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John Bailye

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Partner, The Side by Side Partnership

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The Side by Side Partnership
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

John is the Founding Partner of The SideBySide Partnership International. He is best known as a healthcare information technology specialist having founded and then grown the world’s first sales force automation system which was focused on healthcare industries. Dendrite grew to $420m in revenue and served 52 countries, with 26 international offices, and 3,500 employees and was public for 15 years (Nasdaq: DRTE). It was valued on sale at over $780m. John subsequently became Chairman and CEO of EKR Therapeutics, a specialist hospital products provider which manufactured and sold high technology Biologics, and rebuilt the company to over $200m in revenue. John is also a very engaged private angel investor, investing in over 30 early-stage companies and most recently exiting Instamed (sold for $500m) and Systech (sold for $165m).

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