17th Advanced Forum on

Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions

Maximizing Opportunities and Rewards in M&A, Licensing, Partnering Deals, and Strategic Alliances

Wednesday, February 27 to Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Carlton Hotel, New York, NY
Co-Chairs

Robert Aboud
Vice President, Head of Business Strategy
GlaxoSmithKline (King of Prussia, PA)

William Mongan
Executive Director of U.S. Business Development
AstraZeneca (Wilmington, DE)

Speakers


Steven Bernitz
General Partner, Head of BioPharma Practice
Extera Partners, LLC (Cambridge, MA)

Louisa Daniels
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
Pfizer, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)

Jennifer Camacho
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig P.C. (Boston, MA)

D. Brian Kacedon
Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. (Washington, DC)

John Hurvitz
Partner
Covington & Burling, L.L.P. (Washington, DC)

Vincent Andrews
Associate General Counsel
Eisai, Inc. (Woodcliff Lake, NJ)

Paul Stewart

President & Chairman
Pasco Ventures, L.L.C. (Indianapolis, IN)

Melissa Bradford-Klug
Vice President, Business Development & Licensing Pharmaceutical Products
Covidien (Hazelwood, MO)

Tushar Patel, Ph.D.
Senior Director and Head, External Research
Eisai, Inc. (Woodcliff Lake, NJ)

Chad J. Peterman
Partner
Patterson, Belknap, Webb, & Tyler, L.L.P. (New York, NY)

Matthew Zisk
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P. (New York, NY)

Christine White
Staff Attorney, Northeast Regional Office
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (New York, NY)

Joshua Soven

Partner
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, L.L.P. (Washington, DC)

Kimberly Audet Cornwell

Senior Director, Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Sanofi Pasteur (Cambridge, MA)

Kenneth Clark

Partner
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati, P.C. (Palo Alto, CA)

Karen Denton

Director, Alliance Management
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals (Pine Brook, NJ)

Bradley Prosek

Senior Director
Cubist Pharmaceuticals (Lexington, MA)

Timothy Howe, Ph.D.
Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Head Acquisitions and Licensing Transactions
Sanofi Pasteur (Swiftwater, PA)

Rachel Cassidy, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Technology Transfer
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Viviane Martin, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Office of Technology Development
Penn State College of Medicine (Hershey, PA)

Thomas Gillespie
IP Transactional Counsel
Emergent Biosolutions (Rockville, MD)

Daryn Grossman
Partner
Proskauer Rose, L.L.P.
(New York, NY)

David Ibbeken (Invited)

Senior Legal Counsel
PRA International (Charlottesville, VA)

Fahd M.T. Riaz

Partner
Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, L.L.P. (Philadelphia, PA)​