Posted Oct. 5, 2012 at 7:20 a.m.
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Research Triangle Park, N.C. — Universities and small pharmas used to be able to reach deals where a pharmaceutical company would buy an early stage asset lock, stock and barrel. But the de-risking trend means that Big Pharma aims to structure deals in a way that pushes more risk onto the licensor. The payoff comes at the back-end of a deal -- if and when a technology reaches development and commercialization milestones....
Risk-averse Big Pharma just saying 'No' to small drug firm deals
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NU Tech roundtable
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — Universities and small pharmas used to be able to reach deals where a pharmaceutical company would buy an early stage asset lock, stock and barrel. But the de-risking trend means that Big Pharma aims to structure deals in a way that pushes more risk onto the licensor. The payoff comes at the back-end of a deal -- if and when a technology reaches development and commercialization milestones....
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