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Against the Wind: Alliance Management in a Sea of Change
At Amgen, alliance managers are an important part of product teams. Attendees of the 2023 ASAP BioPharma Conference learned this and more about Amgen's alliance management function. Continue Reading
Postedby Jon Lavietes
Date posted01/10/2024
Guest Post: Glad You Asked! Partner Surveys Can Supply Valuable Insight
Have you asked your partners lately how it's going? What they think of your relationship? Any unexpressed concerns or questions? Better to find out now via a partner survey, says our guest author, before little complaints turn into big problems that can torpedo your partnership. Continue Reading
Postedby Ezra Schneier
Date posted01/4/2024
Associate Vice President of Strategic and Operational Transformation
Associate Vice President of Strategic and Operational Transformation at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Continue Reading
Date posted01/3/2024
Bridging the Academia-Industry Divide
Industry-academia partnerships must navigate differences in organizational structures and overall goals—disparate publication objectives, for example. The latest ASAP webinar discussed whether it is better to utilize a decentralized or centralized model for managing these types of collaborations. Continue Reading
Postedby Jon Lavietes
Date posted12/28/2023
Bridge Builders: How Alliance Managers Can Transcend Cultural Differences
Managing alliances in a global context can be exciting and rewarding, but challenges include fostering understanding between cultures that may be quite opaque to each other. Last month's ASAP BioPharma Conference featured a panel that addressed how to "be the bridge" between contrasting cultures. Continue Reading
Postedby Michael Burke
Date posted12/21/2023
December CCM Speaker: Alliance Managers Can Save Our Planet
Alliance managers' unique skill set makes them ideal for accomplishing ESG objectives. They are change agents. They're scrappy. They're used to bringing parties together to come up with novel innovations. Danielle James had more in ASAP's Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
Postedby Jon Lavietes
Date posted12/14/2023
Dyno-Mite! Gene Therapy Alliance Provides the Spark
Dyno Therapeutics and Spark Therapeutics have to navigate coopetition, gate sensitive IP, and uneven scientific results, but this drug development platform technology alliance is off to a good start thanks to a harmonious working relationship and a commitment to improving patients' lives. Continue Reading
Postedby Jon Lavietes
Date posted12/12/2023
Global Role Players: Launching Pharma Products in Different Regions
When it's time to enter new markets around the globe, the alliance manager can add tremendous value by learning the regulatory commercial, and geopolitical landscape of the desired new regions, according to a 2023 ASAP BioPharma Conference panel. Continue Reading
Postedby Jon Lavietes
Date posted12/7/2023
“Where the Magic Happens": New ASAP Board Member Nicole Colwell Brings Fresh Perspective
With nearly three decades in the tech world, including alliances and ecosystems, ASAP's newest board member, Nicole Colwell, is set to bring new viewpoints to the table, including a focus on DEI, as well as unique insights from an emerging area of technology. Continue Reading
Postedby Michael Burke
Date posted12/5/2023
Taking the Fast Lane Out of a Crisis
Ameriga Fanigliulo showed ASAP BioPharma Conference attendees how her company salvaged a collaboration that encountered an issue that threatened the viability of the alliance. Continue Reading
Postedby Jon Lavietes
Date posted11/30/2023
Tech Governance: The Advanced Course
It's meetings, but it's more than that. It involves talking, sure, but mostly a lot of listening. It's how decisions get made, and it may mean the difference between an alliance that "has legs" and one that goes exactly nowhere. What is it? Tech alliance governance, as a recent ASAP Webinar showed. Continue Reading
Postedby Michael Burke
Date posted11/28/2023