Realizing Biotech Innovation - A Business Guide for Scientists edX - online learning platform

Overview

With this Realizing Biotech Innovation - A Business Guide for Scientists Professional Certificate in collaboration with Technical University of Munich - TUMx, we will provide you with the hands-on business skills needed to realize your biotech innovation.

Key Facts

Since the beginning of the last quarter of the twentieth century, Biotech has changed all our lives with groundbreaking innovations not only in medicine but also in areas such as agriculture, manufacturing, fuels, plastics, or the environment. And it still holds enormous potential to face our world's current and future challenges.

The three courses, brought to you by the Technical University of Munich ⁠— one of Europe’s most outstanding universities in research and innovation ⁠— will help you to build up the business mindset and management know-how that complements your scientific expertise.

Groundbreaking research only develops its full potential when being transferred into commercially viable products. This program is designed to bridge the gap between science and business by focusing on the challenges of researchers and entrepreneurs in the biotech industry. How could this be better achieved than by combining the academic expertise with the expertise of those working in the field, such as industry experts and entrepreneurs who will share their advice and experiences?

By the end of the program, you will have the confidence to evaluate the commercial potential of your biotech project, define your business strategy, and talk to financial backers to fund your endeavor.

Job Outlook

• As challenges as fighting diseases and climate change become more urgent, the world has noticed the huge potential and significance of biotechnology and has fueled the development of biotech innovation with increasing financial resources.
• People with a background related to biotechnology who are skilled in bringing biotech innovation to the market can start their entrepreneurial journey as (co-)founders or as key employees in a biotech venture.
• Besides the startup world, the knowledge is also highly relevant when working in an R&D department of a large biotech corporation, as a project manager, or when pursuing a project as an intrapreneur.
• It also provides the skills relevant for those investing in the field of biotechnology, such as VC firms.