management

Individual Biotechnology Management Cases now Available

June 13, 2011

I am pleased to announce the availability of  individual cases from Building the Case for Biotechnology Management Case Studies in Science, Laws, Regulations, Politics, and Business in digital and printed formats. The casebook, which was recently reviewed in Nature Biotechnology, features 22 case studies in science; law, regulation, politics; and business, and a foreword by [...]

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They call themselves CEOs, but really they are department managers

February 25, 2011

In this recent video from Biotech Showcase 2011. My good friend Stan Yakatan provides his perspectives on his decades spent in the biotechnology industry. Check it out; he’s got some excellent insights.

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Bad boards of directors kill more companies than bad management…

October 28, 2010

A side-comment at the Mid Atlantic Biotech conference really got me thinking. One of the panelists mentioned as an aside that she thought that more companies failed due to bad boards than due to bad management (she preferred not to be named). The board of directors is more than a set of advisors to company [...]

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New Book – Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: From Science to Solutions

September 8, 2010

See larger image Biotechnology Entrepreneurship From Science to Solutions — Start-up, Company Formation and Organization, Team, Intellectual Property, Financing, … Regulatory Affairs, Reimbursement, Exit (Paperback) By (author) Michael L Salgaller List Price: $64.95 USD New From: $64.95 In Stock Used from: $60.99 In Stock I’ve just published a new book, by Michael L. Salgaller, PhD. [...]

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Coming soon – Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: From Science to Solutions

August 24, 2010

See larger image Biotechnology Entrepreneurship From Science to Solutions — Start-up, Company Formation and Organization, Team, Intellectual Property, Financing, … Regulatory Affairs, Reimbursement, Exit (Paperback) By (author) Michael L Salgaller List Price: $64.95 USD New From: $64.95 In Stock Used from: $60.99 In Stock Coming soon, a book by Michael L. Salgaller, PhD. In this [...]

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Biotechnology Management Papers, 2010

June 17, 2010

These papers are from the 2010 final projects in the NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences TECH 366 — Biotechnology Management. The students were asked to tell a story based on the course lectures, and to expand with general lessons biotechnology company management: If You Build It, Will They Come? Derek Francis Profitability [...]

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Educating the Next Generation of Biotechnology Managers and Founders

March 8, 2010

I recently gave a talk on educating the next generation of biotechnology managers and founders at a biotechnology education workshop. My sense is that the traditional education paths are not ideal ways to prepare individuals to manage or start biotechnology companies, and I describe cases from Best Practices in Biotechnology Education and courses I have [...]

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Educating the Next Generation of Biotechnology Founders and Managers

February 15, 2010

I will be giving a talk on Educating the Next Generation of Biotechnology Founders and Managers at Pittcon in Orlando on March 1st. The talk will be based on my observations in writing  Building Biotechnology and editing Best Practices in Biotechnology Education, in addition to the teaching I’ve done on the topic. I’ll be posting [...]

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Biotechnology Management Papers

May 27, 2009

These papers are from the 2009 final projects in the NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences TECH 366 — Biotechnology Management. The students were asked to tell a story based on the course lectures, and to expand with general lessons biotechnology company management: Financial opportunities for early stage biotech companies Tamara Jones The [...]

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Financial opportunities for early stage biotech companies

May 27, 2009

This is a student paper from the 2009 final projects in the NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences’ TECH 366 — Biotechnology Management. The students were asked to tell a story based on the course lectures, and to expand with general lessons on biotechnology company management. Financial opportunities for early stage biotech companies [...]

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