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BIO-LES Advanced Business Development Course:
Program Agenda

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October 27-29, 2008
Palace Hotel
San Francisco, California

Day 1, Monday, October 27

Valuation


Faculty:

Joe Dillon, Senior VP, Head of Corporate Development Services
The Mattson Jack Group


8:30 AM General valuation and discounted cash flow models
9:45 Break
10:00 Augmented NPV and decision tree analysis
11:00 Case study work
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 Market models, competition, cash flow estimates
2:30 Case study work (and break)
4:00 – 5:00 Value distribution and terms
5:00 – 6:00

Workshop by Campbell Alliance
"Eleven Missteps in Valuation and How to Avoid Them"
Ben Bonifant, Vice President, Business Development

 

Day 2, Tuesday, October 28
Negotiation Strategies

Faculty:
Lesley Stolz, Vice President Corporate & Business Development
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


8:30 AM Negotiation preparation
9:15 Case study work (includes break)
10:30 Due diligence, managing the process, negotiation techniques
11:45

Case Study work (followed by lunch)

 

IP Due Diligence

Faculty:

Patrick Farley, Senior Patent Counsel
Genentech, Inc.


1:30 PM Types of IP, freedom to operate, issues in due diligence (specific case studies)
5:00 Case Study work (includes break)
4:15 Creating a protection timeline

 

Day 3, Wednesday, October 29

Contracts

Faculty:

Kenneth Krisko, Partner
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

8:30 AM Key concepts and building blocks of a block buster deal
9:45 Case Study (includes break)
10:45 Select topics of advanced deal structures
11:30 Case Study
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 Trap doors, dead ends, and other do's and don'ts
2:30 Case Study completion (includes break)
3:45 Current Trends
4:30 – 5:30 Case Study conclusions and wrap-up