1. Mesopharm Therapeutics, Inc.
Francis Hunter, PhD

2. Entrepreneurship is a Team Sport
Co-Founder, CEO
BTech, PhD Liggins Institute
Business Development Plant & Food
Founder & CEO Lab Trader NZ
Fulbright Scholarship MBA Stanford GSB

3. Breast Cancer Startup Challenge

4. Breast Cancer Startup Challenge
200 teams universities 4,356 years of experience
Venture capitalists, seasoned entrepreneurs, clinicians
scientists, consultants, life science executives

5. Breast Cancer Startup Challenge
Commercial development plan pages Product and R&D strategy Commercialisation and regulatory strategies Market, IP and competition analyses Financial models Operational strategy
Live pitch
Online elevator pitch

6. Breast Cancer Startup Challenge

7. Breast Cancer Startup Challenge

8. Mesopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (DE C-Corp)
Mesopharm Therapeutics NZ Limited

9. Armed Antibody Therapeutic
Highly cytotoxic drug
Alpha particle (Actinium-225)
Monoclonal antibody

10. ADC IND Submissions to the FDA
Kadcyla
Peak sales US $2–5B
Genentech/Roche
Adcetris
Peak sales US $1B+
Seattle Genetics

11. Networking Matters

12. ONESTART Accelerator

13. Technical & Entrepreneurial Training
Francis Hunter
Graeme Fielder
Research Fellow
2015
MBA (Stanford)
Judge
2014
Challenges Lead
2013
Ph.D.
Plant & Food BD
Education Lead
2012
Participant
2011
Chair
Participant
Hons.
2010
CEO
2009
Research Lead
Ph.D.
B.Sc.
2008
Chair
2007
CEO
2006
Industry Liaison
2005
Industry Liaison
B.Tech
2004
2003

14. Experienced Advisors Are Essential
Thorsten Melcher, PhD
Senior Director
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Leon Chen, PhD MBA
Partner
OrbiMed
Thorsten Melcher, MD PhD
Founder & CEO
La Jolla Pharmaceuticals
Michael Kolodziej, MD
National Oncology Director
Aetna
Jeanette Wood, PhD
CSO
Genkyotex
Tom John, MBBS PhD
Head of Thoracic Oncology
Austin Hospital
Jilly Evans, PhD
Co-Founder & CSO
PharmAkea

15. Management
& advisory
strength
NZ, US, Aus R&D
Best-in-class
therapeutics

16. Enter the Spark Challenge!

17. In-Licensing Technology
Leverage

18. Starting Up by Licensing
ibridgenetwork.org – 18,000 patents
15,000 new patents filed by US universities in FY2013

19. Starting Up by Licensing: Playbook
Define a PROBLEM (=MARKET)
RESEARCH the problem and possible solutions
Identify technology PATENTS
Choose your top 5 and become a TERRIBLE EXPERT
Approach the inventors and licensing institution
Select your best tech: Impact and maturity
Build your TEAM, then LICENSE

20.
@TumourKiller