In a 2022 ASAP BioPharma Conference marked by record-breaking attendance, Alex Waldron, CEO of Wellinks, painted a picture of the very near future of digital health partnering that awaits all those working in the trenches of biopharma alliance management. If not now, then soon! Continue Reading
The answer to the conundrum of increasing complexity, diversity, and sheer numbers of biopharma partnerships? It just might be a strategy of complete and utter transparency with our partners, according to this year's speaker at the ASAP BioPharma Conference Leadership Forum. Continue Reading
Novartis and Microsoft executives will demystify basic tech concepts, such as cloud-based solutions, tech stacks, and AI, as they explain what all biopharma alliance managers need to know about digital transformation—and why they need to understand it—at the ASAP BioPharma Conference Sept. 28–30. Continue Reading
Marketing should not be just an afterthought in partnering, says our guest contributor. Rather than being ad hoc and as-needed, it should form part of a coherent plan that is applied throughout an alliance's life cycle. Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
