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How do I position my project for success in partnering and/or licensing?

Please join us for the sixth and final INVOForward seminar during which Niels Emmerich (VP and Global Head of Search and Evaluation, AbbVie) will share his insight into having a successful partnering/licensing discussion with large biopharma companies. In addition to discussing various entry points (from early-stage projects to those that are IND-enabled or in Phase I Clinical Trials), Dr. Emmerich will share some strategic considerations from both the start-up & Big Pharma perspectives. He will provide his insight on what data and information Big Pharma is looking for at different stages along the R&D continuum, and will offer some practical "Do’s and Don’t’s" in the process.

This seminar is part of the INVOForward Therapeutics lecture series focused on helping Northwestern researchers gain insight into how to build a compelling therapeutic data package. While the INVOForward mentorship program has four select faculty-led teams participating, the lectures are open to Northwestern Faculty, Post-docs, Staff and Students.

Please register in advance.

Other INVOForward lectures may be found here.

OUR SPEAKER

Niels Emmerich, Ph.D.

Niels Emmerich is VP and Global Head of Search & Evaluation at AbbVie (ABBV). In his role, Niels and his team are responsible for identifying and assessing partnering and investment opportunities. Recent (2020) transactions that the Corporate Strategy Office and the S&E team were able to secure for AbbVie include new partnerships with I-Mab, Genmab, Jacobio, Alpine Immune Sciences, Sosei-Heptares, Frontier Medicines, and others.

Prior to joining the Corporate Strategy Office and S&E, Niels held several other positions at AbbVie and Abbott, and before that with BioPheresis, immatics (co-founder, NASDAQ: IMTX), and McKinsey & Company.

INVOForward Therapeutics is a 7-week Northwestern mentorship program designed to accelerate biomedical commercialization at the university.

If you have any questions, please email INVOForward@northwestern.edu