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Looking ahead at your career path? It might help to look back, forward, and all around you. Some of our experienced biopharma veterans weighed in on what makes a good career planning process, the importance of getting the right people on your "team," and knowing your "what" and your "why." Continue Reading

Nokia's vision for a smart city includes an increased reliance on public transportation using vehicles that run on renewable energy sources, and products and services similarly fueled by sustainable forms of power via smart grids. Continue Reading

At the 2021 ASAP European Alliance Summit, Paolo Guglia, innovation manager at Fincantieri, presented a complex web of collaborations aimed at remaking how companies in this sector approach R&D, innovation, and go-to-market activities. Continue Reading

When two companies that are not direct partners get together, good things happen. They may create more value and new and unexpected outcomes along the way. Continue Reading

Alliance managers are often charged with developing the strategic vision and executing day-to-day activities related to their alliances. A recent ASAP roundtable discussed how to balance these two responsibilities. Continue Reading

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals put together a rigorous survey of its own employees and those of its partners to solicit undisguised, straightforward commentary on its people and practices—the good, the bad, and the ugly. The exercise was a "heavy lift," said one 2021 ASAP BioPharma Conference presenter. Continue Reading

With new board officers in place and continuity throughout, ASAP's board of directors is set up well to guide the organization into the future and continue to provide value to the ASAP member community. Continue Reading

What happens when your company is acquired by a larger company? And what if it's your partner that gets acquired? The show must go on, and the alliance must continue, but it takes a "maestro" of the art and science of alliance management to navigate through an acquisition and integration. Continue Reading

A recent ASAP BioPharma Conference roundtable found that partners are splitting up sales duty by country, the biopharma partnering ecosystem is getting larger and more complex, internal company transformations are impacting alliances, and not enough attention is being paid to exit strategies. Continue Reading

Few people outside of the technology industry have thought to apply the agile framework to their business. Two Cancer Research UK executives told the story of how the organization used it to revamp how it monitored the overall performance of its clinical trial operation. Continue Reading

Alliances are essential to the success of GE Healthcare's Edison Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, but it couldn’t simply employ “business as usual” partnering practices. Instead, and ecosystem of partners are creating their own "sandboxes.” Continue Reading

Airline industry veteran Roger Maynard spoke with BTD's Nick Palmer in a recent ASAP Webinar about his experiences at British Airways, including the formation of the One World Alliance and other BA partnering efforts, including the applicability of airline alliance experiences to other industries. Continue Reading