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European BioNetworks Summit
7 July - 8 July 2014
European BioNetworks Summit

As many products come off patent, this is causing ‘game-changing' falls in revenues. Consequently, industry is grappling with questions pertaining to the most effective strategies for developing meaningful new drugs and how it should collectively fund and reward their discovery and development activities.

Gone are the days that pharma companies can 'go it alone'. As a result, companies in the life sciences sector must think creatively in order to gain maximum potential and benefits from their partnering and collaboration strategies and models.


Following on from a portfolio of successful pharmaceutical events, SAE Media Group are proud to present their European Bionetwork Summit, Monday 7th – Tuesday 8th July, 2014, Central London. This important and timely meeting will allow biotech, pharma, academic and funding organisations to evaluate how they partner with other stakeholders in the field to accelerate research and reduce costs.
 

Join us and hear timely case studies, presentations, roundtables and panel discussions on the hottest topics, from leading experts as they demonstrate how to create winning strategic partnerships from modern day collaborations!
 


 Key Topics will discuss the key milestones involved and what you need to know before, during and after the partnering process including......

• The 4 musketeers… pharma, biotech, academia and venture capitalists! Taking advantage of each other’s strengths to drive drug discovery and R&D
Aligning pharma and venture capitalists… Reviewing how this is impacting on early stage investment
Funding for the future – where is the money right now and where is it heading?
• Positioning your organisation to win new deals by introducing alliance management tools
Dealmaking tips – working through the timeline for creating successful partnerships

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Sanj Singh

Sanj Singh, President & CEO, AdeTherapeutics Inc

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9:10

Looking at the crystal ball… scenario development for enhanced business development and licensing strategies

Mika Partanen

Mika Partanen, Deputy Director, Global Competitive Insights, Bayer Pharma

• Developing  a clear understanding of why the scope and the time frame for business development activities is the key first step in scenario development
• Avoiding corporate blind spots by involving outsiders in the identification/prioritization of key business development-related uncertainties and leading indicators
• Understanding why scenario development is not an exact science: judgment may sometimes beat complex analytical models and techniques, especially when time frames are tight
• Updating scenarios on a regular basis and establishing an early opportunity identification system

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9:50

Going back to school… introducing academic partnerships as the way forward

Robert Williams

Robert Williams, Chief Development Scientist, Drug Development Office, Cancer Research UK

• Understanding why discovery and early stage drug development collaborations with academia are more popular than ever
• Risk sharing in drug development – a ‘not for profit’ perspective
• Scientific, technical and business challenges in cross sector collaboration

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

The new innovation kettle – a biotech perspective

Jorgen Drejer

Jorgen Drejer, Chief Executive Officer, Saniona

• New deal structures for innovation in drug discovery
• Maximising innovation and productivity in partnerships
• Expected trends for drug discovery business models:
• Venture capitalist, government funding, pharma partnering, spin out, joint ventures

 

 

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11:40

Rx to OTC Switches: The Nexium Deal

Ian  Kirk

Ian Kirk, Transaction Director, Business Development, AstraZeneca

• The Over The Counter (OTC) market represents a significant opportunity for Life Cycle Management (LCM)
• The presentation will walk through the considerations and key factors influencing the decision by AstraZeneca to partner Nexium for OTC
• It will also cover some of the key learning that may be applicable to other companies wanting to evaluate OTC opportunities  
 

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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:20

When alliances don’t work out – addressing the issues and developing solutions

Dimitri Dimitriou

Dimitri Dimitriou, Chief Executive Officer, ImmuPharma, & Managing Partner, DyoDelta Biosciences

• Choosing a partner with a higher probability of alignment on the key deal points
• At the outset of the partnership – contractual preparation for all potential outcomes
• Identifying and managing issues as they happen
• After the breakup
 

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14:00

To pay or not to pay… that is the question!

Sanj Singh

Sanj Singh, President & CEO, AdeTherapeutics Inc

• Understanding how to develop successful pricing and reimbursement strategies – considering the ethical challenges
• Analysing  trends in pricing and use of health technology assessment for reimbursement decision making
• Understanding how to successfully secure reimbursement
• Reviewing current drug pricing policies
• The big question – does the industry need a different way of thinking about reimbursement requirements?
 

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14:40

Afternoon Tea

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15:10

‘Fear no more the heat of the sun’…four ways to tackle reimbursement in emerging markets

Andreas  Guhl

Andreas Guhl , Founder , ValueMAxess Ltd

• Reviewing the implications for market growth and business development
• Monitoring how healthcare systems in emerging markets (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico and Turkey) are evolving
• Exploring how this is impacting on the expected growth of markets for innovative companies at home
• Reviewing the prospects for drug and business development for these markets

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15:50

The 4 musketeers…‘one for all and all for one’ – how can pharma, biotech, academia and venture capitalists live by this motto!

• Reviewing the various collaboration opportunities to increase R&D and innovation
• Seeking out partners with complementary strengths to lead innovation
• Creating a flexible, independent and lean structure amongst partners that allows for rapid decision making
• Maximizing the potential gains from successful  R&D and business development relationships
• Understanding how to mitigate the risks of partnering to:
o maximize ROI
o boost creativity
 

Lubor Gaal

Lubor Gaal, Head of Europe, Business Development, Bristol-myers Squibb

Jorgen Drejer

Jorgen Drejer, Chief Executive Officer, Saniona

Robert Williams

Robert Williams, Chief Development Scientist, Drug Development Office, Cancer Research UK

Sofia Ioannidou

Sofia Ioannidou, Investment Director, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners

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16:50

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Sanj Singh

Sanj Singh, President & CEO, AdeTherapeutics Inc

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9:10

Biomarker-pharma partnering - an ideal partnership ?

Mark  Eccleston

Mark Eccleston, External Collaborations Manager, Volition RX

• Understanding the impact of early diagnosis/prognosis on clinical decisions
• Pinpointing opportunities for biomarker integration into discovery, preclinical and clinical development
• Cdx as enabling technology not restricting market
• Introducing surrogate biomarkers for efficacy monitoring/therapy switching in the clinical testing and application market

 

 

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9:50

Trends in academic-industry collaborations

Amy Lam

Amy Lam, Acting Head, Business Development , Edinburgh bioQuarter

• Identifying the recent trends that we have observed in academic/industry collaborations
• Understanding what the academic medical centers are hoping to achieve from these collaborations
• What are the benefits to each of the partners?

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Introducing open innovation to facilitate R&D success

Michael Meyers

Michael Meyers, Vice President of Scientific Innovation, Oncology, Johnson And Johnson

• Examining current open innovation business models being employed
• Reviewing the advantages of this novel discipline
• Recognizing how alliance management is a key contributor to the success of open innovation collaborations
 

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11:40

The big question! - how to get noticed by the big league players

Lubor Gaal

Lubor Gaal, Head of Europe, Business Development, Bristol-myers Squibb

• What does a small/medium pharma-biotech need to do to get on "Big Pharma's" radar?
• What will this mean for the company
• Case study

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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:20

The state, the private investor and the early stage bioentrepreneur

Davidson  Ateh

Davidson Ateh, Chief Executive Officer, BioMoti

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14:00

Where and how are licensee’s & acquirers spending their money? An overview of deal trends, structures and deal values

Adrian Dawkes

Adrian Dawkes, Vice President, PharmaVentures

• How do the deals Big Pharma have been doing signal their strategic Intent
• Are option deals becoming more important as less upfront cash is risked
• When is a licensing deal really an M&A deal
• What is the optimum time in the development path to do your deal

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14:40

Afternoon Tea

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15:10

Structure based molecular design approaches in the development of small molecules leads

Colin Fishwick

Colin Fishwick, Head of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds

•         Discussing our approach to fragment based in silico modeling
•         Setting up a cross departmental drug discovery platform: bringing clinicians and biologists together
•         Leveraging internal partnerships and collaborations to accelerate drug design

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15:50

Enabling next generation PCR

Eddie Blair

Eddie Blair, Chief Executive Officer, GeneFirst Ltd

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16:30

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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