Author Archives: Deanna Petersen

Gene Therapy Is Here To Stay: Should Bigger Companies Build, Buy, Or Partner?
October 13, 2022

By Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBio, as part of the From the Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Gene therapy’s tremendous potential to transform the treatment of both rare and common diseases has been understood for decades. But few may appreciate how

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International Partnerships in Biotech: How Small Details Can Have a Big Impact
June 16, 2022

By Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, and Ted Tanaka, consultant with Tanaka International LLC, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Imagine yourself setting out to do business in Japan. You step off the plane, check into

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Going Out On A Limb: Lessons I’ve Learned Chasing My Dreams
March 2, 2022

By Deanna M. Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC One of the most common questions I get asked is how I got into the business side of the biotech industry, and in

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Understanding The Business Model Of Gene Therapy Companies – Peeling The Onion Back To Understand Why Time Matters
November 4, 2021

By Deanna Petersen and Holly May, Chief Business Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, respectively, of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Moving from traditional drug development and commercialization to gene therapy development and commercialization can

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Mind Your Manners: Best Practices and Basic Etiquette in Business Development
August 16, 2021

By Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC It’s tempting to think that the first skill you need to learn in business development is negotiating. That’s important, of course, but it should

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You Want To Be A CBO? Four Tips To Set You On Your Way
May 3, 2021

By Deanna Petersen, Chief Business Officer of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Most of the titles in a biotech C-suite are generally self-explanatory. The Chief Technical and Manufacturing Officer runs operations in CMC and

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Negotiating 101: Advice From The Trenches
October 27, 2020

Part 2: Gaining leverage – and using it wisely By Deanna Petersen, Chief Business Officer of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. In a recent blog post, I walked through my tips for reading your adversaries’

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Negotiating 101: Advice From The Trenches
October 22, 2020

Part 1: Maintaining your cool – while making your adversary sweat By Deanna Petersen, Chief Business Officer of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC It’s back-to-school season, and that puts me in the frame of

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Nurturing A Culture Of “Smart Speed” To Bring Gene Therapy To The World
June 23, 2020

By Deanna Petersen, chief business officer at AVROBIO, and Georgette Verdin, chief human resources officer at AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. As we approach our 5th anniversary and surpass our 125th hire, we have

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Recipe For Managing Data Disclosure Successfully With Academic Partners: A Public Gene Therapy Company Perspective
March 24, 2020

This blog post was written by Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. When AVROBIO went public in June 2018, I found myself on the steep end of an unexpected but interesting

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 Leave No Stone Unturned: A Pipeline Story
October 10, 2019

This blog was written by Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO (@dmp9818), as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. Building a leading gene therapy pipeline in under two years (and a lot of air miles): how to persevere

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Why Reputation Is More Important Than Ever For Biotech Companies … And What You Can Do About It
April 24, 2019

This blog was co-written by Deanna Petersen, Chief Business Officer of AVROBIO, and Paul Newman, head of Corporate Communications, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. “It takes twenty years to build a reputation, and five minutes

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Leadership At All Levels In Biotech
January 23, 2019

This blog was written by Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Biotech is an industry that calls for leaders. It requires people who are willing to take risks, conquer new science,

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Bring Your A-Game for BD
October 9, 2018

This blog was written by Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. As with most professions – especially those that involve longer-term outcomes – the way people get good at BD is

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We Saw It Coming In Pharma: Now Gene Therapy Is Biotech 2.0 For Rare Diseases
February 1, 2018

This blog was written by Deanna Petersen, Chief Business Officer of AvroBio, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC.   It seems so clear now: gene therapy is on a roll.  As 2017 came to a close, the

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