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…mehr
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.
Dr Michael O'Neill has had a career of more than 20 years working in neuroscience research in the pharmaceutical industry, working for Merck, Laboratorios Almirall and Eli Lilly. Michael's career has given him an expert knowledge of neuroscience balanced with a strong grasp of strategic principles drug discovery and development. Michael has authored over 80 papers, book chapters, patents and abstracts. He has presented his work at major international scientific conferences. He has held an adjunct appointment and has supervised PhD students at various leading universities. Michael is an accomplished research leader with extensive program and portfolio management experience. He has lead specialist and multidisciplinary teams in the UK, Europe and in the US. As a consultant Michael has helped companies of all sizes from university start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. This book is the distillation of all that experience.
Inhaltsangabe
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