From Pitch to Partnership:
Mastering Pharma-Biotech Collaborations​

When: February 3, 2026 15:00-18:00
Where:
Cirio, Biblioteksgatan 9, Stockholm

Partnering with pharmaceutical companies is a critical pathway for emerging biotechs looking to advance their assets and accelerate development. In this seminar, experienced industry speakers will share practical insights from real-world collaborations—offering a behind-the-scenes perspective on how to capture big pharma’s attention, navigate the evaluation and due-diligence process, and select the most appropriate collaboration model. The speakers will also explore deal structures, effective partnership management, the realities of co-development, and provide candid guidance on what to do if an asset is returned.

Key Topics:​

  • How to capture big pharma’s attention
  • Navigating the evaluation and due-diligence process
  • Selecting the right collaboration and deal models
  • Effective partnership and alliance management
  • Co-development insights and handling asset returns
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Speakers

Simon Regnéll
Associate Director, Search and Evaluation, Novo Nordisk

What to expect when partnering with big pharma

Anne-Marie Wenthzel-Buckhöj
CBO, Sprint Bioscience

The Science of Collaboration, The Strategy of Return: Managing Partnership Lifecycles

Ton Berkien
CBO, Cantargia

Navigating cultural and fashionable interests in champagne dreams and beer money biotech markets

David Bejker
CEO, Affibody

Effective partnership and alliance management 

Per Hedman
Partner, Cirio Advokatbyrå

Panel Discussion

Program

15:00

Welcome words

15:15

What to expect when partnering with big pharma

Simon Regnéll
Associate Director, Search and Evaluation, Novo Nordisk
15:30

Navigating cultural and fashionable interests in champagne dreams and beer money biotech markets

Ton Berkien
CBO, Cantargia
15:45

Effective partnership and alliance management 

David Bejker
CEO, Affibody
16:00

The Science of Collaboration, The Strategy of Return: Managing Partnership Lifecycles

Anne-Marie Wenthzel-Buckhöj
CBO, Sprint Bioscience
16:15

Panel Discussion

Per Hedman
Partner, Cirio Advokatbyrå
17:00

Mingle

Organized by

SwedenBIOinfo@swedenbio.se

SwedenBIO’s PARTNERING SEMINAR organized by the Business Strategy group