David Scott

Biography

David Scott is a Licensing and Business Development consultant and a skilled negotiator who has closed a number of major deals for inward and outward licensing for pharmaceutical products, delivery systems and technologies. He has published widely and his best-selling report Scrip's Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Licensing has been regarded by the international pharma-biotech licensing community as the quintessential reference for almost two decades.   David Scott joined C.E.L.forpharma’s faculty in 2010 and since then delivers the only public course on pharmaceutical out-licensing. He provides carefully structured presentational material which he illustrates with personal examples.

Research Interest

David is also an accredited Certified Licensing Professional and a member of the Licensing Executives Society and of the Pharmaceutical Licensing Group. He has spent the past 20 years as a freelance consultant for a range of worldwide clients, including top-ranking global companies, European regional companies, biotech companies, technology start-ups and universities. He currently sits on the board of two UK-based pharmaceutical businesses.