“Business Growth Enablers for Pharmaceutical Industries”

Description:

The Licensing Executives Society- Arab Countries (LES - AC) held a conference entitled "Business Growth Enablers for Pharmaceutical Industries" in Manama, Bahrain. A pre-conference course on “Intellectual Asset Management and Valuation” was held September 29, 2004. The two-day conference tackled different issues related to the Intellectual Asset Management & Valuation and the Pharmaceutical Industries.
The conference also discussed, in details, the relation between intellectual property and technology transfer and how to extract the value of IP in arranging a successful license agreement, and how to manage & evaluate the intellectual assets in the industrial field.

Themes:

• Introduction to Intellectual Assets Management.
• Management of Intellectual Assets in the Chemical and Allied Industries.
• Extracting Value from IP through Licensing and Franchising – All about Licensing and Licensing Strategy.
• Licensing: Exclusive, Non-Exclusive, Sole, Minimums, Warranties – How to Avoid Pitfalls.
• Enforcement and Implementation of Licensing Agreements.
• Infringement Proceedings and Enforcement of Patents in Europe – How to Prepare for Market Entry.
• Technology Transfer between Industry and Universities.
• Institution of industrial growth innovation.
• Spin-Offs from Universities as Growth Promoters in Pharmaceutical Industries.
• IP Law and Practice (patents, SPCs & data protection).
• The Practice of Licensing under the GCC Patent Law: a Tool for Technology Development and Economic Growth.
• Venture capital and pharmaceuticals.
• Technology Roadmap in Pharmaceutical Industries
• Multilateral & Bilateral Agreements: Pharma Factors.
• Permittance of Clinical Trials in EU.