2 Day Masterclass in Pharmaceutical Partnerships

The 2 Day Masterclass in Pharmaceutical Partnerships is useful for anyone in the industry who needs to understand more about alliances and partnership management, and its strategic importance to their business.

Objectives | Your Trainer | Course Participants | How It Works

• Explore the strategic imperative for companies to engage in partnering activities to enhance their pipelines, products and market access

• Learn how to plan for partnering and select and approach the right partner

• Discover how partnerships are structured to benefit both parties

• Learn how partnerships are negotiated

• Understand the purpose of the main sections of a typical contract

• Examine the rationale for partnership management and the qualities that make an effective partnership manager

• Learn how active partnerships follow a relationship lifecycle with predictable issues at each stage and how to deal with them

Dr. Simon Bennett is a seasoned professional with over 27 years of experience in the biopharma industry. He has held senior management roles in various businesses, from early-stage ventures to IPOs and trade sales, providing guidance and leadership across sectors including biopharma, biotech, genomics, and specialty pharma.

Dr. Bennett manages a portfolio of companies and serves as a board director for Polku Therapeutics and Xobaderm, and is currently also Chief Business Officer at Avacta Group plc. He was a non-executive director at colwiz, supporting the company through to its acquisition by Informa plc. Earlier in his career, he was part of the executive team at Solexa until its acquisition by Illumina, Inc. He has also worked closely with leading organizations such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Menarini, Beijing Tide Pharma amongst others, contributing to their business development strategies.

With a successful track record in commercial transactions, having completed over 80 deals globally, Dr. Bennett has worked alongside both Big Pharma and biotech companies, delivering strategic value to the teams he supports.

This comprehensive course is ideal for professionals in the industry who need to understand more about alliances and partnerships and its strategic importance to their business. It is also useful for those who already have knowledge and experience with partnering activities and now require guidance in best practices of partnership management.

It is most suitable for professionals in Drug discovery and development companies; Pharmaceutical companies; Biotech companies; Commercialization companies; Research and development companies; Manufacturing and commercialization organisations; and Medical Technology companies.

• Alliance Managers

• CEOs, CFOs and Board Members

• Commercial Managers

• Outcomes Research Directors

• Investors

• Portfolio Managers

• Heads of Strategy

• Research and Development

• The 2 Day Masterclass is delivered live online.

• Course reminders, access passwords, digital course materials and slides will be sent out before the course.

• Course Timings: 9 - 4 pm (UK GMT/BST). Timings can be adjusted to suit your time zone.

• A Certificate of Participation will be given to each course attendee.