The winners are in! Ard-Pieter de Man held fireside chats with executives from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Guidewire, AstraZeneca, Cancer Research Horizons, Novo Nordisk, 2seventy bio, and Vir Biotechnology about their journey to winning 2023 ASAP Alliance Excellence Awards. Continue Reading
Panelists on a recent ASAP Webinar shared their expertise on stakeholder mapping: what it is, what it does, why it's important, and how it helps alliances starting out and furthers their ongoing success. Continue Reading
We've been talking for years about how alliance leaders have had to bring a strategic mindset and a portfolio approach. Cindy Warren, Jarrod Midboe, and Adam Kornetsky explained in more detail how to build this into a modern-day biopharma alliance practice at the ASAP Global Alliance Summit. Continue Reading
Parth Amin of startup Eysz spoke about the sometimes daunting challenges navigating the US healthcare ecosystem, in which the interests of many of the stakeholders often conflict with each other in the latest Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
Fishbones, five whys, health checks, and a fresh perspective are some of the tools that can help get a collaboration that has gone awry back on track. ASAP's April roundtable delved deep into the basic tenets for guiding an alliance back on course. Continue Reading
What part of your offerings should you turn to your partner ecosystem for co-innovation help? Ask your sales team and interview clients yourself, said Sally Wang in the April Collaborative Connection Monthly. Continue Reading
One of the many benefits of partnering is that we're better when "thinking together," according to ASAP Global Alliance Summit presenter Lynda McDermott, CA-AM, president of EquiPro International. She explored with participants how their diverse talents and strengths create better alliance results. Continue Reading
Four alliance management veterans shared challenges, failure, successes, and stories en route to leadership positions at the 2023 ASAP Global Alliance Summit. Continue Reading
What will prepare you for a career in alliance management, and how do you progress your career once you are in the door? Bob Thompson of PTC and Kevin Little of Novo Nordisk shedded some light in an ASAP webinar last month. Continue Reading
On the final day of last week's ASAP Global Alliance Summit in Tampa, the Leadership Forum audience heard a talk on managing teams and resolving conflict by fire chief and consultant/coach Randy Keirn, including explanations of psychological safety, the "mirror test," and "'but' awareness." Continue Reading
In China as elsewhere in East Asia, economic growth is surging, especially in biopharma. ASAP Global Alliance Summit keynote speaker Kevin Oliver of Simcere told the audience that in Chinese biopharma, partnering is on the rise, alliance management is emerging, and cultural challenges abound. Continue Reading
Want to "get real"? Be more rational in your alliance decision making? Resolve conflicts better? Economics professor Stefanie Schubert gave the audience the lowdown at the Summit in Tampa, explaining how to apply game theory principles to situations where alliance friction makes for a bumpy ride. Continue Reading
