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Biotechnology: Strategies for Growth

Related Programs
  Merger Week: Creating Value Through Strategic Acquisitions and Alliances
  Competitive Strategy
 

Upcoming Sessions
  None scheduled
   
Key Benefits
During this course, you will:
Become familiar with portfolio and resource allocation approaches
Explore criteria which can be used to prioritize products and indications
Learn how to transition from a sciencedriven to a market-driven organization
Determine when to use or avoid mergers and acquisitions as value enhancement tools
Examine how to structure alliances— what works and what does not work
Develop a political and regulatory strategy for growth
Learn how and when to communicate the value of biotech products and companies
 

"This program provided me with an excellent framework for understanding the various business models and how shareholder value is created in a biotech company."

Vice President-Risk, Life Science & Technology Finance, GE Commercial Finance

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Program Content
 
Identifying and Measuring Value Through Portfolio Valuation

Assess market opportunities; evaluation criteria to prioritize products and indications; product valuation; sound internal assessment; commercialization options

Making Sense of Mergers and Acquisitions

Merger dynamics; performance and shareholder value creation; financial methods; when to buy/license: criteria for decision making

Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, and Licensing Agreements
Why alliances fail; how to build alliances that work
Policies, Politics, and Regulations
Political and regulatory strategies; tools for incorporating politics and regulations as core drivers in corporate strategies
Communicating Value
Tools for learning when and how to communicate value; managing the relationship with capital markets
Creating a Market-Driven Biotech Firm
Tools to structure R&D, marketing, and sales in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector
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