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Among the relatively new frontiers for biopharma partnering is the realm of digital therapeutics and digital health. A keynote speakers at the 2022 ASAP BioPharma Conference says new technologies and new approaches have the potential to democratize healthcare and revolutionize partnering. Continue Reading
Patrick Heffernan and Geoff Woollacott of Technology Research Business, Inc. (TBR) laid out a plan for startups to be better ecosystem partners to the world's largest tech companies in ASAP's latest webinar. Continue Reading
As biopharma partnering comes of age, it's happening here, there, and everywhere in an expanding universe of new combinations, new business models, new possibilities, new players. That includes the specialty pharma area, domain of one of this year's ASAP BioPharma Conference keynote presenters. Continue Reading
Alliance-manager-turned-CEO Prakash Raman will divulge the skills that will serve alliance professionals with ambitions of penetrating the C-suite, as well as how alliance managers can best serve senior management, in his fireside chat with Christine Carberry at the ASAP BioPharma Conference. Continue Reading
Norma Watenpaugh revealed formal tools that can reduce or optimize the whopping 70% of alliance managers' time spent aligning stakeholders in the latest Collaborative Connection Monthly webinar series. Continue Reading
Communication is critical to partnering success. By taking a targeted, cadenced, intentional approach and creating a partnership communication plan, you can increase the chances that your alliances will thrive. Continue Reading
Cross-industry partnerships are more complex, but alliance managers have the skills to make sure these increasingly common alliances achieve their objectives. Brooke A. Paige, Diana Favia McDevitt, Aida Bendt, Vin Sharma, and Emma Barton led a recent ASAP roundtable discussion on the topic. Continue Reading
M&A is cool, sexy, and mysterious...but why should alliance managers care? First, to alleviate the fear factor when M&A rocks their company's world. Second, because they might just be able to contribute constructively to the integration process, and burnish their skills while they're at it. Continue Reading
Even in the hypercompetitive world of tech partnering, it's about more than just revenue. Netting quick, early wins, focusing on and measuring customer and partner success, and opening up more and bigger, better opportunities are all just as important. Continue Reading
Communication is "at the center of everything we do as alliance managers.” It's not just part of a days' work, it's "the whole job." Michael J. Burke led a discussion on the topic between Peggy Taylor, Christina Neary, and Sophie Lismonde as part of ASAP's latest webinar. Continue Reading
Amid the whole spectrum of communication styles that alliance professionals must master in their quest to be the best, gender differences in speaking, listening, and even handshakes can prove challenging. A fascinating Summit presentation highlighted a variety of gendered behaviors to be aware of. Continue Reading
The alliance management skill set really does prepare you for senior leadership! Krishnan Viswanadhan and Andy Eibling, relatively newly christened "Chiefs," are living proof. They chatted about how alliance managers can blaze a path to the C-suite at the 2022 ASAP Global Alliance Summit. Continue Reading
