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BT5506: BUSINESS OF SCIENCE (2014-2015)

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Course Overview

This short course will provide you with a flavour of the ways in which scientific ideas can be commercialised. The main aim of this course is to introduce you to the language of business and demystify some of the jargon that surrounds business models, intellectual property rights (IPR) and finance. This is an opportunity to understand the basics of Bio-business and the commercialisation of bioscience.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 5 credits (2.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Heather Wallace
  • Professor Andrew Porter

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

A series of lectures and tutorials which cover the 'language' of bio-business using a number of real case studies from companies in the medical sciences space. E.g. What is a company? What is management? How do markets work? decision Making process. Assessment 1: Students will prepare a presentation in small groups that describes a medical science technology company of their choice. The emphasis within the presentation will be to 'sell' the commercial entity concentrating on explaining the business model of chosen business. Assessment 2: One 1500 word essay. Title will be in area of competitor analysis of a particular clinical indication.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment 100%: group presentation (50%), essay (50%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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