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Partnering Interest In Infectious Disease Space Showing Promise Beyond HCV Hotspot

Antiviral agents and vaccines for indications beyond the red-hot hepatitis C indication highlight the infectious diseases track at this year’s Therapeutic Area Partnerships conference.

Infectious diseases might be the second-most inviting therapeutic space for partnering early- and mid-stage assets, behind only oncology, asserts industry consultant Virginia Herndon. And that activity goes far beyond the well-publicized, lucrative deal-making that has occurred in recent years around hepatitis C companies and candidates, she says.

President of Herndon Company LLC, Herndon organized the infectious disease track for Elsevier Business Intelligence’s Windhover Therapeutic Area Partnerships conference taking place Nov. 28-30 in Boston

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