Eisai's Alex Scott Featured As Industry Leader At BioNetwork 2008 in Laguna Niguel, CA

Alex Scott, Vice President, Business Development at Eisai Corporation of North America will present on October 6 at BioNetwork 2008 - "Successfully Integrating Partner Companies After An Acquisition To Ensure Continued Productivity."

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 4, 2008 -- Alex Scott, Vice President, Business Development at Eisai Corporation of North America, oversees business development activities for all Eisai companies in the United States, specifically targeting opportunities in Eisai's three areas of therapeutic focus - neurology, gastrointestinal disorders, and oncology/critical care. Mr. Scott joined Eisai in 1992 as Manager of Corporate Affairs at Eisai Corporation of North America. Before assuming his current role, he held several positions of increasing responsibility in Corporate Affairs, Planning and Business Development within Eisai U.S. operations. During this time, Mr. Scott helped craft Eisai's U.S. globalization strategy and establish a commercial infrastructure, negotiating global alliances with Pfizer and PriCara®, a division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals for Aricept® (donepezil hydrochloride tablets) and Aciphex®/Pariet® (rabeprazole sodium) tablets, respectively. Both products, discovered and developed by Eisai, have realized billion-dollar status in the United States. Scott's presentation on October 6, 2008, "Successfully Integrating Partner Companies After An Acquisition To Ensure Continued Productivity" will establish how this industry leading company incorporated key elements of success in post-merger integrations.

Highlights of the keynote presentation will include:

•Assessing the strategic value of an M&A deal

•Addressing potential integration challenges

•Sharing best practices: looking at the successes of Eisai's recent acquisitions of MGI PHARMA, INC. and Morphotek, Inc.

BioNetwork 2008 is the premier biotech and pharmaceutical business development partnering conference. The 3 day interactive forum tackles issues created by an extremely competitive partnering environment requiring strong relationship building, extensive partnership scouting and rapid decision making processes. To overcome these issues, BioNetwork provides a series of thought-provoking sessions combined with exclusive networking events to ensure maximized return on investment.

Event Details:

Partnering Made Easy: One-On-One Meeting Rooms, available throughout all 3 days of BioNetwork!

As an attendee, you have the opportunity to organize a meeting with a colleague or potential partner in the one-to-one meeting rooms. Book one of these closed door meeting rooms for up to 30 minutes at a time through our easy-to-use partnering website. This is your chance to move potential partners to the next stage, and to identify the mutual benefits of your potential alliance in a private setting. Book your room and begin launching successful partnerships right away.

October 6, 2008

Therapeutic Roundtables

Interested in meeting other companies partnering in your therapeutic area of interest? Join business development and licensing heads from companies in oncology, auto-immune disease, cardiovascular diseases, biopharmaceuticals and vaccines, drug delivery technologies and others, as they discuss where strategic partnerships can be build and what lays on the road ahead.

October 7, 2008

Therapeutic Focus Partnering Primers:

Enabling small biotechs to present their compounds/technologies available for partnering, these 10 minute presentations will provide innovative companies the opportunity to demonstrate their value in sessions focused on their therapeutic area of interest. Therapeutic areas to be presented include:

•Metabolic Diseases

•Central Nervous System

•Inflammatory Diseases

•Infectious Diseases

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