Deals Done
As a consultant, I've worked on 5-10 signed deals a year, with upfronts ranging from $300K to $50M. Deals I've worked on include big deals from Phase 3 to technologies, JVs, in-licensing and out-licensing.
Strategic Alliances (>$25MM upfront)
- Consulting Client - Big pharma, $50MM upfront, Phase 3, advice on negotiations
- Consulting Client – Big Asian Pharma, $25MM upfront, clinical development, valuation, advice on negotiations
- Consulting Client – Big pharma, $25MM upfront, negotiations & advice (pseudo auction, pre-completion of Phase II)
- Consulting client – Big Pharma: $30MM upfront, broad chemistry collaboration; advice and deal structure
- Tularik -Amgen: $125MM upfront, targets and drug development, led evaluation team, launched collaboration that led to acquisition
- Praecis - Amgen: $100MM upfront,Ph 3 GnRH antagonist, led evaluation team
- Immunomedics - Amgen: $65MM upfront, Ph 2/3 NHL Ab, led evaluation team and member of negotiation team
- Abgenix - Amgen: multi-antigen Ab creation, supervised evaluator and negotiator
- Medarex - Amgen: multi-antigen Ab creation, supervised evaluator and negotiator
- Kinetix acquisition - Amgen: $170MM upfront, kinases and structural biology, led evaluation and diligence
Mid-Size Deals (>$10M upfront)
- Consulting Client- Regional Pharma, negotiations and advice (Phase II)
- Consulting Client – US Biotech, negotiations and advice (Phase II)
- Consulting Client – Major Pharma, advised negotiator (preclinical)
- Consulting Client - territorial deal: drafted terms, modeled financials, advised on negotiations
- Vanderbilt - Amgen: preclinical Ab, led negotiation
- Biosite - Amgen: multiple Abs, supervised evaluator and negotiator
- Incyte - Zeneca: genomics database, on negotiation team
- Pharmacopeia - Zeneca: combinatorial chemistry, on negotiation team
- U C Irvine - Zeneca: lead optimization ion channels, led evaluation and negotiations
- U College of London - Zeneca:
small molecule lead, led renegotiations
Smaller Deals
- Consulting Client - small biotech, JV, participated in negotiations
- Consulting Client – small biotech, territorial deal (preclinical), participated in negotiations
- Consulting Client – University (clinical), valuation, advice throughout negotiations
- Consulting Client – University (platform), led negotiations
- Consulting Client- Mid-sized pharma, led negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client – Mid-sized pharma, advised negotiations (platform)
- Consulting Client – Global pharma, valuations, advised negotiator (preclinical)
- Consulting Client – Small biotech, valuations, advised negotiator (preclinical)
- Consulting Client – Global pharma, part of negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client -- Small biotech, led negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client – Small biotech, led negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client – University, led in-licensing negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client – University, led in-licensing negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client- University, led in-licensing negotiations (preclinical)
- Consulting Client- small biotech, led in-licensing negotiations (preclinical)
- Dako - Amgen: companion diagnostic development, supervised evaluator, led negotiations
- Ventana - Amgen: companion diagnostic development, supervised evaluator, led negotiations
- Skye Pharma - Amgen: drug delivery, led evaluation and negotiations
- Many biomarker deals: supervisory roles
- Many IP licenses: negotiator and supervisory roles