New Jersey Chapter Meeting
DATE & TIME
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
TITLE
Innovative Deal Making that Pivots on Collaboration among Competitors
DESCRIPTION
Creative insights from two game-changing deals will highlight ways of bringing competition and cooperation together to achieve major gains for all. Insights from these collaborations can be very valuable when negotiating complex biopharma deal structures, and will potentially encourage the development of other such deals.
The innovative deals featured are:
- Pfizer’s landmark 5-member pharmaceutical consortium to fund Ablexis's development of the next generation AlivaMab, Mouse technology, for antibody drug discovery.
- The Merck/Roche clinical development collaboration deal to evaluate investigational combination regimens that include drugs from both companies for cHCV
MODERATOR
Ruth Plager, President, ZenithBIO Business Development Consultancy
PANELISTS
Elaine V. Jones, PhD, Executive Director, Venture Capital - Worldwide Business Development,
Pfizer, Inc
Ellen Locker, Executive Director, Alliance Management, Merck & Co., Inc.
Peter M. Paciorek, PhD, Global Licensing Director, Roche Partnering, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
LOCATION
Basking Ridge Country Club
185 Madisonville Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
www.baskingridgecc.com
SCHEDULE
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Program, Coffee & Dessert
Dress Code: Business or Business Casual
ONLINE REGISTRATION
Early by: June 11
LES Member: $40
LES Non-member: $50
LES Student Member: $25
Regular & Onsite
LES Member: $50
LES Non-member: $60
LES Student Member: $25
Registration will include a networking cocktail reception with open bar, hors d'oeuvres, carving station, light buffet, coffee and dessert.
Online Registration Deadline: Monday, June 11, 12 PM EST
CANCELLATION POLICY
No refunds after June 11
Substitutions are permitted
SPEAKER BIOS
Ruth Plager, President, ZenithBIO Business Development Consultancy. In more than a decade of consulting, ZB’s strategic analyses and insights are being utilized to optimize corporate strategy, ongoing development plans, partnering and fund raising. A critical cornerstone of our consulting is our in-depth discussions and interviews with all key stakeholder groups—potential partners, investors, and end customers (physicians, patients, payers), as well as relevant deal perspective.
Ruth has created and produced more than a dozen innovative workshops, full-day interactive sessions, and plenary sessions for LES (Licensing Executive Society) at the Annual and Spring Meetings in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
- Issues and challenges discussed include deal discovery from licensor/ licensee and buyer/ seller perspectives, licensing issues in a world dominated by M&A, creative and flexible deal structures, assessment of partners and parallel negotiations.
Prior to ZenithBIO: Ruth gained valuable “in-the-trench” experience at Pfizer in product management for hospital, specialty, and office-based products, at Syntex International, Strategic Business Development & Marketing, and at Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Strategic Business Development & Marketing (biologics & drug delivery).
Education: B.S. from the University of Wisconsin; spent a year in cancer research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel; and attended a series of Health Economics courses at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Elaine V. Jones, Ph.D. joined Pfizer Venture Investments as Executive Director, Venture Capital in 2008. Elaine is responsible for making and managing venture investments for Pfizer and currently manages the PVI investments in Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (Vancouver, British Columbia), Flexion Therapeutics (Boston, MA), Merus B.V. (Utrecht, The Netherlands), Neuronetics Inc. (Malvern, PA), NeuroTherapeutics Pharma (Chicago, IL), and TetraLogic Pharma (Malvern, PA). Elaine brings 12 years of venture capital experience and a strong background in research and product assessment, built on her significant experience in pharmaceutical drug discovery and business development to the PVI team.
Most recently, Elaine was a General Partner with the venture fund, EuclidSR Partners. There, she was responsible for the fund’s investments in Acurian, Fluidigm, InnaPhase and Targacept.
Prior to joining ESR, Dr. Jones began her private equity career in 1999 at S.R. One, GlaxoSmithKline’s venture fund, where she managed investments including Adolor, Avantium, Nucleonics, Scynexis and Vicuron. Previously, she served as Director of Scientific Licensing for SmithKline Beecham and was a research scientist in SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical R&D.
Dr. Jones is a graduate of Juniata College and received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Ellen Locker, Executive Director, Alliance Management at Merck & Co., Inc. is responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning of alliances between Merck and its partners, with programs at various stages of research, development and commercialization.
Ellen joined Merck in 1984 in the corporate finance area. Desiring to play a more active role in shaping the business, she moved into Merck’s European Operations area as Director, Market Research and Strategic Planning in M.S.D. France. Upon her return to the U.S., Ellen held positions of increasing responsibility in both Marketing and Human Resources. As Director, Business and Organization Consulting, she was responsible for facilitating high level cross-functional teams tasked with developing business strategies at the therapy area level. She then took on the position of Executive Director, Integrated Health and Employee Benefits, responsible for U.S. domestic employee benefits. In her last position prior to moving into her current role, Ellen provided strategic decision support for the Cholesterol Partnership between Merck and Schering-Plough for Europe/Middle East & Africa.
Ellen has a B.A. in Biology from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the College of William & Mary.
Peter Paciorek, PhD, Global Licensing Director, Roche Partnering, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Peter has over 32 years of expertise in the pharmaceutical industry both in preclinical research and business development. Peter has been in business development at Roche since 1996 and has been responsible for finding, evaluating and championing licensing opportunities across many disease areas. Since 2001, Peter has been responsible for leading Roche transaction teams and has been involved in the successful negotiation of over 60 deals ranging from early research collaborations to complex co-promotion agreements. Prior to his career in business development, Peter worked for 16 years in various preclinical research positions at both Roche and Wyeth.
Peter has a BSc in Pharmacology/Physiology from the University of Leeds, and a PhD in Pharmacology from the CNAA, London, UK.
DIRECTIONS TO BASKING RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB
185 Madisonville Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(908) 766-8200
FROM NORTH JERSEY :
Take I-80 West to I-287 South to Exit 30A ( North Maple Ave. - Basking Ridge). Proceed to 1st traffic light. Make left onto Madisonville Road. Entrance is 2nd driveway on right.
FROM CENTRAL JERSEY :
Take I-287 North and proceed as above from Exit 30 A.
FROM SOUTH JERSEY :
Take Garden State Parkway North. Exit onto I-287 North immediately after passing over the Raritan Bridge. Proceed as above from Exit 30 A.
FROM POINTS WEST:
Take I-78 East to Exit 29. Take I-287 North. Proceed as above from Exit 30 A.
FROM NEWARK AIRPORT and NJ TURNPIKE:
Take I-78 West to Rte. 24 West toward Morristown. Take I-287 South and proceed as above from Exit 30 A.
NEARBY HOTELS:
Dolce (formerly North Maple Inn)
300 North Maple Avenue
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(908) 953-3000
The Inn at Somerset Hills
80 Allen Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(908) 580-1300
The Olde Mill Inn
225 Rt. 202
(at North Maple Avenue)
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(908) 221-1100
The Madison Hotel
One Convent Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 285-1800
The Hilton at Short Hills
41 JFK Parkway
Short Hills, NJ 07078
(973) 379-0100
Somerset Hills Hotel
200 Liberty Corner Road
Warren, NJ 07059
(800) 688-0700
The Grand Summit Hotel
570 Springfield Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
(908) 273-3000