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Inova Software: Structuring business development to align with strategy

April 11, 2012

Opportunities for acquiring external assets may move faster than an internal BD group can react. Inova supports a capability to be both fast and nimble in the hunt for novel assets from scouting through to licensing and beyond to alliance management. Read more »

GSK, J&J back USD 200 million fund for early stage assets

March 25, 2012

The chairmen of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline R&D announced a trailblazing venture fund for fast-tracking early stage assets during the closing plenary session at BIO-Europe Spring® in Amsterdam. Read more »

Investors more confident, but selective with biotechs

March 25, 2012

The biotech sector continues to outperform other industries in public equity markets in the United States, but private equity is more selective about opportunities, according to Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Read more »

Examining major deals of 2011 with the real dealmakers

March 22, 2012

Lead executives with four of the headline-grabbing deals of the past year shared insights into the negotiation with participants at BIO-Europe Spring® in Amsterdam. Read more »

Barcelona to welcome BIO-Europe Spring® 2013

March 21, 2012

The Catalonia biotech sector has developed rapidly in the two years since BIO-Europe Spring® last visited Barcelona. Major infrastructure has come online, and companies in a start-up phase have now matured in asset development and are ready to partner internationally. Read more »

Cluster model builds virtual companies into viable biotechs

March 21, 2012

Recent successes for biotech assets emerging from clusters of start-ups demonstrate the strength of this approach for building companies from start-up to launch. Read more »

Are orphan indications the only viable model for drug development?

March 21, 2012

With venture capital moving into orphan drugs, can big pharma be far behind? During the opening session at BIO-Europe Spring® both the keynote speaker and a panel of senior executives described the promise and the pitfalls in this broad market where success is built niche-by-niche. Read more »

How are deals valued? It is more art than science

March 21, 2012

High level panel discussions on dealmaking were brought back to earth by a single question from the audience in two different sessions at BIO-Europe Spring®: “How do you value a deal?” Read more »

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