Biotechnology Business, Law, and Science

Deep knowledge on the biotechnology industry: business, law, regulations, policy, and science

What you’ll learn

Understand the commercial factors driving and constraining biotechnology development
Learn how biotechnology is regulated, and how regulations can both limit and drive innovation
Learn about patents and other forms of intellectual property protection in biotechnology, and why they are crucial for innovation
Learn about domestic and international biotechnology policy decisions and how to balance innovation incentives with economic realities
Learn about the science behind biotechnology, and it applications

Requirements

This course presumes no former training in business, science, or law.

Description

Learn the business of biotechnology, how to start and manage biotechnology companies, and how to better service the needs of biotechnology companies.

Going beyond simple ‘science for non-scientists’ or ‘mini MBA’ offerings, this course describes the convergence of scientific, political, regulatory, and commercial factors that drive the biotechnology industry and define its scope.

This course is based on the leading business-of-biotechnology text, “Building Biotechnology,” which has been adopted by more than 50 schools, and is taught by Yali Friedman, Ph.D., chief editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology and a former instructor of biotechnology management at the National Institutes of Health.
Who this course is for:

New hires to biotechnology and related companies
New biotechnology founders
Scientists and other entrepreneurs seeking to better understand the business of biotechnology