Mini-MBA: BioPharma Innovation
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Overview
Life sciences professionals, whether they spend their
day-to-day in the lab or behind a desk, need to maintain
excellence in their own expertise as well as understand
the role they play in their organization’s overall business
and operational environments. Definitions of success are
shifting, impacted by scientific advancement, ongoing
regulatory developments, and the globalization of supply
and distribution.
The Mini-MBA: BioPharma Innovation teaches life
sciences experts key business management theory
and methodology that will broaden their perspective.
This course provides a better understanding of how
biopharma companies plan for, and profit from, constant
innovation.
What will you learn?
- Modeling the Return in Investment in Research and Development
- Strategic Alliances and Acquisitions
- Innovation in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries
Upcoming Classes
06 Feb - 01 May 2025
Online - 12 Week Program
Program Fee: USD 3,495
Program Benefits
- Learn how to bridge the space between scientific success and corporate goals from industry experts with real-world experience.
- Gain industry-wide perspective on how these concepts impact different organizations; yet receive practical application beyond theoretical study.
- Learn in a rigorous university environment and earn a program certificate as well as academic credits.
Program Outcomes
- Speak with confidence about business strategy outside the lab. At the same time, those who are not scientists will have a better appreciation of the broad landscape of this industry.
- Master the language of business management. Expand your contributions beyond R&D of the business to analysis of strategy and ROI.
- Become a valued participant in cross-functional projects and strategic teams, which will diversify your career opportunities delivery systems.
Along with mastering new skills, our Mini-MBA credential comes with:
Certificate
To remind you of your accomplishment
Digital Badge
To make others aware of your accomplishment
Credits
To give you a head start toward earning a graduate degree in the future
Curriculum
Featuring 10 modules (each covered in 3.5 hours), this program empowers biotechnology and pharmaceutical professionals to use business strategies and methods to complement achievement in scientific study, with multidisciplinary contributions and thought leadership.
Topics include:
- Modeling the Return in Investment in Research and Development. Learn the financial models and methods that corporate decision makers apply, including discounted cash flow models, net present value, and internal rates of return.
- Strategic Alliances and Acquisitions. Analyze the role of partnering and mergers from a strategic perspective, including the financial and managerial challenges incumbent in the uncertainties specific to drug and biotech discovery and development.
- Innovation in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries. Learn how the psychology of decision-making, organizational structure, and corporate culture influence stakeholders’ decisions, and its impact on R&D funding.
Who Should Attend
The Mini-MBA in BioPharma Innovation program is an excellent fit for those with considerable experience or advanced degrees in the traditional sciences, and the intellectual curiosity and professional ambition to acquire complementary business management skills.
Those coming from outside of life sciences, or within life sciences but outside of the laboratory, will find this a unique opportunity to learn key business concepts and understand how life sciences companies endeavor to merge excellent science with effective business practices.