D Y Patil International University, Akurdi, Pune

Name of the Course: MMB 5003 Bio-entrepreneurship

• Course Instructor:

Name: Prof. Manoj Kumar AS

Office Number: 352

Phone: 9967181502

Email: manoj.kumar@dypiu.ac.in

Office hours: 9 am to 5 pm 

Location: Akurdi

• Teaching Assistant:

None

• Level (who can take this course?): Graduates in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
• Credit:

L          T          P          C

3          0          0          3

• Evaluation: Based on attendance, interactiveness, business model project, mid term examination score and end of semester examination score  
• Breakup of evaluation:

Total marks: 100

Attendance & Responsiveness: 10%

Mid term Exam: 20%

Business Model Project: 20%

End of Semester Exam: 50%

• Maximum Number of Students: 30
• Actual Number of Students: 9

Prerequisite: Must be a student of M.Sc Medical Biotechnology

Course Syllabus:

Lesson Plan (Class room lecture):

• References:

(i)              Steve Blank and Bob Dorf: The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. K & S Ranch.

(ii)            Craig Shimasaki, ed.: Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing, and Leading Biotech Companies. Elsevier Inc., 2014.

(iii)          Lawton Robert Burns: The Business of Healthcare Innovation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2005

(iv)          Burrill & Company Annual Biotechnology Industry Report

(v)            Cynthia Robbins-Roth: From Alchemy to IPO: The Business of Biotechnology. Basic Books, 2001

(vi)          Barry Werth: The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company’s Quest for the Perfect Drug Simon & Schuster, 1995.

• Course Outcome:

The overall aim of the course is to give the participants an insight into field of bio-entrepreneurship, i.e. business within the life sciences. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to describe the processes of product and service development in the life science sector, understand the similarities and differences in the development of different bioproducts and bio services, demonstrate a general understanding of the central role that business development plays for the biomedical industry, assess and compare different forms of IP and perform basic IP analysis, apply idea creation tools, write, and critically review a business plan, perform a basic market analysis in the life science sector and analyze and critically asses a case study.