Partnering for Impact: Innovative Models for Academic-Industry Collaboration

November 21, 2019 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

MassBio, 300 Technology Square 8th Fl, Cambridge, MA 02139

Add to Calendar 11/21/2019 8:00:00 AM 11/21/2019 10:00:00 AM Partnering for Impact: Innovative Models for Academic-Industry Collaboration Models for academic-industry partnering have become ever more creative over the past decades as the mutual benefits of working together to solve today’s complex healthcare problems become increasingly apparent. Whereas in the early days, interactions were focused on simple licensing and research collaborations, today’s partnerships are bounded only by our imagination. This forum will showcase a variety of accessible academic-industry partnering activities underway today, with the goal of stimulating our creativity as we continue to pursue, together, impactful ways to rapidly advance better healthcare outcomes for patients.

Sponsored by the Academic Industry Relations Forum Working Group.
MassBio, 300 Technology Square 8th Fl, Cambridge, MA 02139
Vice President Business Development, Deerfield Management
Dave Greenwald, Ph.D. currently serves as Vice President, Business Development at Deerfield Management. In this role, Dr. Greenwald searches for new investment opportunities, supports business development of the Deerfield portfolio companies, and provides hands-on experience to Deerfield’s academic collaborations. Dr. Greenwald was most recently at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, where he was Director of Business Development. Dr. Greenwald is a founder of Relay Technology Management, Inc. and co-inventor of the Relay Innovation Engine software. Dr. Greenwald was previously Chief Executive Officer of Relay Technology Management and Director of Client Solutions for Decision Resources Group (DRG) after its acquisition of Relay. Dr. Greenwald was an Associate Investigator at the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, MD, where he worked with the Food and Drug Administration on 510(k) applications for diagnostic devices for dengue fever. Dr. Greenwald was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) research fellow while earning a B.S. in Cellular Biology and Molecular Genetics from the University of Maryland, College Park and was awarded an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) towards his Ph.D. research dissertation on gene therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa, which he completed at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Greenwald was previously an adjunct faculty at the Tufts University Gordon Institute and The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School where he lectured on Entrepreneurial Finance, Corporate Finance and Life Science Entrepreneurial Ventures.