Book description
A biotech manager's handbook lays out - in a simple, straightforward manner - for the manager or would-be entrepreneur the basic principles of running a biotech company. Most managers in biotechnology companies are working in their first company or in their first managerial role. Their expertise and experience in the scientific part of the work can be taken as a given but there is a whole range of other skills to be learned and areas of expertise to come to terms with. Small companies do not have big budgets to hire people or time to become an expert in so many areas. The book starts by outlining the state of the biopharmaceutical industry and goes on to explain the importance of planning (no matter what the size of the company). Succeeding chapters deal with the basics of intellectual property, perspectives from a university technology transfer office and how to raise some initial funding from an investor and entrepreneur.- No other 'how to' manual exists for this sector
- Written by a range of expert professionals in each area, all in one book
- Is the only 'bench to bedside' book covering the whole spectrum of development
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of figures and tables
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: The bioscience sector: challenges and opportunities
- Chapter 2: Academic innovation: so you want to be a bio-entrepreneur?
- Chapter 3: Leadership and you
- Chapter 4: Managing self, situations and stress
- Chapter 5: It’s all in the plan
- Chapter 6: Exploring funding routes for therapeutics firms
- Chapter 7: Raising funds and managing finances
- Chapter 8: Introduction to intellectual property
- Chapter 9: Managing projects and portfolios in R&D: why and how
- Chapter 10: Successful registration of new therapies in the EU and USA
- Chapter 11: Clinical trials: design and practice
- Chapter 12: Business development: starting out
- Chapter 13: Business development: to the deal and beyond
- Chapter 14: Conclusions and final thoughts
- Index
Product information
- Title: A Biotech Manager's Handbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2012
- Publisher(s): Woodhead Publishing
- ISBN: 9781908818157
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