Negotiating and Structuring Strategic Alliances

by David Schulman, Dechert London; and Joe Zammit-Lucia, Chris Easley, Cambridge Pharma Consultancy The job of many a biotech CEO is scrambling to find and secure funds to support the company's development projects. For many biopharmaceutical companies in early development stages, collaboration with "big pharma" is a compelling answer to the cashflow problem. But strategic alliances should benefit those on both sides of the negotiating table.