Bioscience Business Development: Building Value, Thursday and Friday, June 24-25, 2010
Intensive Course: Bioscience Business Development: Building Value, Thursday and Friday, June 24-25, 2010 (2 days of classroom and 2 months to complete project guided by instructor)
Instructors: Audrey S. Erbes, Ph.D., Principal, Erbes & Associates and www.audreysnetwork.com and and Gilbert R. Mintz, Ph.D., President of GRM Associates
Expert Guest Speakers:
Harold (Hal) Etterman, MBA, Business Strategist
Carolyn Feamster, MBA, VP, Business Strategy & Analysis
Ginger R. Dreger, M.S.,J.D., Partner Arnold & Porter LLP
Tom Gutshall, Chairman & Co-Founder of Cepheid
Michael G. McCully, M.S.,Director, Recombinant Capital
Herwig VonMorze, Ph.D., International Patent Consultant
Please see www.ucsc-extension.edu/biobizdev for details
Date & Time: June 24-25, 2010, Thursday and Friday, 8:30am-5pm
Location: UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley, 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Fee: $795; $715.50 through June 10
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 30 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.
