Countdown to Partnering - John Carroll, Editor of Fierce Biotech

• Explore strategies to overcome the challenges and bottlenecks of drug development.
• Highlight current and future projects aimed at transforming drug development.
• Discuss how unique partnerships can bring innovative medicines to patients worldwide.

95 - Innovative Collaborations: Deal Structures for Nonprofit/For-Profit Collaborations (Biotech Patenting and Tech Transfer) 
Thursday, June 30, 2011
8:30 am - 9:45 am

• Describe successful industry collaborations with nonprofits and drafting those clauses in your agreement.
• Explain how collaboration terms vary when one or both of the parties is a non-U.S. entity.
• List structures and terms to avoid in the interest of a successful collaboration.

188 - The Changing BD Environment: Overcoming Our Past to Succeed in the Future (Business Development) 
Tuesday 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

• Explain the dynamics (type, economics, timing, roles) driving biotech/pharma collaborations.
• Conceptualize novel approaches to biotech and pharma collaborations.
• Identify key deal showstoppers from either a historical or novel transaction approach.