DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kljz79/common_cold) has announced the addition of the "Common Cold Partnering 2009-2014" report to their offering.

The Common Cold Partnering 2009-2014 provides understanding and access to the common cold partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

The report provides an analysis of common cold partnering deals. The majority of deals are discovery or development stage whereby the licensee obtains a right or an option right to license the licensors common cold technology. These deals tend to be multicomponent, starting with collaborative R&D, and commercialization of outcomes.

Understanding the flexibility of a prospective partner's negotiated deals terms provides critical insight into the negotiation process in terms of what you can expect to achieve during the negotiation of terms. Whilst many smaller companies will be seeking details of the payments clauses, the devil is in the detail in terms of how payments are triggered - contract documents provide this insight where press releases do not.

This data driven report contains over 30 links to online copies of actual common cold deals and contract documents as submitted to the Securities Exchange Commission by companies and their partners, where available. Contract documents provide the answers to numerous questions about a prospective partner's flexibility on a wide range of important issues, many of which will have a significant impact on each party's ability to derive value from the deal.

This data driven report includes:

• Trends in common cold dealmaking in the biopharma industry since 2009
• Access to summary headline, upfront, milestone and royalty data
• The leading common cold deals by value since 2009

In Common Cold Partnering 2009-2014, the available deals are listed by:

• Headline value
• Upfront payment value
• Royalty rate value
• Company A-Z
• Industry sector
• Stage of development at signing
• Deal component type
• Technology type

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Trends in common cold partnering

Chapter 3 - Leading common cold deals

Chapter 4 - Dealmaking directory

Chapter 5 - Partnering resource center

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