2-Day Intensive Course: Bioscience Business Development: Building Value, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4, 2009 with 2 months to complete project
Instructors: Audrey S. Erbes, Ph.D., Principal, Erbes & Associates and www.audreysnetwork.comand and Gilbert R. Mintz, Ph.D., President of GRM Associates
Expert Guest Speakers:
Jim Fox, Ph.D, J.D., Goodwin Procter LLP
Harold (Hal) Etterman, MBA, Business Strategist
Carolyn Feamster, MBA, VP, Business Strategy & Analysis
Tom Gutshall, Chairman & Co-Founder of Cepheid
Michael G. McCully, M.S., Director, Recombinant Capital
Herwig von Morze, Ph.D., International Patent Consultant
Please see www.ucsc-extension.edu/biobizdev for complete biographies
Date & Time: Oct. 3-4, 2009, Thursday and Friday, 8:30am-5pm
Location: UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley, 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Fee: $770; $693 through Nov. 19
Topic Description
UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley presents a two-day intensive course that brings the breadth of the Bay Area’s biobusiness development expertise to our Cupertino classroom. Whether financing start-up activities, trying to keep pace with the current burn rate, or moving a product into the marketplace, bioscience companies, both large and small, have a critical need for business development at every stage of their evolution. Learn the key roles that business development and licensing play in the commercialization of a new product and the development of a successful bioscience company. Santa Clara, CA. For more information, see www.ucsc-extension.edu/biobizdev
Instructor Bios
Audrey Erbes, Ph.D., Principal, Erbes & Associates and www.audreysnetwork.com has more than 35 years of marketing experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, of which 25 years was in corporate management at Kowa Research Institute and Syntex Corporation.
Gilbert R. Mintz, Ph.D., President of GRM Associates, a biotechnology consulting firm with expertise in business development, licensing and strategic planning.
