a website, or nice words on a plaque in the reception area at head office. For JLSC, our values are core to everything we do, where every interaction matters and every second counts. Curiosity, IDEA, candour, collaboration, empowerment, and enthusiasm; our values are how we live every day and are foundational to what we deliver to our clients: wise counsel and bold action.

Curiosity is about exploring, a desire to understand, a drive to answer the questions why?’ and ‘how come?’ For JLSC, it is also a genuine interest in getting to know our clients, their technology, and what they are looking to achieve. 

IDEA (Inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility) are not nice-to-have’s or something we do at a once-a-year outing. IDEA are at the core of how we run our business. It's just the right thing to do. It also happens to be a great way to build a stronger and smarter organization.

Candour is about speaking your mind and an environment that says it’s more than ok to do so, it is a necessity. It is a necessity because the best ideas always come from the front line. Candour, both excising it and fostering it allows those best ideas to come out and enables us to build a better organization and greater value for clients. JLSC is an organization that celebrates ideas and fosters and environment where all are encouraged to speak our minds.

Collaboration is about working with others to create something great and working as a team with our clients to achieve what would be impossible alone. At JLSC, we are building that team every day.

Empowerment is about having the internal self-drive and the management encouragement to do your job like you are running your own business. At JLSC, we are building an organization of associates who, regardless of their position, are doing just that and in doing so, are striving to be not just good managers but good leaders as well.

Enthusiasm is all about drive, passion and spirit. We spend so much of our time and talent at work so we have created a culture of associates who love what they do. We have a team with a passion for innovation, life sciences start-ups, and helping clients build their business where every day matters and every interaction counts.