Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship

Catalog description

The course examines the principles of bio-entrepreneurship in developing new products, services and processes. Students will learn about the biotechnology dynamics at the global scale in the biomedical drug, diagnostic, hospital management, and devices industries and their markets. Deliverables include homework, assignments, an academic report and a team project. This course provides students with the skills required to read, interpret and apply academic literature, how to identify, extract and understand important information that is useful in the bioentrepreneurial decision making processes. Students will be required to participate in case work applying the principles presented in the class.