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Video title: Phillippe Lopes-Fernandes talks about Merck Serono’s strengths and successes in partnering
Released on: April 20, 2011. © PharmaTelevision Ltd
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In this episode of PharmaTelevision News Review, Fintan Walton talks to Phillippe Lopes-Fernandes, Corporate VP, Head of Global Business Development at Merck Serono
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Structure of Business development
Fintan Walton:
Hello and welcome to PharmaTelevision News Review here at Bio-Europe in Milan, in spring 2011. On this show I have Phillippe Lopes Fernandes, who is Vice President and Head of Global Business Development at Merck Serono, welcome to the show.
Phillippe Lopes Fernandes :
Thank you for having me. Good morning.
Fintan Walton:
Good morning to you. Phillippe, people know Merck Serono it's one of the larger pharmaceutical companies based here in Europe, but obviously it's a global business you are the Head of Global Business Development could you just first of all describe to us how business development is actually structured at Merck Serono?
Phillippe Lopes Fernandes :
Sure, business development is actually a small focus team that is basically organized by business units so that we address in a best way the needs of all customers. So we have an oncology team, a neuro rheumatology team, and also fertility team and then we have a original BD team also and alliance management which is also part of the business development team reporting to me, because we believe that it's very important to continuously monitor the health of the alliance and adjust the as a contractual relationship on the basis of what happened during the life of the contract that's proving to be not only very important but very appreciated by all partners very important for us.
Fintan Walton:
Sure, so clearly the Serono part of the Merck Serono equation was particularly strong in biologics I suppose Merck the other side?
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Fintan Walton
Dr Fintan Walton is the Founder and CEO of PharmaVentures . After completing his doctoral research on the genetics of cell proliferation at the University of Michigan(US)and Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), Dr Walton gained broad commercial experience in biotechnology in management positions at Bass and Celltech plc (1982-1992).
Phillippe Lopes Fernandes
Vice President
Phillippe Lopes-Fernandes , presently serves as Corporate VP, Head of Global Business Development and Alliances Management at Merck Serono responsible for business development team for all the activity of prescription pharmaceuticals and Management of Alliances.. He previously held the position as Head of M&A at Merck KGaA responsible for Pharma and Chemicals transactions.Phillippe Lopes-Fernandes has 18 years experience in the pharmaceutical (prescription drugs, generic, OTC) and expertise in M & A, licensing, strategy, project management, marketing. Mobile and adaptable, who worked in 5 countries (USA, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and France) and managed projects on 4 continents.He graduated from Graduate School of Management Institut Sup"rieur de Gestion. .
PharmaVentures
PharmaVentures is a corporate finance and transactions advisory firm that has served hundreds of clients worldwide in relation to their strategic deal making in the pharmaceutical, life science and healthcare sectors. Our key offerings include: Transactions / deal negotiations; Product / technology valuations; Deal term advice; Due diligence & expert reports; Strategy formulation; Alliance management; and Expert opinion for litigation/arbitration cases. PharmaVentures provides the global expertise to ensure our clients generate the highest possible return on investment from all their deal making activities. We have experience of all therapeutic areas and can offer advice on both product and technology commercialisation.
Merck Serono
Merck Serono is the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a global pharmaceutical and chemical company. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Merck Serono discovers, develops, manufactures and markets prescription medicines of both chemical and biological origin in specialist indications. In the United States and Canada, EMD Serono operates as a separately incorporated affiliate of Merck Serono. Merck Serono has leading brands serving patients with cancer Erbitux, cetuximab), multiple sclerosis (Rebif, interferon-beta-1a), infertility (Gonal-f, follitropinalfa), endocrine and metabolic disorders (Saizen and Serostim, somatropin), (Kuvan, sapropterin-dihydrochloride), (Egrifta, tesamorelin), as well as cardiometabolic diseases (Glucophage, metformin), (Concor, bisoprolol), (Euthyrox, levothyroxine). Not all products are available in all markets. With an annual R&D expenditure of over 1bn, Merck Serono is committed to growing its business in specialist-focused therapeutic areas including neurodegenerative diseases , oncology, fertility and endocrinology , as well as new areas potentially arising out of research and development in rheumatology .