Dealmakers Newsletter Update - Sept 2009
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Partnering Agreements in Diagnostics
The Partnering Agreements in Diagnostics report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the diagnostic partnering agreements entered into by the worlds leading companies.
- Comprehensive directory of diagnostic deals since 2003
- Diagnostic contract documents
- Diagnostic agreement terms
- Diagnostic agreement structure
- Top diagnostic deals by value
- Most active diagnostic dealmakers
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- Editor's corner
- In the news
- NEW! Scorecard
- NEW! Partnering roundup
- Best practice articles
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Forthcoming events
- Latest business reports
- On the move - latest updates
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Editor's corner
We are about to enter the fall season of Partnering conferences. Currentpartnering will be present at them all - the following are our suggested must attend events: Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances, Biotechnica, EuroBio, BioNetwork, BIO-Europe 2009, and TA Partnerships - watch out for our logo and brochures!
August saw an understandable slowdown in partnering activity - with only just 148 alliances and 11 M&A deals. Our Scorecards keep you up to date with deals and alliances as they are announced. Of megadeals, the Dainippon-Sepracor acquisition stands out.
NEW! Our industry round-up and in the news sections are updated daily online, providing you with the latest trends from the world's most respected publishers and deal news direct from biopharma companies as they are announced.
Our publishing arm has been busy introducing new reports - here are just a few of the titles new to 2009 rush to buy before price rises in the fall:
All for now - enjoy the partnering conference season.
-- Steve Poile --
In the news
The following are just some of the deals involving bigpharma announced in the last few weeks:
Deals of note so far in September 2009:
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma to buy Sepracor for $2.6 billion
- Algeta signs global agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma for development and commercialization of Alpharadin for bone metastases
- Bayer HealthCare acquires two dermatology product lines from SkinMedica
- DxS in collaboration with BMS and ImClone to provide a K-RAS companion diagnostic for ERBITUX
- PTC Therapeutics in drug discovery collaboration with Roche
- Roche subsidiary to buy Lonza Singapore facility for up to $360 million
Keep posted on the latest deals and alliances with CurrentPartnering's In the news feature
NEW! Partnering roundup
Just some of the articles picked up by Roundup during early September:
Follow Roundup online here
NEW: Scorecard
Updated today - September 8, 2009
Our Scorecard Index provides a simple overview of recent partnering and M&A activity - see it now - Scorecard Index.
Updated monthly - we will be updating our Scorecard Index - tracking partnering and M&A deals announced every month.
In additon, we track the leading deals by value in the current year, plus a compendium of top deals by value since 2000 - view details at Scorecard.
New and updated reports
New report titles:
CurrentPartnering has published new titles:
Partnering Agreements in Diagnostics
Providing detailed understanding and analysis of how and why companies enter diagnostic partnering deals, plus access to actual diagnostic agreements
- Comprehensive directory of diagnostic deals since 2003
- Diagnostic contract documents
- Diagnostic agreement terms
- Diagnostic agreement structure
- Top diagnostic deals by value
- Most active diagnostic dealmakers
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Oncology Partnering Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics
The Oncology Partnering Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the oncology partnering agreements entered into by the worlds leading biopharma companies
- Comprehensive directory of oncology deals since 2003
- Oncology contract documents
- Oncology agreement terms
- Oncology agreement structure
- Top oncology deals by value
- Most active oncology dealmakers
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Option & Evaluation Agreements in Pharma and Biotech
The Option and Evaluation Agreements in Pharma and Biotech report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the option and evaluation partnering agreements entered into by the worlds leading biopharma companies
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Royalty Financing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics
The Royalty Financing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics report provides detailed understanding and analysis of how and why companies enter royalty financing deals.
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Revised and updated reports:
CurrentPartnering has revised and updated its most popular reports:
Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics, 2nd edition
The Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics, 2nd edition report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the merger and acquisition (M&A) agreements entered into by the worlds leading biopharma companies
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Co-promotion and Co-marketing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics, 2nd edition
The Co-promotion and Co-marketing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the co-promotion and co-marketing partnering agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies. Revised and updated 2nd edition
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Practical Guide to Finding Partners in Pharma & Biotech, 2nd edition
CurrentPartnering’s Practical Guide to Finding Partners in Pharma & Biotech provides a comprehensive overview of all the steps required to identify and secure partnering either for an in-licensing or out-licensing activity
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New from Datamonitor:
Biotech Financing in the Credit Crisis: Strategies for a radically altered landscape
Since the financial meltdown, the relationship between Pharma and Biotech has been turned on its head. Previously, pharma companies had no choice but to license Biotech drugs at high prices in order to fill their sparse late stage pipelines
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Best practice articles
Mining Experiential Knowledge At Partnering Events - Part 2
The targeted information which is transferred in order to serve the intended partnering objective, is only one part of the informational interaction. The other part is an informational “by-product” which is not intended in the first place, and which is activated by communication, questions on the side, small talk - more
Mining Experiential Knowledge At Partnering Events - Part 1
When business development executives attend a euroPLX meeting (or any other partnering conference for that matter) they experience a learning process - more
Business speed dating at BIOTECHNICA 2009
Developing new business contacts is often time-consuming and costly. For this reason BIOTECHNICA now offers an affordable and speedy way for individuals and companies to link up with potential customers, suppliers and business partners - more
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights: Are Small Firms Handicapped?
This paper studies the determinants of patent suits and settlements during 1978-1999 by linking information from the U.S. patent office, the federal courts and industry sources. We find that litigation risk is much higher for patents owned by individuals and firms with small patent portfolios - more
Lost property: The European patent system and why it doesn’t work
In this paper, Bruno van Pottelsberghe focuses on the performance of the patent regime, the consistency of rules across countries and global governance questions concerning international cooperation among patent offices which are of major importance for competitiveness and growth - more
Read all our partnering best practice articles.
Forthcoming events
Here are some of our suggested events for fall 2009:
BioPharm America 2009
San Francisco, CA, USA - September 16-18, 2009 - more details
Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances 2009
New York City, NY, USA - September 21-23, 2009 - more details
8th Annual Portfolio Evaluation and Strategic Investment Decision-Making
Philadelphia, PA, USA - September 22-23, 2009 - more details
EuroBio 2009
Lille, France - September 23-25, 2009 - more details
BioNetwork 2009
Laguna Niguel, California, USA - October 5-7, 2009 - more details
9th MedTech Investing Europe Conference
London, United Kingdom - October 5-6, 2009 - more details
Biotechnica 2009
Hannover, Germany - October 6-8, 2009 - more details
BioEurope 2009
Vienna, Austria - November 2-4, 2009 - more details
Therapeutic Area Partnerships 2009
Boston, MA, USA - November 17-19, 2009 - more details
View our full events calendar
People on the move
The following people have been reported on the move during August/September 2009:
Tom Kassberg, Tom Brya, Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch, Brian Best, Miki Stevens to name just a few
read more about the latest people on the move
If you have news about a business development executive who is on the move - let us know
Partnering resources
Current Partnering maintains and regularly updates this list of useful resources for dealmakers across all industries.
The following topic areas are available - updated regularly:
- Partnering organizations
- Financing organizations
- Online Partnering
- Weblogs
- Mentoring/Networking
- Checklists
- Quotes
- Software Tools
- Library
- Journals
- Careers
- Training/education
- Other useful links
Missing something? Let us know and we will include all appropriate resources.
Contact us
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