Key Themes

#execution #casestudies

  • The need for speed

  • Team considerations

  • The VC point of view

13 Videos - 40 Minutes

  • 1

    Reality of Successful Innovation

    • Intro & The Vaccine Taskforce

    • LeukoSite

    • Bicycle Therapeutics

    • Conventional Wisdom and the Need for Speed

    • Driver of Success 1 - Outstanding Research

    • Driver to Success 2 - Deliver Quickly & Overcome Challenges

    • Driver to Success 3 - Bring in the A-Team & Collaborate

    • Driver to Success 4 - Manage Risk

    • Question - Regulation during the Pandemic

    • Question - Examples of the Finish Line

    • Question - Aligning with Management

    • Question - Breaking into Healthcare VC

    • Question - Managing Collaboration & Confidentiality

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Instructor

Managing Partner at SV Health Investors

Kate Bingham

Kate Bingham has spent over 30 years building and investing in biotech companies as Managing Partner at SV Health Investors, one of the longest tenured biotechnology investors globally. These investments have resulted in the launch of 26 new innovative drugs including 6 new drug classes each addressing a major unmet medical need. Kate played an active role in setting up the Dementia Discovery Fund in 2017, focused on developing novel drugs targeting new biological mechanisms to treat dementia. In May 2020 Kate was appointed Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, reporting to the Prime Minster to lead UK efforts to find and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine. It was a six-month engagement and she stepped down as Chair in December 2020. On 8 December 2020 the UK started COVID-19 vaccinations – the first western country to do so. She serves on the board of the Francis Crick Institute and ARIA.

Date of Filming

September 2024

Some E-School topics in high growth industries can be fast moving and change rapidly.
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